Jewelry Box of Cherry, Purple Heart, and Zebra

Crista is one lucky lady. I’m sure she loves this as much as me, because I just love small wooden boxes. BMP, I’ve yet to make a box with a lock. I’ve often intended to do so, but haven’t yet got around to it.

Nice work, and welcome to LJ’s.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

Welcome to LumberJocks. You appear to be a very talented young woodworker, with a long and bright future ahead of you. Your box is beautiful and should have made Crista very happy.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Welcome… Gorgeous box!!
(ditto what Cajunpen said) – talented!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Welcome to LJ. That is one very nice box. It looks like Crista made out real well. It always pays to be good to your lady. We look forward to more.
Tom

-- Thos. Angle

Nice work Big. Welcome to LJ. I’m new here myself and so far my experience has been great. This site is chock full of super talented people.

-- I've cut that board three times and it's still too short!

Sweet box! I like all of it, but the inlayed name really bowls me over. How’d you do that? Inlay set, chisel and nerves of steel? Details would be appreciated.
Oh, BTW, welcome to Lumberjocks!

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

nice work ! hope you got lots of points for this one !

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

I really like the corner treatment on the lid. Very nice!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Great job. Like Tom above, I found the lid very interesting and attractive.

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

Douglas, Thanks for the kind comments; however, as much as I wold liek to claim that the top is inlaid, it was rather etched by a CO2 laser. The laser prosess was repeated several times to darken and deepen the letters. I have since learned a new technique in which I use gold paint to fill the letters, plain a few hundredths off to get crisp letters again, and then fill the letters using clear epoxy. Thanks everyone!

Nice work! I like the contrasting woods,and that Cherry is really going to POP as it ages. Well done.

-- " If I can make it,so can you" Andy in Oregon