Brainstorming

To begin the brainstorming process, I started sketching anything that came to mind. Pictured right is my quick sketches of some ideas I thought of. I thought of things from very geometric to extremely ornate designs. As I thought of what this box would be used for, I pictured the space it would be placed in. It will hold my jewelry and be placed in my room. My room is tiny, so it could not be a big vessel that takes up a lot of space. I wanted to be as small as possible--just big enough to hold what it is supposed to.The items the space of my room are all also quite simplistic and geometric, so I decided for my box to fit in well within this space, it should adhere to those guidelines as well. Now that I had my “guidelines” for myself to make my project, I thought more about how it should look. I wanted simple and geometric, but also dividers inside to separate every piece of jewelry from one another in the most beautiful, simplistic way possible. With this in mind, I started making my first prototype models.

Outside Research & Findings

I was going into this project pretty blind, so i decided to research and read about how other people have made their band saw boxes in the past. Pictured left is an image I found that is simple and to the point about cutting away the pieces of the container. I discovered a lot of cool examples of layered wood, organic shapes, clean sanding...everything I needed to keep in mind when conducting my project. Researching other people’s strategies and overlooking their ideas got my mind thinking even more into how I wanted my own personal design to look.