Rule of 45s
4 walled vessels made with sourced and found materials. Utilizing wood stains, acrylic paint, wood veneer collage, bottle caps, cork tops, toys, patent leather, glitter and the remains of homes; cabinets, moldings and dresser drawers. These boxes are vessels of carefully honed space.
Flocking dust, umbrella skeleton, door jamb, glitter paper, uno card
4.75 × 4 × 29 inches
Fabric samples, collage, molding trim, lottery tickets, rollers
Toy Box made using garden wallpapered composite, found house painted door moldings, acrylic paint, polycrylic coating
Cabinet door, resin, acrylic, foam board, hardwood, flocking
4.25 × 4.75 × 8 inches
Flocking dust, resin, door jamb, hardwood, broken mug, acrylic paint
4.75 × 5.5 × 7.5 inches
Flocking dust, casa azul tequila bottle top. broomstick, red toy, Heineken neck, molding trim, acrylic
7.25 × 4.5 × 11 inches
petrified toothbrush heads, resin, wood dowel, easter egg, molding trim, fabric samples
3 × 3 × 6.25 inches
House paint on plywood, wood stain, cabinet door, NYX Cinnamon lip gloss, electrical plug
4.75 × 5.5 × 7.5 inches
Brown umbrella, plywood, fabric samples , bouclé flocking powder, acrylic
4.75 × 4.75 × 33 inches
March 2026
Custom Box Materials:
Dresser drawer front, wood stain, acorn, plywood, osb
3.75 x 3.75 x 5 inches
Custom Box Materials:
Dresser drawer front, knob, sob, “made in Italy”
3.75 x 3.75 x 4.5 inches
Custom box materials:
Picture frame, crown molding, umbrella handle, don julio cork top
15.75 x 4 x 5.25 inches
Custom box materials:
crown molding, plywood, velvet, metal knob
5.25 x 6 x 4.25 inches
Custom box materials:
Base molding, drawer base
8.25 x 3.5 x 2.75 inches
Custom box materials:
Bed frame, vinyl flooring, dresser drawer front, plywood, metal knobs
8.75 x 6.25 x 5 inches
February 2026
Custom box materials:
coated paper bag, plywood, house paint
Sustainably sourced from a curb near you
Custom box materials:
4×6” photo prints, osb, wood dowel, umbrella handle
Sustainably sourced from a curb near you
Custom box materials:
acrylic, 4×6” photo prints, osb, wood dowel, toy
Sustainably sourced from a curb near you
Custom box materials:
House paint, leather, plywood, umbrella handle
Sustainably sourced from a curb near you
Custom box materials:
Wood stain, dowel, plywood, house paint, velvet, artifice flowers
Sustainably sourced from a curb near you
Custom box materials:
Wood stain, coated tissue paper, house paint, umbrella handle
Sustainably sourced from a curb near you
Custom box materials:
Acrylic, ink, 4×6” photo prints, osb, pine
Sustainably sourced from a curb near you
Custom box materials:
pine, 4×6 inch, photo prints, osb, acrylic, ink, Black and gold
Sustainably sourced from a curb near you
Custom box materials:
Lightbulb socket, 4×6” photo prints, osb, ink
Sustainably sourced from a curb near you
Custom box materials:
Wood stain, velvet, crown molding, house paint, silk flower, plywood, umbrella handle
Sustainably sourced from a curb near you
Custom box materials:
plywood, house paint, coated paper bag, screwdriver handle
Sustainably sourced from a curb near you
Custom box materials:
Umbrella handle, “Tahari”, house paint, plywood, hardwood
Sustainably sourced from a curb near you
January 2026
Poplar Box; wood veneer, wood stain on exterior and interior, drawer handle
5.5 × 5.5 × 5.75 inches
L 10.75” x W 4.75” x H 2.75”
House paint, linoleum floor tile, door molding, flocking dust, wood knob, lathe turned wood leg
L 3.25” x W 3.5” x H2.25”
Dresser drawer front and base, chair leg walls, wood stain
Objects sourced: Harlem, NY; BK, NY
L 3.5” x W 3.5” x H 4.5”
headboard, hardwood, wood stain, metal knob, dresser drawer base
L 8” x W 6” x H 4”
Linoleum flooring. light fixture, crown molding, linoleum flooring tile, osb, door jamb, miniature liquor bottle top, wood dowel, wood stain
L 6.25” x W 6.25” x H 6.25”
Crown molding, osb, plywood, linoleum floor tile, metal knob
L 6.25” x W 6.26” x H 6.25”
Crown molding, osb, flocking dust, pallet blue handle, acrylic
L 9.5” x W 3.5” x H 6.75”
Wood stain, pine wood, plywood, 4.6 photo prints, tow leg handle
L 10.25” x W 4.25” x H 1.75”
Tongue and groove engineered wood floor, lithography ink, wood veneer cabinet, osb, bracelet handle, linoleum flooring, plywood
Hardwood moulding (found), house paint, wood stain interior, door hook maintained, drawer front as top, Bakelite handle
9.25 × 6.25 × 6.5 inches
L 6.25” x W 9.5” x H 3.5”
Sharpie, ruler, I found you like this, toy car, door trim, flocking dust, osb, yard stick
L 12.5” x W 7.5” x H 9.25”
Floral Wallpaper covered plywood & pine wood, dresser drawer front, wood stain, 3 metal handles
Objects sourced: BK, NY
December 2025
Freight pallet blue and red box & top, wood stain, archival linoleum flooring covered plywood handle
Dual floral collage plywood top covered with archival linoleum and floral wall paper, painted wood handles, baseboard wall, freight pallet blue and red walls,
Freight pallet blue box and top, wood stain, painted decorative molding handle, lithograph ink covered wood base
Cabinet Made with freight palette wood, wood stain, archival vinyl flooring, plywood, hinges, clasp closure, interiority, found chip board door
Freight pallet blue and red walls, handle, and top
Short Story Compilation by Devin N. Morris
Ritual
Something Like Initiation
Trade Sequester my Shivering Bones
Issue 1, 2014
Staple bound zine featuring contributions from
Aurel Odogbo
Emma Shapiro
Abdu ALi
Devin N. Morris
Mindy Best
Edited by Devin N. Morris, Design by Theresa Chromati