Stones
Box 124 - Cocobolo
I have continued to experiment with base woods, cyanoacrylate application and hand finishing and polishing, and have reached what I believe to be best practice for my hand production methods. Spalted holly and silver birch burr both give good results, though the latter has the added factor of a degree of chatoyancy under strong light. Hawthorn also has promise but I have yet to find an example with suitable spalting for small scale use. Blue colouration gives the most sympathetic results, especially where yellow tints within the wood blank convert to subtle and natural looking shades of green. I have stopped trying to be artistic with colour; nature does it so much better. Cocobolo/blackwood/blue “stone” with silver is my favourite combination so far. Box number 124 is a typical example of this.
Video
My Danish/Scottish nephew from Copenhagen, an aspiring videographer, has recently finished editing his recording of me making a box, about two years ago. The resulting video is available to view as below. Do not expect a film star performance and please excuse the random muttering.