

Once you have the excess material removed, glue any pieces of cardboard that have come adrift back together (there shouldn’t be any, but I don’t know what sort of box you’ll use – I deliberately left the instructions open on that point). The key to this approach is what you don’t cut away, and especially the “lip” that is left at the top.: That means that you no longer get two “structures” out of each box, but better to have one worthwhile result than two useless ones. This design solves that problem by deliberately keeping the corners intact. I’ve tried cutting boxes in half before, and even with glue reinforcing, they never seemed to quite work the corners were too prone to collapse. In fact, my original intention was to post nothing but this image, which is why it contains the details it does…Īll clear so far? If so, bear with me while I spell things out for those who aren’t dioramically-inclined. The diagram below should tell you everything you need to know.


The idea for what you’re about to “read” came to me when I opened a box of tissues – a box measuring roughly 4.5″ x 3.4″ x 8.5″… Construction More than half of the article is contained within a set of images that I’ve put together in dribs and drabs over the last week or so.
