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02 · Boxes & Humidors

Boxes & humidors.

Small case pieces made the old way — hand-cut dovetails, inlaid stringing, and figured woods chosen for a single build. Meant to be given, kept, and passed on.

Keepsake

Large keepsake box.

Quilted maple lid and case, curly walnut trim, tiger maple interior, and gaboon ebony inlay. Hand-cut dovetails throughout, brass keyed lock, cream tassel.

Large keepsake box — closed three-quarter, quilted maple with curly walnut trim.
Closed three-quarterQuilted maple, curly walnut trim
Keepsake box — corner dovetail detail.
Corner dovetails
Keepsake box — open, showing tiger maple interior and lift-out tray.
Open · tiger maple interior

Humidor · No. 1

Quilted maple humidor.

Quilted maple, gaboon ebony trim, aromatic cedar interior. Finished with a light stain that warms the figure and deepens the contrast against the ebony.

Quilted maple humidor — three-quarter hero, stained finish.
Three-quarter heroLight stain, ebony trim
Quilted maple humidor — top-down.
Top-down
Quilted maple humidor — angled from the front.
Angled front
Quilted maple humidor — lid figure detail.
Lid figure detail
Quilted maple humidor — open, showing aromatic cedar compartments.
Open · aromatic cedar

Humidor · No. 2 · Sister piece

Natural quilted maple humidor.

The sister to the stained humidor above — same materials (quilted maple, gaboon ebony, aromatic cedar), same three-compartment cedar interior — but finished natural under lacquer, so the maple reads paler and the figure moves like water under the light.

Sister humidor — natural quilted maple, three-quarter hero.
Three-quarter heroNatural quilted maple under lacquer
Sister humidor — top-down view of the quilted maple lid.
Top-down · lid figure
Sister humidor — open, showing three aromatic cedar compartments.
Open · three cedar compartments

Wall cabinet

Curly walnut wall cabinet.

Built from a single piece of curly walnut — case, door, and drawer all cut from the same board so the figure flows through. Hand-cut dovetails on the case and the pull-out drawer, with contrasting light and dark inlaid pins that turn the joinery into ornament. Brass butt hinges with finial tips, brass escutcheon.

Curly walnut wall cabinet — closed, paneled door hero.
Closed heroPaneled curly walnut door
Curly walnut wall cabinet — door open, drawer pulled out.
Open · pull-out drawerContrasting dovetails, brass hinge
Wall cabinet drawer — dovetail joinery closeup with brass hinge.
Drawer joinery
Wall cabinet underside — contrasting light-and-dark dovetails along the bottom.
Underside dovetailsJoinery as ornament

A box made for one person.

Every keepsake box, humidor, and wall cabinet is built around a specific wood and a specific person. If you have someone in mind, tell me about them — and about the space it'll live in.

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