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This is a christmas present I gave to my girlfriend (now wife) a few days before I proposed to her. This was my first time trying scrollsawn marquetry, but I think it turned out pretty well. (It's not perfect) The box is made of walnut with maple splines. The rose consists of bloodwood for the petals, cherry for the stem and curly maple for the field. The black 3/16" border is dyed epoxy. The various parts of the rose were shaded using hot sand. I got the idea of the rose from a woodworking magazine a few years back. It was actually easier building this than I thought it would be.

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· In Loving Memory
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It is beautiful and you know the way to a womens heart. You give her a jewelry box leading her to believe you are going to fill it up. Sneaky.
 

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Very nice. I realy like the shape of the box and the inlay looks great. I am shure your wife is very proud of it.
 

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Very, very nice. That is a great job on the inlay. Thanks for the post.
 

· In Loving Memory
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Great looking inlay! Very nice overall box!
 

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Very cool. I'm getting ready to embark on the marquetry train (new scroll saw! - yeah!) myself. I think you did good - obviously you got the girl.
 

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Great design and inlay. You did a beautiful job on the box. I am sure your wife was pleased with it. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom
 

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What a beautiful box. I am impressed with the quality of work and the different woods used. can you tell the dimensions of the box and the finish you applied?
 

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Nicely done, well proportioned and interesting to look at, If you can find the time I would like to know more about the dyed epoxy and how to apply this!
 

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Fantastic! This is the kind of work I hope to be able to do when I grow up. <g>
 

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Very nice.What a beautiful box.
 

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I really like that box and the inlay is great.
 

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Outstanding Thepps! The design is great too. and I really like the shading on the leaves…that adds a lot to the marquetry.

Thanks for posting it.
 

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Wow! Very elegant box. Thank you for sharing.
 

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I like it! Have wanted to try some marquetry but never got around to it. Might us this as motivation.
 

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Nice job, very good looking box. I love the marquetry.
 

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Thanks everyone for all of the comments.

Colin-
The epoxy was actually pretty easy to do. First, the mortise needs to be larger than the inlay, so keep that in mind. I glued the inlay into the top and after that dried, I stuck clear packaging tape over the area the epoxy would be going. I used a utility knife to carefully cut around the inlay and top, leaving the gap for the epoxy to go. The tape protected everything else from getting epoxy on it. I used some regular old epoxy from the local store and black dye. I think it was liquid and not the powder type. After mixing it together in a ziplock bag, I cut a hole in the corner and carefully squeezed it into the mortise. After that dried, I removed the tape and sanded down the epoxy until it was flush with everything else.
Thats it!

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I believe the box is about 12" long, 6" tall, and 7" deep. I brushed on 3 coats of poly for the finish.
 

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Thats a superb box!
 

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Magnificient box . You are so talented !
 

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Cool design. Very Nicely done.
 

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Wow, that is just beautiful, wonderful job exhibiting fine woodworking technique, thanks for sharing your work and info on how you did it
 
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