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Family Box - A special project

Oct 7, 2009
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Early this year I was blessed with connecting with lost family - two sisters I had never met, and another I had not seen in over 40 years.  In celebration of the unification of our family, I...


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Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Step-By-Step Guitar Making by Alex Willis

Some fantastic luthiers in our Guild, and I'm getting more and more interested... this would be a great start!

posted: 3:17 pm on October 18th  

Re: Corner Jewelry Cabinet

Beautiful design and well thought out detailing. I love it!
Roger

posted: 4:35 pm on October 14th  

Re: Bench Cookie Giveaway

My new avatar is a pic of me doing the inlay for the "Family Box" I posted in the gallery....kind of a neat story to the box...if you get a chance, check it out.
Roger

posted: 2:53 pm on October 13th  

Re: Family Box - A special project

jonnieboy - Thanks....
The inlay design is adapted from traditional line and berry used in Chester County PA spice boxes... in my intepretation of it, each of the lines represents one of the four of us and our lives intersecting, and the berries represent our individual families.... ps - used the Lie Neilson (Steve Latta designed) inlay tools to do the work, but scratch stocks will work as well.
Roger

posted: 10:06 am on October 9th  

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: New Masters of the Wooden Box by Oscar P. Fitzgerald

I thought I had every book on boxes...but not this one...yet!

posted: 10:21 am on October 7th  

Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Shop Drawings for Greene & Greene Furniture by Robert W. Lang

The craftsmen style to me really brings out the warmth of wood... Great Book!

posted: 4:08 pm on September 21st  

Re: Book Giveaway: Fine Art of Carving Lovespoons

Just carved my first lovespoon a short time ago, and am hooked! Would love a book like this!

posted: 11:15 am on April 20th