Christopher Holmes - Abstract Sculpture

03/11/2017

I first saw Po Shun Leong's incredibly intricate wood pieces on display at a gallery in Concord, MA. I worked nearby and stopped in occasionally on my lunch break to check them out. They had his larger furniture pieces on display and all cost several thousand dollars.

Years later, a shop in Newton, MA was going out of business and I snatched up one of his small art boxes at a more reasonable price.

Just recently I saw a couple of his boxes at The Real Mother Goose shop in the Portland, OR airport.

This book is full of great pictures of his work, so it's worth a look even if you would never attempt one of these projects yourself. There are many used copies available for just a few bucks.

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Art-Boxes-Shun-Leong/dp/0806979550/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489268156&sr=8-1&keywords=po+shun+leong

Making Art Boxes “One of the most fascinating how-to books to appear in quite a while, an incredible impetus for even non-woodworkers to try their hands and band saws....Nothing has yet equaled the imaginative pieces presented here.”—Booklist. “Po Shun Leong’s boxes are intricately d...