Large Jewelry Boxes
Inlaid Unicorn Two Drawer Jewelry Box
The solid bubinga cased box features an oval ebony field with holly and satinwood stars, a holly unicorn with ivory horn entangled in a baliwood banding, with a celtic knotwork banding of ebony in an oval of arrarcanga. The ebony escutcheon is inlaid with ivory as well (the ivory comes from a supply of old piano keys friends have blessed me with over the years...). The box can be locked by key, and the drawers are locked when the top is closed by a settable switch that allows for a non-locking mode. This jewelry box was a custom request for a client, and I couldn't resist making a spare while I was at it.
Unicorn Jewelry Box Top Detail
This box is the most elaborate inlay I've ever done. It is a duplicate of a commission I made in 2011. I am somewhat of a pioneer in working with certain CNC inlay techniques -it created quite a stir when I posted the top on the web forum for the CADCAM software I use, Vectric Aspire . Though these days most marquetry, the art of creating pictures from wood veneer in jigsaw puzzle like fashion, is done with laser cutting, there are distinct advantages in using the slower, fussier router based method I use, not the least of which is that I use several times thicker wood, allowing for a finely sanded finish with no fear of sanding through. It also allows the use of species not readily available in veneer, especially black ebony. The width of the strings of the oval ebony knotwork banding is about .025".
$2,900.00 -includes shipping
Unicorn Inlay Jewelry Box
Innovative necklace storage and earring storage systems make the inside of the box as notable as the outside, a combination of artistry and engineering that only someone who spends far too much time thinking about jewelry boxes could have produced. Open view showing innovative necklace storage and earring storage systems, above the precision dovetailed drawers. The necklace box has a spring hinged, padded top section that places gentle tension on necklaces, preventing the inevitable entanglement common to inexpensive necklace "pouches" used by other box makers. Side view below.
Unicorn Inlay Jewelry Box
The box can be locked by key, and the drawers are locked when the top is closed by a settable switch that allows for a non-locking mode. Innovative necklace storage and earring storage systems make the inside of the box as notable as the outside, a combination of artistry and engineering that only someone who spends far too much time thinking about jewelry boxes could have produced. Open view showing innovative necklace storage and earring storage systems, above the precision dovetailed drawers. The necklace box has a spring hinged, padded top section that places gentle tension on necklaces, preventing the inevitable entanglement common to inexpensive necklace "pouches" used by other box makers.
Horse and Rider Inlay Box
This was another production inlay project, pushing the envelope of what detail is possible with wood inlay. These are holly in ebony, and the holly really reads a lot like ivory.
These are 3.5" long, so on my screen I'm seeing this photo at over three times actual size. No white filler here -it's actual wood inlay.
Special Forces Gun Box
This special box was built for a client who served in the US Special Forces in Vietnam. He became the holder of an emblematic hand gun from his troop, and felt it deserved an appropriate storage vessel. The client provided the exquisite quilted maple from his native Oregon, and also supplied the unusual gold plated hardware.
The inlay work, shown in the enlargement is at about 1.5 X scale, involves nearly 100 pieces, with ebony, holly, satinwood, baliwood, jatoba and Brazilian tulipwood. This is a great example of the amazing accuracy my CNC router is capable of. It does help to know what you're doing. The CNC only does what it's told to do.
