Dissappointment

That thing is so beautiful … that it boggles the mind to think of what DID take 1st through 3rd place !

-- -- Neil

Very artistic and beautiful, looks like perfection to me

-- Don, Royersford, PA

To tell you the truth, it doesn’t quite look like a jewelry box.

That being said, if this were entered in an “Art Box” contest it should place VERY high!

Nothing’s perfect, but this challenges that saying – great job!

-bob

-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org

Very beautiful design. Looks excellent!

-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive

really good design! beautyful!

-- -Thomas -

EyeOfTheJen – your box is beautiful! I just love the design & the quality of its execution looks spot-on. As Neil says, one wonders what it took to beat you. I look forward to seeing more of your creations.

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems

Well it is a winner in my eye’s. Well made and the woods contrast very well

-- Derek, Kent, UK, http://s702.photobucket.com/albums/ww21/diggerdelaney/

Thank you everyone. THe winner of the contest was an outstanding design.The Execution….well… Mom always told me if you can’t say anything nice….. seriously though it was an awesome design. :)

-- Jen ~ Happiness is being covered in sawdust.

Great creative design and excellent execution on this Jen. If I had to guess I’d say it likely lost points on utility. It is certainly a knockout in innovation, eye appeal and quality. I like the way you challenge yourself with high degree of difficulty projects. (One of my mottos is “Think there must be a harder way”.)
You will succeed. Just a matter of how soon.

Lovely project. Thanks.

-- Paul M ..............If God wanted us to have fiberglass boats he would have given us fiberglass trees. http://prmdesigns.com/

Great design work, the woodgrains are beautiful and the craftsmanship is superb. Very well done. I predict you’ll have a great client base presenting such work as this; regardless of whatever contest judges opine.

-- Rick, Tennessee, John 3:16

Very nice Jen, a lot going on with this visually and I love the design.

-- Good judgement comes from experience and experience comes from poor judgement.

I think it looks flawless. Thanks for sharing.

-- Have a great day.

beautiful project; I’ve found through my experience entering photography contests that more often than not it is something obscure that wins rather than the “best”. So try not to be too disheartened, your woodworking is stunning, whether you win or not.

-- Rob, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Excellent piece of work. Love the creativity in this design. You should enter it again in another contest. It is worthy of it.. Thanks for sharing your work.

-- Mike, Missouri --- “A positive life can not happen with a negative mind.” ---

Incredible. A beautiful piece of art, love the combinations of wood and the crasftsmanship is wonderful. the judges were clearly witches – burn them!

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe