BERICHET (bos. berićet, derived from arab. barakah - a state of abundance, happiness and divine blessing); colloquial adjective berićetan - someone or something that brings happiness, success, abundance.
Berichet boxes are meant to bring not just functional or aesthetical, but also emotional character, to remind you and wake up memories of Bosnia, of dear people, moments, delicious food, with all your senses.
wood scrap reuse - bosnian forestry and wood processing - traditional woodcarving - honey - apiculture - packaging - tactile sense
Source reference of old photography - "artisan Adem Nikšić woodcarving" - Konjic - Nikšić rukotvorine - Zanat - https://www.zanat.org/en/history
DEVELOPMENT
Universal glass jars (370ml) of cylindrical shape were starting point of form development; narrow-oblong, and short-wide ones.
In addition to the hexagonal woodcarving pattern inspired by bee hive, I also developed a curvilinear pattern inspired by the bosnian mountainous landscape.
Ideal proportions of lid and body are in golden ratio (1: 1.618)
Boxes are made in natural and black-yellow variants.
Natural boxes are made of walnut scrap, and black-yellow are made of maple.
gluing wood scraps - woodturning on lathe - hand carving and oil impregnation
Berichet - handcrafted boxes (2019)
by Hamza Bavčić
Credits to Zanat (Rukotvorine) - Konjic, Bosnia & Herzegovina
for supporting realization of my project
https://zanat.org/
