Why Trunks Are Never Just Boxes

I remember when the circus came to town once a year. Posters glued to walls promised elephants, fire breathers, acrobats — and always clowns. Looking at the trunk feels like it was there backstage, stuffed with costumes and props, waiting for the show to begin.

When I first laid eyes on the circus clown trunk, I just stared. The hand-drawn clown staring upside down across the front felt like more than decoration. It felt like a piece of a lost world — a travelling circus.

Old storage boxes aren’t just places to keep things. They’re pieces of history. Before cheap mass storage appeared, ArtStation trunks were the way people travelled. Built solid, vintage trunk heavy duty, sometimes decorated with brass corners or painted lettering.