Valentine's Box

Wow! Gourgeous.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

As has been said, Wow! Gorgeous.

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

Steve, that is a beautiful piece of burl. I really like the form of the body and the combination of woods. The lid seems a little awkward and clunky compared to the graceful base. Overall, awesome job! Thanks for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Everything is beautiful on this, shape, wood, and finish. Great piece, would love to have made this.

-- Dan Wiggins

SWEET!

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

Beautifully done. It’s hard to tell it’s small, as it’s proportionate and could be quite large. It reminds me of a gourd, it’s so perfectly shaped.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

That’s a beautiful box! I really like the overall shape. The cherry burl is beautiful!!

-- - Jim, Carroll, OH

Beautiful box and finial. I really like the ebony seperation between the top and bowl. Interesting burl also.

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

Wow! Wowee-wow-wow! to quote Christopher Walken as “The Continental”.

Every thing is right with this piece. Great job in the name of love!

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

I love it and I love the lid. Beautiful.

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really beautiful jobe but I think the finial is a bit too big and is out of proportion for my taste however beautiful workmanship I hope you don’t mind me mentioning it but I just feel it is out of scale. many will no doubt disagree with me but there we have it. Alistair

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Awesome piece!

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

What a delicate, delightful work of art! Exquisite!

-- Jesus is the ONLY reason for ANY season.

Thanks for all of the kind words-

Scotsman- I don’t mind you mentioning your opinion. I was trying to fit the entire box inside a golden rectangle, but in looking at it again, I think I may have transposed some numbers somewhere. I agree that the finial should be shorter, since I must have misread the dimensions on my calipers incorrectly.

Golden ratio “phi” is a formula that turns up in nature, architecture, and all over the place. It is approximately 2/3 (little less) of the large proportion. Let’s say that the box is 3” wide. The golden ratio would prescribe that the height is either 2” or 4.5” to fit inside of a golden rectangle. If I pick the 2”x3” box, I need my finial to be 2.5” to fit in a 4.5”x3” golden rectangle. If my box is 4.5”x3, I now want the lid to be either 1/3 or 2/3 of the 4.5” to maintain the golden ratio…

My box is roughly 3×4”, and the lid and the box are about the same height 2”. There is an internal finial on the lid, which I probably added to some calculation and messed up my numbers. The internal finial is a counter balance to help keep the lid in place and it also adds a nice little surprise.

Thanks for all of the praise and such. I have another one in development, and I’ll post when it is finished.

-- Steven

I posted a close-up picture of the finial off of the box. The underside “finial” is another piece of cherry burl that was added to help counter balance the weight of the upper piece. The finial “sits” nicely and behaves itself. No indication that it is a loose fit.

-- Steven