{"id":75,"date":"2021-07-17T22:33:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T02:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/?p=75"},"modified":"2022-08-27T13:09:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T17:09:15","slug":"a-box-of-pockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/2021\/07\/17\/a-box-of-pockets\/","title":{"rendered":"A Box of Pockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmpl-blog-3 boldgrid-section dynamic-gridblock\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-7 col-sm-7 col-xs-12\">\n<h2 class=\"color5-color\">A &#8220;Magic Box&#8221; of Pockets<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\">This project was inspired by the story &#8220;Pockets&#8221; by <a href=\"https:\/\/amalelmohtar.com\/\">Amal El-Mohtar.<\/a> &#8220;Pockets&#8221; tells of a woman who keeps pulling random objects out of her pockets, regardless of what clothes she is wearing or what she is doing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Originally published in 2015 in<a href=\"https:\/\/uncannymagazine.com\/article\/pockets\/\"><em>Uncanny Magazine<\/em><\/a>, I didn&#8217;t read the story myself until it was in&nbsp;<em>The Best of Uncanny Magazine<\/em>, an anthology published by Subterranean Press.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-video-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t<video controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"618\"\n\t\t height=\"390\"\t><\/video>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_013229956_2.mp4'>magic pockets<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"video\",\"tracklist\":false,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_013229956_2.mp4\",\"type\":\"video\/mp4\",\"title\":\"magic pockets\",\"caption\":\"magic box in action\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"0:37\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":1708,\"height\":1078},\"resized\":{\"width\":618,\"height\":390}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p class=\"\">When you first open the box, you see two squares that are filled with the objects that Nadia finds in her pockets. A single chopstick, a coin, a tube of carnelian lipstick. And alarmingly, a gun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Close the lid, turn the box, and reopen. The items are gone, and now you discover a letter, written in blue ink on a lined piece of paper.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_013023078-scaled-e1626575515985-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_013023078-scaled-e1626575515985-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_013023078-scaled-e1626575515985-1024x510.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_013023078-scaled-e1626575515985-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_013023078-scaled-e1626575515985-1536x766.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_013023078-scaled-e1626575515985-2048x1021.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_013023078-scaled-e1626575515985-850x424.jpg 850w, https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_013023078-scaled-e1626575515985-250x125.jpg 250w, https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_013023078-scaled-e1626575515985-550x274.jpg 550w, https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_013023078-scaled-e1626575515985-800x399.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_013023078-scaled-e1626575515985-361x180.jpg 361w, https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_013023078-scaled-e1626575515985-602x300.jpg 602w, https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_013023078-scaled-e1626575515985-1003x500.jpg 1003w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"\">The Process<\/h3>\n<p class=\"\">I&#8217;ve been looking at magic boxes for a few years now, wanting to make one myself. I know the concept is much the same as the Jacob&#8217;s Ladder toy, but it was hard to find something showing how to make it as a box. In a collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibookbinding.com\/blog\/top-10-box-making-tutorials-internet\/\">Box Making tutorials<\/a> on ibookbinding.com there is a video of the&nbsp;<em>Die Zauberschachtel<\/em>: the hidden compartment box, but I was having a hard time gearing myself up to working my through the video.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Earlier this year I purchased&nbsp;<em>A Comprehensive Guide to Box Making<\/em> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buchbinderei-green.de\/\">Roger Green.<\/a> (I highly recommend following @rogergreenbookbinding on instagram, great demonstrations of his methods) His book outlines how to make your own magic box. The book wasn&#8217;t cheap, but I&#8217;ve learned that it can be difficult to track down highly specific craft books, so I splurged.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I made a test run before my &#8220;good&#8221; version, since I&#8217;ve messed up enough projects by now to learn that I won&#8217;t get it right the first time. This is the type of project where precise measurements make all of the difference. If you are off by half a millimeter in one spot, the box won&#8217;t open smoothly on the hinges. I spent a lot of time doing small cuts to even out the sections of the box. For the second version, I did a first pass of the cuts using my cricut maker. It keeps everything accurate and gives me a nice guide. It is annoying dealing with the setup, and I won&#8217;t get better at cutting bookboard if I don&#8217;t practice, so I try to avoid using the cricut if possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The box board is .80 black binding board from Hollanders. I used Hahnemuhle Ingres paper I had marbled a few weeks ago for the covering. If I&nbsp;<em>really<\/em> wanted the box to pull off the optical illusion, I would have used a pattern that repeated exactly, but that wasn&#8217;t the point of this project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">My original plan was to fill the box with a few objects mentioned in the story. I spent way too much time looking at vintage pianola rolls on etsy, trying to think of a way to incorporate a physical representation. But I realized I would never be happy with that route. So I switched to writing out the items Nadia finds. For this, I used my cricut again, in different colors of sakura gelly roll pens. The Hahnemuhle paper is very fluffy, so it prevents any true crispness of writing, so I had to do a lot of adjustments of font and size. Some of the colors I shaded around lightly with graphite to add more contrast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-5 col-sm-5 col-xs-12 text-center align-column-top\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"margin: 20px 0;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-77\" src=\"https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_012852037-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_012852037-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_012852037-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aglance.in\/to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PXL_20210718_012852037-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, 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