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This is made from a compression curled piece of koa, some wenge and pheasant wood are the dark accents and I did a Port Orford Cedar on the inside which gives it a great smell. Inside is some more currly koa which is raw and unfinished. This is for my wife so I have a musical moment which I used these nice wave like pieces of koa to hide.

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What a lovely box Bill. I would say you picked the Heart right out of the middle of that piece of Koa. I also enjoy working with Koa. One of the Galleries I sell in only want Koa. Thank goodness I have a logging friend and get a good price on his wood.
 

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Aloha,

Welcome to LumberJocks. Beautiful box, sure the wife will Love it.

Tom
 

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That's an eye opener. That wood pops out at you and makes you want to touch it. It's 3D. Beautiful gift for your wife and welcome to the one and only LJs.
 

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Bill, welcome to Lumberland. What a loving gift. This is a stunningly beautiful piece of Koa veneer. You have a fine teacher. I especially like the idea of angled legs at the corners. Nice work there. I would have applied finish to the "wave" as well.

It is difficult to tell dimensions from a photo. You might consider editing your posting to include those for your readers.

The internal parts are really well designed. They work well and will make the box much more useful. Congratulations on a job well done. Keep boxing and keep posting.
 

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Nice design and choice of wood
 

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I LOVE THE WOOD OMG AND THE BOX GREAT JOB.
 

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I really like the inside detail, I guess the musical movement is under that detail.
Exceptional work on this beautiful box!
 

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The little burl (?) pieces you put on the corners of the trays really distinguishes it from other boxes…nice touch.
 

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A great looking box!! I love koa. what is the finish you used? I dont know if it is just the pictures, but it looks like some sort of a satin finish. I usually see a high gloss finish on koa, but I really like this!!
 

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This is an outstanding box with amazing wood.
 

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Beautiful! The use of live edge burl on the trays is very creative and noval, distinguishing your work and raising it from many other boxes.
 

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Nicely done nice clean lines.
 

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Fantastic work, inside and out!
 

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Very well crafted box. The figured Koa is absolutely beautiful. Like the dark edging and the use of the raw edged Koa to conceal the music movement. The angled legs are a nice feature as well.
 

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With myself included so many LJ's love to see boxes which quite often appear on this wonderful site and this one will differently climb the charts in the category of outstanding composition of grain and design. Just a outstanding piece which will age like a fine wine…thanks for sharing and welcome to Lumberjocks….Blkcherry
 

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Talk about eye-candy ! Gorgeous wood and excellent details.
 

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That is a stunning piece of Koa - your project shows it off beautifully!
 
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