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Watch Gift Box
Watch gift box made of Walnut and Cedar with a Brass Pin. Figured it would be fitting for this contest as it was made entirely on the tablesaw (plus a drill for the hole) using precise cuts to...
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Driftwood Box
This box is one of a series I built to commemorate a group vacation my wife and I and our friends took to Galveston, Texas, last summer. I built one box for each family from driftwood I...
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Tibetan Box
2 commentsI aquired these Tibetan chimes called tingshas on a trip to India and knew that they needed a home. I thought of the Tibetan architecture that I saw when I was in the foothills of the Himalayas...
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The Suspended Box
I wanted the legs to appear to be holding up the top and the box itself to look as if it was suspended. The sides are mahogany, embedded with maple and paduk. The top is lacewood. nbspnbspThe...
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Heavy with Fruit
Bandsaw box build out of a single 2x4 (2.57$ at Home Depot). I always challenge people at art shows to guess what is made of and they are always shocked when I say is construction grade pineI...
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Treasure Chest
This was a fun, quick little project made for a good friend's sons fifth birthday. The wood was salvaged from a pallet made of meranti. I used a wood burner and files to further distress...
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Cello Box
15 commentsI'm a cello maker and have lots of scraps from pegbox cut-offs. So I thought it would be cool to make a different sort of box from what I had lying around. I tried to include some of the...
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lotus box
5 commentsLotus Box. Made of paduak, quilted western maple and maple. Laquer finish.
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Walnut & Rosewood Jewelry Chest
3 commentsThis design was an adaptation of Doug Stowe's cherry jewelry chest. The overall dimensions are smaller, the joinery is keyed miters, and the bottom of the box and the tray are solid walnut...
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The Gift of Reclamation
3 commentsPeople always say the next generation is the most rebellious, revolutionary, and sometimes out of touch. Well, I like to think of myself as two of those. I am a 16 year old aspiring woodworker...
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Dorene's Jewelry Box
This box was made for my sister as a gift on her 50th Birthday. It is made of Figured Bubinga, Quilted Maple, Snake wood, Lacewood and Black Walnut.
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Karen's Heart Box
I made this box as a Valentine's Day gift for my wife. The box was made by embedding mahogany into soft maple. The top is lacewood and the base is paduk. I enjoy the challenge of creating...
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Abigale (curved dovetail box)
3 commentsArbutus, Curly Western Maple, Unknown About 11" wide, 7.5" deep, 3.5" high This little box has sides shaped to tapered curves thus the curved and tapered dovetails :)
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It's about the wood ...
These boxes were designed and built with simple lines and form so that the natural beauty of the wood is the focus, not the box. The boxes feature combinations of domestic and exotic woods...
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Voltron Lunchbox Box
2 commentsVoltron (anime robot cartoon circa 1984) themed wooden lunchbox. Hard maple with Brazilian rosewood and purpleheart. The maple on front and back of the box has a little curl to it. Oil...
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Churchill Box
The inspiration for this box came when I saw another furniture maker’s cabinet lying on its back in the shop. I instantly went to work on this box and made it from a single piece of...
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Ruthie's Box
1 commentThis box was an exploration into the use of end grain veneers. The surfaces were approached as a composition. What I ended up with was a random “pattern” that highlights the...
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fishermans jewel box
A jewel box designed for a newly wed couple who love fishing. The front represents a set of rapids. The right side is a veiw into the water of fish about to strike a dragonfly and the left side is a...
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"Outside The Box"
2 comments"Outside The Box" was completed in early February and was inspired from a Tony Lydgate design. I wanted to give it an oriental look, thus the angled and elongated corners on the top plus the...
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Congratulations to our winner!
Congratulations to our winner Christopher Moore from Madison, WI . Click here to view his Cello Box.






