ANDREW CRAWFORD has been making boxes for almost 40 years. In between times, he was also a professional flute player until a short illness put a stop to that in 2016. Andrew has written three popular books on box making, The Book of Boxes (1993), Fine Decorative Boxes (1997), and Celebrating Boxes (with Peter Lloyd, 2001). A fourth title, The Incomplete Guide to Box Making is planned to be available in time by his first appearance at MASW. During his career making commissioned boxes and cases for clients around the world he became known for curved form, fine veneered, and inlaid pieces. In the process he has developed a select range of skills and techniques distilled from many disciplines. He has never made furniture, and as a result his approach to fine box making is not derived from it, being more closely related to musical instrument making than it is to traditional cabinetmaking. The processes he teaches have been developed specifically with small, detailed items in mind. His experience as a box maker has led him to develop his highly acclaimed and best-in-class box hardware, smartWare. This includes the legendary smartHinge (the original and best stay-less side-rail stop hinge), smartLock and the newest addition, the smartButt. He has also developed the smartCorner, a jig designed to easily and accurately square off the outside corners of router cut inlay grooves.