Showcase – Boxes and Pots
I make a wide range of pots and lidded boxes some of which are exhibited here in Showcase – Boxes and Pots. Here at Crescent. Woodcraft I use a variety of timbers both exotic tropical ones as well as locally sourced hardwoods. In addition I also combine different materials to give interesting and contrasting effects. Other features that I employ are decorative piercing in the lids to give additional interest and also enable me to personalise the work for customers.
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Boxes
I turned three lidded trinket boxes in Padauk, an exotic tropical hardwood. When first exposed to air this wood is a striking red colour but over time it mellows to give the work a rich exotic feel.
A keepsake box ideal for safely storing those small personal treasures. It has a hard wearing melamine lacquer and dulled prior to waxing for a satin sheen. This is the largest of the three boxes.
Turned in Padauk, a tropical hardwood and given a dulled melamine finish and finally waxed. When first exposed to air Padauk is a striking red colour but mellows over time to give a rich exotic feel.
This is the smallest of the lidded trinket boxes. Turned again in Padauk, the colour is a rich, deep red. A dulled melamine lacquer has been applied and finally waxed to give that warm glow.
You could put this pretty little box to any number of uses. I have pierced the maple lid with a decorative leaf motif. Contrastingly the base has been turned in bubinga a dense tropical hardwood. I then applied a hardwearing dulled lacquer and finally waxed to give the work a warm, soft sheen.
Once again I have embellished the lid with a leaf motif. The maple is inset into the cherry to form the lid and the base has again been turned in cherry. I burnished the pot and also waxed it to give a mellow patina.
Turned in Bubinga and Sycamore this pretty little trinket box is ideal for keeping those odds and ends in. It has been burnished and waxed to give a soft sheen finish.
Pots
Turned in spalted beech that has colourful, attractive marking here is a set of three simple, unique bowls. They have been burnished and finally waxed to give an exquisite mellow sheen. They have been given a food safe finish and would be suitable for dry snacks or nibbles bu perhaps simply left as ornamental objects.