Sentimental Sunday: The Wood Worker Sunday, June 20, 2010

My dad is an amazing craftsman and wood worker. One of his projects in recent years is a series of handcrafted boxes.

Each box is unique and has a story about the use of different rare woods that he collected.

Here is "Box Number Five" my dad created in 1996.

"This Arts and Crafts style box is of sassafras and walnut. The top, handles, catch and chamfered edges present a strong geometrics form. The intarsia design on the inside cover is an original, entitled Fading Dogwood. ... The woods in the intarsia design are dogwood, pink ivory, osage orange, cocobolo, and dyed (green) holly."