Thom Sturgill
05-11-2015, 7:33 PM
This first box you might have seen before now with a new lid :
before and after:
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The new lid brings it closer to the original idea and my retired teacher wife loves her apple...
Mahogany 4" tall
The second box is also mahogany and stands 5 1/2" tall:
313409
Finish on these is Deft Lacquer sanding sealer, buffed and polished
The last box is curly maple, walnut and brass with lacquer and red and black acrylic paint:
313410313411
On this box I burned the underneath and painted with black gesso and oversprayed with Krylon acrylic which turned white in spots. so it needs work. I started this one over a year ago and sis not like the lid, so never finished. I removed a knob I had turned on the top and made the gate piece for a handle. The researched and painted the caligraphy. My first attempt at Japanese Kanji, so apologies if I got it wrong.
I took the pictures outside under evening light. I prefer morning sun and will have to redo them.
before and after:
313407313408
The new lid brings it closer to the original idea and my retired teacher wife loves her apple...
Mahogany 4" tall
The second box is also mahogany and stands 5 1/2" tall:
313409
Finish on these is Deft Lacquer sanding sealer, buffed and polished
The last box is curly maple, walnut and brass with lacquer and red and black acrylic paint:
313410313411
On this box I burned the underneath and painted with black gesso and oversprayed with Krylon acrylic which turned white in spots. so it needs work. I started this one over a year ago and sis not like the lid, so never finished. I removed a knob I had turned on the top and made the gate piece for a handle. The researched and painted the caligraphy. My first attempt at Japanese Kanji, so apologies if I got it wrong.
I took the pictures outside under evening light. I prefer morning sun and will have to redo them.