About the BoxBoy

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Won't U Cum Home, Bill Bixby?

Do You Have a Store Anywhere?

Been there...done that. Never ever ever
again! I am most fortunate to work out
of my comfortable home and I tell
inquisitive customers that the "BoxBoy
Art Studios" is located in lovely Mount
Vernon, Virginia. And in actuality, the
BoxBoy atelier is located in lovely Mount
Vernon, Virginia, but in my basement
utility room where I toil away for most of
the day (and sometimes night). And yes, I
work (in warm weather months) in a
decrepit old T-shirt and my boxer shorts.
I'm out there and I'm loving it!

Oh really ... is that a fact? Well then have at
it my neo decoupeurs -- then come back to
me with your lamentations when your
attempts turn out kinda pitiful! I started
all this as an experiment with a large wooden
trunk which has evolved 15 years and
thousands of boxes later into the bustling
little enterprise called BoxBoy Demented
Decoupage. I sell mostly at open air markets
in the Washington DC area on weekends,
and have a sampling of product in select
area stores. I also sell on-line through this
website and on eBay (look for items for sale
by "festivuspole". Do check it out and
bid/buy aplenty, will not you pretty please?

"Oh You Know, I Could Do This!"

Newly Wed, Newly Bed

Is This Hard...How Do You Do This?

And finally, my absolute most favorite
question of the hour, of the day, of the
year, of the century, of the millenium is
"How do you do this?" Well, dudes and
dudettes, like I am really going to reveal
my trade secrets (and yes, I do have my
own little top-secret BoxBoy tricks up
my tattered sleeve aplenty)! My smart,
"professional" interview answer, thus, is
"Paper, Glue, Varnish" as a smirk of
satisfaction peels across my face. And
believe it or not, that seems to satisfy
the morbid curiosity of those seeking
BoxBoy knowledge. It has to, coz' they
ain't gettin' nothin' else!

Quite Contrary

Do You Do This...Are You the Artist?

Dancing with the Queers

"Demented Decoupage" is a most nice
little tag line, would not you agree? As if
"BoxBoy" isn't enough...and it's never
enough. You can just imagine the
gargantuan grief I get from that! I, the
artist known most affectionately (and
otherwise) in the Washington, District of
Columbia, metropolitan area as "The
BoxBoy" started all this utter insanity in
the early 1990s when I had a retail store in
the comely village of Knoxville,
Tennessee, United States of America.
So, that partly explains my muted accent,
eh?

How Long Have You Been Doing This?

Throw a Kiss!

Having lived in the deserts of Phoenix and
the dunes of San Diego, I returned to my
native Tennessee in 1990, then moved to our
nation's capital in 1999. In a previous life I
was a newspaper journalist, but soon tired
of reporting on girls' softball games and
taking photographs of people with dead
things (plant and animal) for my hometown
weekly rag (segue to "Outside the Box" page
to see what I mean). In the corporate world
when I had my last real job, I wrote for an
in-house newspaper for a national major
u-rent-it racket. Now, I'm the man!

I am a graduate of the University of
Tennessee at Knoxville (GO VOLS!) and am
glad the UT Athletic Department finally
channeled some of its football coins
towards hiring a decent men's basketball
coach in Bruce Pearl. Now, it's time for
Phillip Fulmer (head football coach) to
"retire" and be replaced by Steve Spurrier,
formerly of hated University of Florida and
now a game cock from South Carolina.
Spurrier is one-half Fulmer's size and the
savings alone on repeated trips to the
"all-you-can-eat-barfays" will compensate
for the extra million or two a year in salary.
It's food for thought, yes?

Oscar Whiner

Do You Do This Full Time,
OrDo You Work?

Why Is BoxBoy a
"Demented Decoupage"?

Major Tom

A question I get asked so often
that it's nauseating ... especially
when a customer picks up a "nice"
box with Jesus, as opposed to a
kooky box of Da Vinci's "The Last
Supper" with Marilyn Monroe
sitting in the place of our Lord
and Savior. Had the customer
picked up that latter box, the
question never would have been
asked in the first place, ya think?

"Do You Have Copyright Permission?"

I don't know why people can't just mind
their own friggin' business ... after all, I
don't go around asking people in their
workplaces about particulars of their
profession. Frankly my dear, I could care
less. However, my professional interview
answer when inquiried is "I don't worry
about it." And I don't. Even a copyright
lawyer customer in DC told me not to
worry about it. And I don't. But, to
answer the question if I have permission
to use these images, the answer is Yes. I
have MY permission!

C'est L'imp, Si'l Vous Plait

SOLD

These very fine boxes you are drooling over are all
available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis.
Most of the boxes measure about 3.5 x 2.25 x 2.25 inches
and cost a mere $16. Just let me know which one(s) you
want by clicking boxboypab@aol.com and I will give you
all the gory details. In the event your heart desires an item
pictured that has already sold, I will be absolutely,
positively thrilled to make a similar piece for you.
Additional information may be found on the "F inding
BoxBoy" page. Obviously, boxes on the BoxAmples and
BioBox pages are custom orders. But, if you really have to
have a box featuring the one, the only BoxBoy, well I
reckon he is for sale as well ... wouldn't be the first time!

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