These are items that are more decorative. Yet, boxes are meant for you to put things inside of them.
AVAILABLE PIECES
Sundial. Woods: walnut (base), maple (lid), jatoba (markings), walnut (shadow caster) Finish: General Finishes Arm-R-Seal (satin)Tigerwood Pierced Leaf Bowl.
Pyro decoration around pierced sections.
Finish: General Finishes water-based polyurethane.Monarch Butterfly Vessel. Woods: tigerwood (base), walnut/maple (lid and butterfly) Wings by scroll saw marquetry Finish: General Finishes water-based polyurethaneFiori Box. Made of birch. The pattern is inspired by the Santa Maria dei Fiori Cathedral in Florence, Italy. The lid has six sections which are carved to recess them. They are pierced. Sections are painted with a mix of burnt sienna and raw umber acrylic paint. The lid and base have beads at the join; beads painted dark green . The finish water-based polyurethane, applied with an airbrush.Ova. This is a keepsake box in the form of an egg. The wood is birch. The stand and the ring on the bottom of the egg are of santo mahogany. Finish: on egg exterior – shellac polished to a semi-gloss On interior and flange of the box – beeswax The stand is finished with General Finishes Arm-R-SealCherry vessel with a black walnut rim and a black walnut insert at the opening. The lid is made of black walnut; the finial is santo mahogany. The finish is General Finishes Arm-R-Seal Satin, which is buffed. This vessel serves well as a keepsake box.Cherry Pierced Pot. Piercing follows grain pattern Finish: General Finishes water-based polyurethaneMadrone Window. The bark inclusion provided a great opportunity – a window! The original piece of wood also had a corner missing. The solution? The contoured rim. This piece is finished with General Finishes Wood Bowl FinishNebula’s Keep. This wide but shallow cherry vessel suitable for storing your keepsakes. It is made from highly figured cherry, showing disorder like a nebula. The ring and the lid are made from partridgewood. The finial is walnut. The finish is General Finishes Arm-R-Seal (satin).Maple Leaf Platter.
Wood: cherry (base), walnut and maple (centerpiece)
Paint: airbrushed acrylic; pyrography boundaries
Finish: satin polyurethane
Paint: airbrushed acrylicElm-Jatoba Flame Vessel Woods: elm (base), jatoba (collar and lid), birds eye maple (finial) Finish: General Finishes Arm-R-Seal (satin) Ambrosia Spire Vessel. Woods: ambrosia maple and walnut (base), jatoba (lid), birdseye maple (finial) Finish: General Finishes Arm-R-Seal (satin)Cherry Lotus Vessel. Vessel (cherry, sapele); Lotus flower (sapele, coffeetree) Finish: General Finishes Arm-R-SealCherry Lotus Vessel – Lid off
to reveal the hollow form
Same as the Lotus Flower vessel, but with a feather top. The feather is maple, carved and painted to look like the real thing.Ash Brass Flame Materials: ash (base), jatoba (collar and lid), brass (flame) Finish: Arm-R-Seal (satin)Small Cherry Box. Woods: cherry (base), sapele (lid), walnut (finial) Finish: General Finishes Wood Bowl FinishCherry end-grain boxes, all approximately 3.5 inches wide and 2.5-3.5 inches high. The celtic knot in the one, is an inlay formed by marquetry. The finish on all is a beeswax friction finish, applied with pieces spinning on the lathe.Smaller Cherry Keepsake Box. This is an end-grain box with light suction fit of the lid. Decorative grooves and stippling give added embellishment and grip for the lid. Finish inside and outside is a beeswax friction finish.Sea Urchin Ornaments! The shells are actual urchin shells. Each ornament has a small bell-shaped top and a decorative finial. Woods vary. Species include madrone, lignum vitae, canarywood and plum. The finish is lacquer. These will be available at the Small Craft Advisory Art Show, Stanwood, WA, October 10, 11.Sea Urchin Ornaments 1 – 3. Left to right the woods are lignum vitae, canarywood and zebrawood.Sea Urchin Ornaments 4-6. Left to right, the woods are canarywood, madrone, canarywood.Sea Urchin Ornaments 7-9. Left to right, the woods are madrone, madrone, plum.Sea Urchin Ornaments 10, 11. Left and right woods are canarywood and plum.
PAST WORKS
Cattails.
Woods: cherry (base and grass blades), partridgewood (collar and lid), walnut (cattails)Cherry Votive
(not meant for candles)
Paint: acrylic red with acrylic gold mottlingPadauk Leaf Vessel Woods: padauk (base), walnut (rim), maple (leaves) Finish: General Finishes Arm-R-Seal (satin)Double-decker box
Woods: maple (base), walnut (lid and inner plate – not shown), bloodwood (finial)
Double-decker box with the lid off and the inner plate removed
Cherry Turquoise Votive
Paint: Prussian blue and mottled turquoise acrylic
Top coat: satin polyurethaneCherry Abalone Platter
Ring: inlay of actual abalone shells
Finish: gloss polyurethaneMyrtle-Acacia Vessel
Woods: myrtle (base), acacia (lid), walnut (handle and bead)
Finish: satin polyurethanePadauk-Walnut Butterfly
Woods: padauk (base and wing details), walnut (lid and wing boundaries, leopardwood (pod)
Finish: satin polyurethaneMadrone Flame Vessel
Woods: madrone and jatoba (base), jatoba (lid and flame)Bird in Flight
Woods: cherry (base), partridgewood (lid), burled maple (bird)Ash Flame Vessel
Woods: ash (base), walnut (collar, lid and flame)
Finish: satin polyurethaneSouthwest Pierced Pot
Cherry
Paints: Burnt Sienna (pierced region), Turquoise (top band)
Finish: satin polyurethaneTigerwood Pierced Bowl
Mostly pierced. Band of deep red acrylic paint around top.
