Koa Jewelry Box

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I built this jewelry for my brother, which was intended as an heirloom gift to his grandson. The box is made of Hawiian Koa with Ebony butterfly miter keys. The night mountain scene consists of three shades of Koa, a Ziricote sky and a Holly moon. This is surrounded by Ebony and Curly Maple bands in a raised panel top. 

This is my interpretation of a picture found by my brother.

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A fun little project

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kmack writes: As they say imitation is the purest form of flattery. What if Nakashima or Maloof had a dime for every time someone copied their designs... Or maybe ask Gary Regowski about his experience with seeing what he thought was his original design, showing up at the local IKEA being massed produced by a Chinese manufacturer. I doubt he got any kind of Attribution.This kind of thing has been going on for centuries, Early American furniture is nothing more than English designs made for a less formal American market. This landscape design obviously speaks to our collective imaginations, which is why I clicked on the picture. I think Ill make one myself,Heres the attribution in advance (just in case it ends up at IKEA).
Posted: 9:25 pm on March 1st

sandmark writes: Sorry endgrainguy,As I said, my brother sent me the pcture. I did not know it was your design,but all attributions are accorded to you, it as not an easy project.
Posted: 5:16 pm on February 26th

endgrainguy writes: Maybe it's just a wild coincidence, but it sure looks to me like you pretty much copied one of my my pieces I've been selling over the web for about three years now, at this page:http://www.alladd.com/koa_landscape.htm Attribution would have been nice!
Posted: 11:05 pm on February 25th

McCanon writes: Very Nice. The design dimensions appear close to the "golden section" rule....is this so?
Posted: 1:13 pm on February 25th

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