Curio Cabinet Project
Sorry again for the long delay. I’ve been good about updating all of my other blogs that are related to other subjects, but I haven’t been doing a whole lot of crafting or metalworking lately so there’s been nothing to post here. I do have a new project now though so I thought I’d update this blog.
THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. It’s probably not even half done yet so bear with me.
My dad and I have been working on a curio cabinet. It’s not done yet but I just couldn’t wait to take some “action shots” of it with all of the creepy stuff I could find around my house. Some of the things I included were a jar with a resin crow skull in it, a brass bowl that has real boar tusks inside, a jar of mugwort and a jar of muslin bags so I can make tea. The coyote skull is real and the swirl patterns are done in pencil. I can’t decide yet if I want to carve it or paint it. (Obviously inspired by the great Don Simpson)The long bone is real but I’m not sure what kind of animal it came from. It was left on my porch by a coyote so I assume it was once a neighbor’s dog.
The burned parchment with the design on it was aged with coffee (it smells delicious). The design on the paper is something I came up with yesterday specifically to include with this project. It’s a cryptic, medieval-looking diagram of how to make beer. I figured I would combine my two passions of homebrewing, and making creepy props. 
There’s also an armillary sphere and last but not least, you can see my 13″ clay pipe. I don’t smoke it much because it gets too hot, but it looks really cool!
Speaking of beer and alchemy and creepy props, I’m also working on a prototype of a medieval/alchemical-looking treatise on the art of brewing. It will be leather-bound and appropriately aged to look like a dusty old magical grimoire or something like that. I plan on selling a few copies on Etsy so keep an eye on this blog for more info on that. Photos coming very soon.
