Dancing swallows box #2

[Christopher Charles]

Hi all,

Finished up a second 'dancing swallows' box this weekend (well, "finally" finished-it was presented with a coat of oil on our anniversary proper and here's the final version with shellac).

The first box was a small ring box used in our wedding last year.

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The second box was for our 1st anniversary and holds a bunch of photos from the first five years we've been together:

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I posted some build notes in the Neander section:

https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread....ws-box-2-build

As Ken says, click 'em to make 'em big. Thanks for looking,
Chris

[Mark Rainey]

Graceful and endearing Chris! Skillful execution. I really like the sycamore. Coincidentally I was getting some hardwood 2 weeks ago and asked about quarter sawn stock. He said he had sycamore quarter sawn. The figure was eye catching and I picked up some sticks. You have put it to good use.

[Christopher Charles]

Thanks Mark! I also really like quarter sawn sycamore and need to track down some more as the plank I resawed for this project was my last. Can be too much, but the other place I like to use it is in the bottoms of boxes and the back panels of casework.

Best,
Chris

[Kris Cook]

Nice work and wonderful inlays. Inlay is on my list of things to learn

[Christopher Charles]

Thanks Kris. The double bevel marquetry is a bit of a palor trick-looks fancy but that hard once you know how it's done. Craig Vandal Stevens has a great book.