Tea BAG storage ….

Tea bags are truly ubiquitous .. When in the mood for a cup of EBT (English breakfast tea) Yorkshire Gold is “my cup of tea” … Packaged in 160 bags per box.

For home use/convenience my preference is; wooden caddies. 

Lacking bulk storage for said tea bags .. Time to put that to rights.

“The best wood to use, is the wood you have”  With this in mind, I mined some suitable material and hardware.

I have came up with material to produce a practical solution, letting the Tea Bag: shape/size/quantity dictate caddy size.  12” x 4” x 3” is what came about for the internal dimensions and using 1/4” material we have a utilitarian box. A plain box/caddy not unlike the humble tea bag.

“Time to talk of many things.” … aka Tea Time

Resurrection of a delayed project … A new Tea Caddy …

Late last year I started mulling over designs for additional Tea Storage.  I now have a design that will form a basis to expound on:  A Japanese sashimono box, joinery without glue or nails … just well fitted joints held with wooden friction pegs and wedges. … source Harry T Morris on YT. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVeAZ-fjRWc&t=80s

Once I was a baby Crib, now I’m a ……

Using / Re Purposing baby crib material .. once crib slats . now Legs

It’s the simple things ….

Woodworker, users of glue .. at some point you shake and wait as captured contents eases into to the spout … OR NOT…

A dofur made from wood off-cuts(scraps)

Having a prototype, I’ll modify a few details and produce one for shop use.

A Stitch in time saves umpteen. .. Asian Re-Binding

Re-Stitching/Binding an Asian style book is relatively simple. (not something I do on a regular basis) Having taken apart one of my three copies to facilitate scanning the pages, time to reassemble the said book.

A few aids: a pair of thingmabobs held in a watchamacallit clamping the pages

A borrowed Tapestry Needle really makes short and sure work of stitching. 

Job Done: Now all three are bound up …

Book Anatomy

A typical Asian 4-Hole stitched book binding, intended to be read in reverse, as to a Western style book.  Turning pages to view the book is similar to viewing a long horizontal scroll. This revels the simple ingenuity of the book design and construction. Photographs below:

Front Cover, spine binding on the Right

Back cover of the book.

Inside Pages Two and Three … Right to LeftPages 14 and 15 show the continuation of design across separate pages:

Making Pots … “Back in the Day”

Images from an old hand stitched Chinese book.

Pages 3 thu 24 show: amassing materials, processing materials, pottering around, packaging for river shipment and accounting with the accountant. Each sheet folded at the center, with each half sequentially numbered, eg 3-4, 4-6 etc. Reminder: read from Right to Left

More on the book anatomy in a future posting.