Boxes & Cases
HISTORY
Clamshell cases are an elegant, yet practical, method for the presentation and protection of photographs, documents and books and the interlocking tray design provides safe storage and reduces the contents’ exposure to light and dust.
Also known as a Solander box, Dr. Daniel Solander sailed with Captain Cook aboard the Endeavour, as one of the ship’s botanists, to the Pacific Ocean. While cataloguing the natural history collections of the British Museum he invented this style of box, which is still used in libraries and archives today and considered the most suitable way of storing prints, drawings and manuscripts.
CUSTOM MADE BESPOKE BOXES & CASES
My cases, portfolios and boxes are made entirely by hand using traditional techniques and archival materials.
I specialise in making high quality, one-off (or a small edition) bespoke boxes and cases for clients, whether located in the US or around the world. This work is all hand made to order.
Please email Keith to discuss details, such as design, book cloth, stamping and deadline.
CASE SIZE
Up to 8.5 x 11”
Up to 11 x 14”
Up to 16 x 20”
UP TO 1" DEPTH
$184.00
$253.00
$275.00
UP TO 2" DEPTH
+ $15.00
+ $20.00
+ $25.00
UP TO 3" DEPTH
+ $30.00
+ $40.00
+ $50.00
EXTRAS
Custom Magnesium Die
Debossing
Hot Foil Stamping
2 Colour Hot Foil Stamping
Label Inset
PER CASE
$ 85.00 +
$ 25.00
$ 35.00
$ 50.00
$ 20.00
THE CHICO POEMS
The Chico Poems is an edition of 15 clamshell cases made for Lisa Nebenzahl. Each case holds a suite of 8 poems written by Lisa’s mother, Chico Nebenzahl, in the 1940s. The poems are in letterpress, printed at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts over unique cyanotype prints that were printed by Lisa on Rives BFK paper.
The cases are 16 x 12 x 1” in dimension, and covered in a blue/silver Japanese book cloth. The cover has a debossed photograph of her mother at her typewriter, with the title and Lisa’s name hot-foil stamped in silver.
READY MADE CASES
Ready made cases, portfolios and boxes are made in standard sizes and are a more economical alternative to a custom made case. They are still made entirely by hand using traditional techniques and archival materials, and to the same standard as the custom built cases, but are not customisable.
These items will be added to the shop page as they become available, but may fluctuate in availability.
WORKSHOPS
I often teach workshops on making clamshell cases. Please see the Workshops page for upcoming classes.