| Project by NickJonesDesigns | posted 10-11-2016 11:19 PM | 1494 views | 6 times favorited | 9 comments |  |
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So make a box, make a really really good box.
Use the best woods you can find, exotic woods, expensive woods.
It will take every scrap of the boards you bought to make the box.
No mistakes. If you screw up a cut you will not be able to find another board that will match and you can not sell the box.
You have a client. You have a deadline. It has to be perfect.
150 steps later you did it. It is as close to perfect as possible. Not one piece of scrap. It’s done.
No not yet…the client would like the exterior of the box sculpted to resemble lapping waves along the shoreline of a beach.
Now put that perfect box that took weeks to make on a stand. Take a deep breath, swallow hard…
Don’t cut too deep or you will ruin it. Don’t cut deep enough and the pattern will not show. It all comes down to this….
Can you do it???
You should!
It will be worth it!
There is no look in the world like a sculpted box.
And there is only one way to get it!
Take some risks!
-- Nick Jones Designs, www.nickjonesdesigns.com
9 comments so far
DocSavage45
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#1 posted 10-12-2016 12:15 AM
This must be the one that has been sold? When the weather starts getting too miserable for my outside projects I’m going to do some sculpting.
-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher
splintergroup
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#2 posted 10-12-2016 01:41 PM
Nothing like finishing the box, no mistakes, taking a breath of relief, then starting back in again….
The “waves” have life, well done! You are making curly Zebra Wood when the original tree would not provide it!
helluvawreck
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#3 posted 10-12-2016 06:31 PM
This is beautiful, Nick. You did a wonderful job on this box.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com
Mean_Dean
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#4 posted 10-12-2016 08:44 PM
Wow, that’s really working without a net! Great looking results, though—I’m sure the client will be very pleased with it!
-- Dean -- "Don't give up the ship -- fight her 'till she sinks!" Capt James Lawrence USN
Ivan
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#5 posted 10-13-2016 06:10 AM
Indeed awesome work! From choice of woods to beautiful sculpturing.
-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted
juvat1980
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#6 posted 10-16-2016 05:03 PM
That is a stunningly beautiful box. Something to aspire to. Well done! A video on how you did it would be a bazillion views in about 10 minutes.
juvat1980
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#7 posted 10-16-2016 05:04 PM
That is a stunningly beautiful box. Something to aspire to. Well done!
bigblockyeti
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#8 posted 11-02-2016 03:34 AM
The sculpting looks great, especially with the chosen woods. What’s your technique? Which tools do you progress through while sculpting?
-- "Lack of effort will result in failure with amazing predictability" - Me
Peteybadboy
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#9 posted 08-16-2019 08:44 PM
I’m to some research for watch box ideas. That box is awsome!
-- Petey
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