Handcrafted Heirloom Wooden box in Solid Maple
Handmade wooden keepsake box, made from solid Quarter-sawn Maple wood with American Black Walnut as contrast. Hand cut wooden marquetry floor of Maple, Black Walnut and Mahogany, on a Maple base.
This lovely box is light and strong, characteristics of the wood, and has a beautiful glow in the sunlight where it comes alive with speckled Brown and Gold patterns showing through against the rich browns of the Walnut. Finished with a natural Danish oil.
I make these boxes by hand, starting with choosing matching stock pieces that compliment each other, I then cut and square each part, and cut my dovetails with a Japanese razor saw and chisels. Once achieving a snug fit, I will hand sand the interior and then glue the walls tight. After which I can glue and shape the lid with runners to match, using a hand plane, as well as glueing the floor panels together.
I then spend some time drawing a unique design for the floor, hand cutting all pieces from wooden veneer with a scalpel. These get glued down and coated with a crystal clear water based varnish, Bringing back the natural shimmer and patterns in the wood.
After fitting, the whole box is sanded and buffed by hand, ready for a series of coats with Natural Danish Oil. Which protects the box giving it a durable finish, and also brings life into the patterns hidden in the grain of the wood. Please note, this item is handmade, and there are signs of this in the way it is constructed. I hope that the photographs represent this accurately.
Internal dimensions:
Length: 168mm
Width: 86mm
Depth: 38mm
Handmade wooden keepsake box, made from solid Quarter-sawn Maple wood with American Black Walnut as contrast. Hand cut wooden marquetry floor of Maple, Black Walnut and Mahogany, on a Maple base.
This lovely box is light and strong, characteristics of the wood, and has a beautiful glow in the sunlight where it comes alive with speckled Brown and Gold patterns showing through against the rich browns of the Walnut. Finished with a natural Danish oil.
I make these boxes by hand, starting with choosing matching stock pieces that compliment each other, I then cut and square each part, and cut my dovetails with a Japanese razor saw and chisels. Once achieving a snug fit, I will hand sand the interior and then glue the walls tight. After which I can glue and shape the lid with runners to match, using a hand plane, as well as glueing the floor panels together.
I then spend some time drawing a unique design for the floor, hand cutting all pieces from wooden veneer with a scalpel. These get glued down and coated with a crystal clear water based varnish, Bringing back the natural shimmer and patterns in the wood.
After fitting, the whole box is sanded and buffed by hand, ready for a series of coats with Natural Danish Oil. Which protects the box giving it a durable finish, and also brings life into the patterns hidden in the grain of the wood. Please note, this item is handmade, and there are signs of this in the way it is constructed. I hope that the photographs represent this accurately.
Internal dimensions:
Length: 168mm
Width: 86mm
Depth: 38mm
Handmade wooden keepsake box, made from solid Quarter-sawn Maple wood with American Black Walnut as contrast. Hand cut wooden marquetry floor of Maple, Black Walnut and Mahogany, on a Maple base.
This lovely box is light and strong, characteristics of the wood, and has a beautiful glow in the sunlight where it comes alive with speckled Brown and Gold patterns showing through against the rich browns of the Walnut. Finished with a natural Danish oil.
I make these boxes by hand, starting with choosing matching stock pieces that compliment each other, I then cut and square each part, and cut my dovetails with a Japanese razor saw and chisels. Once achieving a snug fit, I will hand sand the interior and then glue the walls tight. After which I can glue and shape the lid with runners to match, using a hand plane, as well as glueing the floor panels together.
I then spend some time drawing a unique design for the floor, hand cutting all pieces from wooden veneer with a scalpel. These get glued down and coated with a crystal clear water based varnish, Bringing back the natural shimmer and patterns in the wood.
After fitting, the whole box is sanded and buffed by hand, ready for a series of coats with Natural Danish Oil. Which protects the box giving it a durable finish, and also brings life into the patterns hidden in the grain of the wood. Please note, this item is handmade, and there are signs of this in the way it is constructed. I hope that the photographs represent this accurately.
Internal dimensions:
Length: 168mm
Width: 86mm
Depth: 38mm