Painting In Wood Treasure Box

Absolutely Gorgeous!

-- You're not a real wood worker until you've been to the Emergency Room...Twice...in one year...wait a minute, this isn't right.

Patrick this is an amazing work of art, your years of experience and talent shows through this great box ,it truly is a treasure of a box.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

A keepsake. Truly a treasure !!! I love it.

http://www.sawblade.com

Phenomenal and sensational project! Can I have it? Pretty Please :D

-- "someone has to be wounded for others to be saved, someone has to sacrifice for others to feel happiness, someone has to die so others could live"

This is one project you HAVE to click “zoom pictures” to get any idea of the level of artistry involved.

-- “The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.” ― Mark Twain

Your reputation precedes you. The box is magnificent. Words can hardly do it justice.
Roger

-- "Everybody makes mistakes. A craftsman always fixes them." (Monty Kennedy, "The Checkering and Carving of Gunstocks", 1952)

I am sorry to say that I am not as familiar with your work. If this is an indication of what I’ve been missing, then the loss is all mine! Absolutely beautiful work.

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

reminds me of the magnificent work done by the craftsmen of Sorrento, Italy!

-- Max the "night janitor" at www.hardwoodclocks.com

Thank you all for your kind words. Let me just say, I put my pants on one leg at a time, like the rest of humanity. I also spend an average of 12 hours a day 7 days a week at the bench, like many of you who enjoy what you do in life. Twice a year, on Thanksgiving and Christmas, I work only half a day, since my wife has other plans for me.

By the way, the workers in Sorrento and Florence do amazing work in hard stone, but I need to say that the French surpass them easily in wood marquetry. That said, my favorite master in this trade was from Belgium, Pierre Gole. I am in love with all the work done in the last two decades of the 17th century.

This box is a small tribute to that period. I post it to demonstrate that this artistry is not dead. Yet.

-- WPatrick, San Diego, http://www.WPatrickEdwards.com

Amazing work aand I enjoyed reading your webpage as well. Look fwd to seeng more,,,You have some amazing talent…

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Fantastic work as always.

-- Best regards, Jack -- I may not be good, but I'm slow -- www.BarnhillWoodworks.com

Absolutely beautiful. This quality of work deserves to be aired.

-- Martyn -- Boxologist, Pattern Juggler and Candyman of the visually challenging. http://www.theartofboxes.com

Just amazing. Plus I love your glue.

Thanks for posting this on lumberjocks Patrick.
I can say, and Mat Nedeljko will back me up, that this box cannot be done justice by any photographer.
It is more impressive in person than you can imagine.

This is what real marquetry looks like and what keeps beginners like me striving to improve.

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

the work of a true master, thanks for sharing.

-- Steve - Wasilla, Alaska