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This was a troublesome piece of wood with cracks, chips and disintegrating pieces. Finished up at 2 3/8" in diameter and 2 1/2" tall.

This box is 2" tall and 2 1/2" in diameter. The curl spirals around the box.

Make with Walnut and wicker. I was looking for a way to make large pieces with small pieces of wood. The answer was to add wicker. The lid made up of the a ring around the middle, the finial and the wicker between the two. This piece is 18" tall.

Laminated Cherry Box with Maple insert. Insert scrollsawed with square design elements. 3 5/8 dia x 3 9/16 Tall. This was a Challenge piece on another Forum. Start with a 4 x 4 x 4 piece, turn it and incorporate squares in the design. The design in this lid is my own, conceived during...

This is a simple dyed Manitoba Maple (Box Elder)vase which measures 3 7/8 inches in diameter by 9 1/4 inches tall.

Maple box, turned round and then fluted, tint dyed yellow outside and red inside. Gloss varnish spray finish.

A box 2 1/2" in diameter and 2 7/8" tall made from some wood my son gave me for Christmas. My first box in this material.

A new wood for me from the bloodwood family, hard and dense. Finished up at 2 5/8x 2 7/8" tall.

This is the first box I have turned from this material. The box is 2 3/4" by 4 3/4". A wonderful wood to turn.

This valley oak box is a gift - it's branded with a coil tip, silver-leafed. the colors are generated by a patinizing chemical.

Maple box approximately 2 x 4 1/2 First attempt at a lidded box. Makes a satisfying "pop" when you open it. Just a tad on the tight side.

Made from a Maple salvaged from tree that came down when I built a shed. I promised myself I'd make something out of it. It's approximately 2 dia x 4 1/2 tall. Sorry about the lousy photo. I just needed to get the hang of posting these. Better ones to follow.

This is a box elder (Manitoba Maple) vase which measures 6 3/8 inches in diameter by 9 inches tall.

Mesquete box wrapped with walnut with marquetry inlays of dyed red veneer and walnut. I wanted the outside of the piece to be basically plain with a hint of something that would pique your interest and pull you to the piece to look inside and explore it. With the flower series, after you...

Mesquite box wrapped in Walnut and Tiger Maple. Marquetry pattern of Tiger Maple and Walnut.

Mesquite, ebony, dyed bird's eye maple and mother of pearl inlay

Carved finial, Pyrographically Branded, Patinated Silver-Leaf While visiting the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, I was drawn to some 16th century ceramic boxes. This prototype box is inspired from those works.

Figured cherry with a brazilian rosewood finial 2 1/2" wide x 3 3/4" tall

"A Box with a Twist!" Limba & Kingwood,gold threaded rings 2 1/4"diam X 5 1/2" high

AAW Lidded Box Contest Entry. A lidded box in Cherry, Madagascar Ebony and Walnut. Base: 1 3/16" dia Height: 4 3/4" Diameter: 2 5/8"