Enchanted World of Boxes was founded by two Bohemians who were dreaming how they can make the world a better place. Teresa Witkowska was an artist, freshly graduated from the Academy of Fine Art in Krakow. Chris Kowalski, her husband, was an everlasting student trying to uncover the secrets of the universe in various academic disciples and at different universities. In 1989, when the company was founded, Teresa was painting beautiful oils on canvas and Chris was PhD student at the Department of Anthropology at Harvard. And one day, after many tries, they discovered the existence of a parallel universe, where hard work and a lot of creativity can actually pay the bills and make other people happy. This parallel universe was called Enchanted World of Boxes.
Boxes were discovered among the many things they were trying to sell at local crafts markets in Cambridge, Mass. "Things" were coming from exploratory trips to the Andes (Inca miniature pottery), Brazil (conceptual jewelry), Nepal (Buddhist Thankas), Burma (laquerware tables), to mentions just a few. Since both Chris and Teresa were born in Poland, they tried their luck with Polish handicrafts: little dolls dressed in traditional costumes, wooden plates, medieval sabers, tapestry, Christmas ornaments and many more exquisite examples of regional crafts. Then they realized the hidden potential and distinctive elegance of wooden boxes, made in Poland for tourist and connoisseurs from other countries. The "million things" turned into "one" and Enchanted World of Boxes was born and incorporated in Cambridge in 1992.
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