Pyramide Boxes

The process of making new packaging, recipes and crafts is always an exciting challenge. From conception to demo models to the final product, doing it right means that this great idea can happen again in the future. Ideas happen by chance, but when it comes to execution, “make it nice or make it twice.” The pyramid boxes were inspired by an old French bread-baking technique using wood. A pliable wood material is cut and folded into a pyramid shape; holes at the top are created and secured together with butcher’s twine. Bread is placed inside to proof, and then bake. A baking and packaging parcel in one! My demo pyramid started off with cardstock, and then I realized that the cardstock would complement the printed-paper that I was going to use to face the box. I am still on the hunt for “bendable stock” plywood, as it is tough to find and expensive to produce. Putting an exact replicate on the backburner, I continued with my paper form. Cut the box diagram out of one of the cardstocks, using the outline as a stencil for multiple boxes. Once the box form is traced and cut out lay it pencil side up on a clean surface. Spray the box form with adhesive. Lay a square of decorative paper on a new clean surface, printed side down. Place the box form, adhesive side down, on the printed-paper. Smooth the two papers together using a bone tool or a plastic ruler. I chose a recycled “green” paper for decoration, as it had a beautiful texture that would give a sturdy finish to the boxes. Using a hole punch, punch holes on the outward-facing tip of each equilateral triangle. Secure the ends together with a piece of leather, ribbon or twine. For small favor boxes, I trace a 1.5”x1.5” square, and then an equilateral triangle on each side of the square. For larger boxes use a 3”x3” square as the base. Fill the boxes with whatever you fancy. I am going for some macaroons today, raspberry candies tomorrow and who knows what the day after that.