Hybrid boxes-burr oak, burr elm and LOOFAH!!

[George Watkins]

Hello folks

here are three new box's that I cast a few weeks ago and i've completed recently
they are all around 2 1/4" wide by 2 3/4" tall

Burr elm with a very dark blue resin

burr oak

Loofah

top of the lid

 

[PaulDoug]

WOW! always is my first thought when you post the boxes. Beautiful! for sure. How about doing one with a large pine cone??

 

[BSea]

Very nice. I like loofah best. But when I 1st saw the title, I thought LOOFAH was an acronym since it was in all caps. Took me a minute.

 

[Chatham PenWorks]

Nice work. I really LOVE the loofah! s it is, I can't help but think of coral growing out of the ocean floor. You think you could do one in an aqua blue?

 

[alamocdc]

Realy nice! I like them all. But the loofah looks like fire!

 

[brownsfn2]

Really like the boxes. I hope to be that good making boxes some day I really need the practice.

One problem I have is that I always feel that I need to make a large box. I am afraid they will not be useful otherwise. Do you sell those small size boxes? If so what do people use them for? Just display pieces?

Really beautiful work!

 

[ericofpendom]

Hi George, another three stunners, the loofah is fantastic. I hope the sales are going well for you.

Eric...

 

[philb]

Looking good!

Are they PR or Alumilite?

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you for all of your kind comments

PaulDoug: I have plans to do a hollow form with normal size pine cones

Chatham penworks: yes i could try to do a blue one

brownsfm2: they sell steadily- people use them for all sorts, from their kids first teeth to loose change.

 

[skiprat]

George, I love these little boxes you make. They are all beautifully made and really asthetically pleasing.
Of this bunch, I fancy the Loofah one mostly because it's 'different' :biggrin:

Now I know you can't only make boxes, but because you do them so well, then stuff like bottle stoppers seems a bit of a 'cop-out' if you know what I mean. Kind of like a brain surgeon doing GP stuff.

:biggrin:

 

[leslie hines]

really great looking boxes

 

[brownsfn2]

brownsfm2: they sell steadily- people use them for all sorts, from their kids first teeth to loose change.

Good news. I have a lot of small chunks of nice wood that I really never thought of making a box with. I am going to have to try.

 

[cnirenberg]

George,
Outstanding work. I like the Burr elm w/ blue resin a lot.

 

[George Watkins]

thank you for all of your kind comments

 

[Fishinbo]

All of them look delicately charming to me. Fantastic work!