Wine meets one of natures arts

[van Gogh]

Not so far from home is an outfit that salvages trees from the city disposal area, mills them, dries them and sells them for next to nothing. The first day I entered their shop was like major kid in a candy store syndrome... Anyway, most of the stuff I buy has interesting grain patterns - quilted, burled, tiger striped, curly, etc. These sort of boards make nice presentation boxes, clocks, accent pieces, trivets, and so on. Here are a few wine boxes I made here recently. The wood species include hard maple, walnut, 1/4 sawed sycamore and cherry. The lids of the boxes are mounted on a 1/4" groove that allows it to slide open and shut. I engineered the handles to be durable enough to be functional vs. being just for show. I thought I would share them with the group before I give them away.

Thanks for looking and have a very merry Christmas!

van Gogh

 

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[CarolinaDigs]

Van these are lovely > One looks like curly maple !

 

[fossis]

Very nice work Van.

Fossis.............

 

[tac512ltd]

Those are gorgeous. I love the more grained woods. Do you line them with anything?

 

[van Gogh]

Those are gorgeous. I love the more grained woods. Do you line them with anything?

I kept these natural wood on the inside as well. I made sure the interior had grain patterns that said "wow" once the bottle was removed from the interior.
Thanks for the compliments!
vG

 

[tac512ltd]

Good idea - keep it natural.

 

[VanGone]

Very nice work Van Gogh, beautiful wood and saw cuts.
VanGone

 

[Kentucky Kache]

Good work. I love working with wood.

 

[nhbenz]

Beautifully done!

 

[Mona Lisa]

Vanny.....These are gorgeous. You are a real craftsman.

I love the handle designs....and the beautiful wood grain. 8)

 

[River Rat]

Van, I love em! You know me by now, I just love the beauty of natural wood grain.

RR

 

[van Gogh]

Thank you for the encouraging comments. I have an incredible slab of burled maple in the garage that I'm fixing to make a clock out of in the next couple days. I'll post it for you grain lovers. I'll also take a snapshot of a walnut burled clock I did several months ago.
Merry Christmas.

 

[ronwoodcraft]

That is some beautiful wood and craftsmanship van Gogh!

 

[Rich in Houston]

Hey, that is cool.. Since your giving them away...I live in Texas!
Do you put the wine in there as well?

 

[van Gogh]

Hey, that is cool.. Since your giving them away...I live in Texas!
Do you put the wine in there as well?

Basically ya just insert a bottle of someone's favorite wine and you are good to go - instant gift! You can let them choose the time and place to open it... but there is no better time than the present!

 

[TN-Joe]

Very nice work Van Gogh,
BTW im in Tenn. (hint-hint)
Pm me if you ever sell any.
Joe

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Well Wine lover that I am ....I think they are just absolutely beautiful. The wood is wonderful and a great idea .....Thank you for sharing your outstanding talents once more

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Beautiful! Great idea for a perfect giift!