| Project by Rb12 | posted 11-25-2015 01:49 PM | 1611 views | 1 time favorited | 3 comments |  |
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This jewelry box is for my daughter for Christmas (she is 3.5, so no risk of her seeing it here). Her favorite color is purple, so of course I had to integrate purpleheart into it; main box is maple. All the splines are inside on the miters.
The string inlay acts as a pinstripe and goes all around the box shaping into a heart on the front. The sun inlay on the box top is yellowheart, orange osage and the center being maple burl which gives a cool sun spot like effect in the grain. The feet are routed with an ogee all the way around.
There is a removable tray which sits on rails half way down and the bottom part is for general storage.
Finished with two coats of Danish Oil and two coats of shellac.
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WoodNSawdust
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#1 posted 11-25-2015 02:09 PM
Nice jewelry box I am sure your daughter will love it.
I especially like the heart stringing on the front.
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Rb12
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#2 posted 11-25-2015 02:17 PM
Thanks a lot. That actually wasn’t part of my original design; but after I had the box together I thought the body looked a little “plain” and needed something to break up the space. Then I didnt think about how hard it would be to inlay the top curves of the heart until I had already removed the maple and there was no going back. But hey, sometimes it is better that way :)
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#3 posted 11-25-2015 03:51 PM
very nice jewelry box…great job, your daughter will love it for sure.
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