This box can be as casual or special as you want it to be, ready to hold clutter from the office desk or photos and mementos of special times. No matter what you decide to toss inside, the box will give you many years of pleasurable visual, tactile, and functional use. The corners and edges are rounded, making sure that it is smooth to the touch and less likely to chip. The lid and walls are thick and sturdy, so no need to be afraid to handle it. There are also knobs on the lid's bottom, holding it secure and making sure it won't just slide off the box and onto the floor.

The box was built from six slabs of clay that had been textured with color. Special care was given to make sure the seems are sturdy and the clay is smooth. I used a beautiful shino glaze, a modern adaptation of a classic Japanese glaze. The glaze is a rich orange shade that offers small bits of a creamy shade where the glaze pooled just a bit thicker in the rope impression. After that I loaded it up into the kiln and fired it up to roughly 2200° F

The box measures about 8" long, large enough to contain many items.

The box can also be used to serve food since it is food, dishwasher, and microwave safe.

Shipping, ugh, what a bummer. It's not just you, I'm not happy about how expensive it is either. USPS, UPS, FedEx, none of them are cheap. What I can offer you is 1) if you convo me your zip code I'll see if I can get a more exact, and hopefully lower, rate 2) if the shipping cost listed is more than $1 difference from the actual, I'll refund the difference 3) I can promise that all shipping materials are used (but clean!) to both keep down costs and help mama earth. I hope this helps!

See my other lidded box here:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/67440756/lidded-box

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http://www.etsy.com/shop/Citybytheseaceramics

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