Project Information
First of all, thanks again to Matthew and Stevehttp://lumberjocks.com/projects/359289 for the ideas. A good friend of mine had seen the last little treasure chest I made for my niece and asked if I could make one for her nephew. Was I to say no? Are you kidding me? So she gave me free reign and this is what I came up with. I didn't screw this one up, believe it or not. And by accident the curved laminations ended up perfectly aligning with the arms of the mother and child as to cross both of their hearts, let's say joining them together. I thought that was just perfect and will do it again if I make another one of these. The box is maple and sapele, the hinge is brass pin and the box measures 9 1/4×6x6. The maple has a slight curl in it which shows up in the right light. The sapele sparkles in the evening sunlight! The mother and child are 1/4" jatoba. For the tray, I cut out the handle area on the scrollsaw and added the 1/8" strips of maple. The liners are off-white canvas that I thought was good for this application as it is very clean looking - kind of like all baby stuff should be. I like the look a lot. The rattles are cherry and maple as are the teethers (cherry dowel, curly maple toy). Finished in organic olive oil and beeswax. Sanded to 400, wet down to raise the grain, sanded again to 1000. Smooth as a baby's rear The box is finished with 5 coats wipe on poly then waxed. My friend's nephew and wife live in Iowa so she is taking a road trip to see the new baby and deliver her gift. She is a special friend so I hope I exceeded her expectations, we'll just have to wait and see!
Thanks for looking!
Thanks for looking!