Asian style box

[neil mackay]

I rarely make boxes although I do like them but never seem to get around having a go, even when I have plenty of suitable offcuts.
Anyway this one has a distinct Asian feel to and it more or less came out as I visualized it. Blackwood and Bamboo, standing around 5.5" high with a dia of 3.75", W.O.P. and buffed.

 

[David Johnson]

Very attractive. Nice job.
David

 

[Rick Prosser]

Nice!

 

[Ryan Mooney]

Wow that's a stunner. The lid is really fantastic and sets of the whole organic flower bud or seed feel very nicely.

 

[Jay Caughron]

WOW That is gorgeous

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

Man, that looks great, Hughie! No spirals, but it still has your signature look.

 

[Darren Wright]

Wow, beautiful piece!

 

[Bill Arnold]

Great looking piece!!!

 

[Mike Stafford]

That is beautifully done, Neil. The shape and flute are just magnificent and the little flip of the lid is perfect.

 

[neil mackay]

Thanks for all very positive comments they are much appreciated. Perhaps the one thing than didnt work for me was the choice of the cross. Originally I thought of Mother of Pearl, more precisely Black Mother of Pearl shell. But I couldnt get the thickness I wanted, what I needed an old growth shell as they have the thickness. The Bamboo came out better than expected.

 

[Ryan Mooney]

The Bamboo came out better than expected.

Agree that that part came out really nice, it has sort of an "old bone" feel that imho works really well with the design. I think maybe pearl might have had to much bling, so would chalk this up to the happy accidents territory

 

[Mike Stafford]

Have you ever considered using bone in applications such as this? It smells when you turn it but it can give you a color that almost no other material except ivory can yield.

 

[Rennie Heuer]

Wow. That's pretty impressive! Well done!

 

[Dave Hoskins]

I am remiss in not seeing this jewel earlier. That is a very nice piece! Great job, Hughie!!!

 

[neil mackay]

Have you ever considered using bone in applications such as this? It smells when you turn it but it can give you a color that almost no other material except ivory can yield.

Ivory colour now that would go very well with this piece, but not a lot access to bone where I am at present with that I am familiar with bone carving as I started out with carving and in particular Polynesian carving which takes in not only wood but shell,jade and bone. Jade is the one that I havent had a go at.

 

[Paul Douglass]

That is a beautiful piece.

 

[Deleted at User's Request]

Wow! It's so beautiful I was about to ask if you bought if from somewhere. lol
Does it open?

 

[Ed Thomas]

If it didn't open, it wouldn't be a box, would it?

 

[allen levine]

WOW That is gorgeous

yep, what he said

 

[Deleted at User's Request]

lol Sorry. I meant to ask how it opens.
Is that little bit part at the top the handle or is it more of a cookie jar.