Black opal box

thats some box

-- gagewestern

Stunning work, once again…
Thanks for sharing, Johan.

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

Beautifully done! Nice opal collection too!

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

Excellent craftsmanship. Beautiful design and execution.

-- Al H. - small shop, small projects...

Hey johan
This is a sepctacular box great wood and fine details so well done.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

very nice

-- -erik & christy-

WOW, nice one!

Love seeing your craftmanship, amazing…..................

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

Beautiful work. Looking forward to the future boxes. Thanks for posting.

-- Please visit me at http://dustynewt.com

WOW!!!!!!

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

Exquisite box but what on earth is stinkwood??? Never heard of it but it sure looks nice. I see you are from S. Africa so probably it is a local wood? Also have never heard of Witel Burl or Ripple Pear – the latter I would imagine is pear wood with a curly figure?

Beautiful workmanship and photography. Wish I could get photos that nice of my work but my little digital camera just can’t do the details (maybe that’s a good thing in my case!).

Jim

Beautiful work!!

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

what a beautiful job….im always impressed with your work..very good on detail and im sure your customer loves it….bravo amigo…look forward to the other that wil come.

-- The Grizzone

Beautiful box.

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

Your work is so stunning! Absolutely gorgeous!

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

Wow! What a wonderfull box/set of boxes, to show off a collection. Fantastic workmanship. Outstanding wood.

Keep up the very inspirational work.

Scrappy

-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!

Johan’s craftsmanship is indeed exceptional. I did some minor changes to the box like replacing some tan velvet pads with dark brown ones in order to bring out the colors of each stone.
Johan and I agreed on realizing something I started out as a joke drawn by a wave of enthusiasm following this beauty I had commissioned. So I designed quite a few boxes and asked him if he could turned them into real ones. I will be eager to receive your comments once Johan posts them for you to see.
Once again thanks all of you and this awesome site for helping make this possible.

-- ClaraBarghini

Beautiful, just beautiful.

Beautiful box, you did a great job on it.

-- We are the people our parents warned us about.

spectacular.
I am getting ready to make a box for my daughters tumbled rock collection. mind if I copy some elements in your design?

flattery bu imitaiton…...

Thank you to everybody for the compliments. All the woods used for this box are indigineous to the Knysna forest, which is situated in the Western Cape of South Africa. The name Stinkwood is given because of the smell when it is cut when wet. Another name for Witels is White Alder. Hard Pear and Pear are not the same wood. In South Africa, we also have Red Pear, White Pear, Coffee Pear and Thorn Pear. These are all indigineous hard woods. All these woods are all protected species and are not commercially available and can only be obtained at State auctions.
And to Studiousmatt …. I really don’t mind!
And to Clara – a very big thank you! I really enjoyed making your box!

-- Johan, South Africa, www.wildwoodboxes.co.za