Redheart Threaded Lidded Box

[KenB259]

I had some rather mediocre Redheart, it in this use though, it's absolutely gorgeous. The top is accented with some highly figured redheart and a confetti opal inlay. Segments are all perfectly tight. The bottom also has the highly figured redheart in the center. The overall size is about 3.25 x 3.75. Comments and critiques are always welcome.

 

[Alan Morrison]

Ken, your segmenting is spot on, very accurate.
I have to say that I prefer the look of the bottom to the top.......that's just me.

 

[wood-of-1kind]

I'm with Alan in terms of a preference for the bottom. The "top" is too much over the top (no pun here). The top is screaming
too much as to say "look at me". My preference is for less that ultimately delivers more on the visual side. Nonetheless, your work as always shines on quality/fit spectrum.

 

[KenB259]

You mean without the inlay?

 

[KMCloonan]

I think your threaded boxes are fantastic. I like how you added the channel for crushed stone on the top. Segmenting is perfect (as usual).

 

[1080Wayne]

Gorgeous work , as usual ! But you shouldn`t magnify the photos so much . The first one shows that you didn`t sand the top to your pen standards .

 

[keithlong]

Great job and beautiful box

 

[KenB259]

Gorgeous work , as usual ! But you shouldn`t magnify the photos so much . The first one shows that you didn`t sand the top to your pen standards .

They are sanded to 400 grit and look good to me. Pens are sanded to 12,000 grit, after applying CA. They'll never compare.

 

[Alan Morrison]

You mean without the inlay?

Yes, Ken. I prefer it without the inlay. Maybe if it was a solid colour, I may like it better.......the glittery inlay looks like a girl's bangle ( to me ) and I'm only nit-picking a very nice piece of work.

 

[TonyL]

Perfect!

 

[Mike]

Beautiful work!

Mike

 

[Flintski22]

Looks incredible! I like how some of the red tones in the inlay match the redheart.

 

[montmill]

A lot of skill in that little box. Well done.