Cedar Box

[Claude Arragon]

This box after turning has been worked out with Arbortech. Fantastic instrument for carving, but one has to get used to it as it eats the wood like an entire army left without food for a month. To smooth it up you need some nice files.
The wood was left raw without finish
Maximum diameter 28 cm.

The shape is inspired from the fruit of nigella damascene. Mother nature is a well of inspiration

http://www.la-truciolara.com/forum/NigeleT.jpg (http://www.la-truciolara.com/forum/Nigele.htm)

[Burt Alcantara]

Claude,
I love that box! It is beautiful with well executed carving. 28 cm is pretty large for a box unless you made a typo and meant mm. I'd love to see more of your work.

Burt

[Steve Schlumpf]

Claude - once again you have given us something to inspire us! Beautiful work! Thank you for posting!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Wow that is beautiful. Love the carving. Thanks for posting.

[Mike Vickery]

Beautiful I love it.

[Ben Gastfriend]

Really nice carving work! That thing is neat!:)

[Alex Elias]

That is a great piece. Congratulations on your workmanship. Can you post a picture of it open?
It will be interesting to see it made of a bit of darker wood. Perhaps cherry not a whole lot of grain to detract. In any case, it looks fabulous.

[Steve Campbell]

Man that is a great box. I don't have enough artistic talent to visualize something like that unless I was going to copy it. Come to think of it I couldn't do something like that even if I did have a pattern.

Steve

[Jim Becker]

Claude, that's wonderful!!!!

[Bill Bolen]

Claude, that is stunning!...Bill....

[Paul Engle]

Claude , very nice, the " crown" sets it off for sure.

When I was in high school our drama /shakespeare teacher has us do " Two Gentlemen of Verona" for the student body, I played one of the 3 robbers ( the one with one line) my girl friend play the lead female role , when we went to rob them I accidently stuck the lead male with my sword ( yea ;) ) as he was trying to make time with her and then cut my finger putting the sword back in the scabard. the guy is Bruce Williams of Williams and Ree country western singers/cooking /comedians.My guess is this play has been done once or twice in your home town schools ....:D

[Claude Arragon]

I am sorry not to have come to this thread for a while.
I do not deserve any compliments as this very fantastic opera was performed by:
Dominique Flamme, a wonderful French Artist.
http://www.la-truciolara.com/forum/damasGT.jpg (http://www.la-truciolara.com/forum/damasT.jpg)

I urge you to look at his website and as you will see, most of his work is inspired bye nature, whether fruit, shells or any other nature shape.
http://www.dominiqueflamme.com/index.html

[Tom Sherman]

Anyone else not see the picture?

[Dick Strauss]

Tom,
I don't see the pic either....

[Scott Hubl]

I only see the lil RED "X".

[Joseph Peacock]

I don't see the pic.:confused:

[Paul Gallian]

It is the first April... I think it may have been very pretty photo!

[David Newson]

Claude, A truly stunning box I love the texture you have created, have not seen anything like it before, thanks for sharing it with us all.

David
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