Boxes

Mark and drill

I make some jewellery boxes that have a lid that pivots up. Read about how I do this in this technical Blog post

Inlays, curves and tapers....the story of jewellery box lids

I do like making jewellery boxes that have curved tapered lids. There is another blog post talking more about how the curve is done. Here...

Making dust (and noise too!)

Noise and dust is made shaping a walnut jewellery box lid..

A place to store time - part 3

It is always exciting to visit the veneer merchant and select some veneer for a project you are working on. Just to break the illusion of...

A place to store time - part 2

In the last post in this multi-part blog entry, I was showing how the core of the jewellery boxes were made, and some of the veneering...

A place to store time - part 1

I had this idea that I would make some jewellery boxes that could (and I say could) be used to keep cufflinks, collar stiffeners and...

Ripple ash jewellery box

I have just finished making this ash jewellery box. It is a commission for a gentleman who wanted it as a birthday present for his...

Spotlight on - smaller jewellery boxes

Day four of four. You should know the drift now. Today, panel lid jewellery boxes, ring boxes, cufflink trays. The panel lid jewellery...

Handmade Boxes