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Custom birch and black walnut memory box / chest with brown and black leather strapping. This is the raw product of the finished item shown below. Dimensions: 16.5" long X 12" deep X 10.5" High. Details of chest and its decoration as requested by the client.

Fall seasonal leaves added to all four sides of the chest. Finish is spray lacquer. Baby name was added to top and the birth date of the child added to the inside of the lid.

Birch wood chest with red leather strapping and cedar, birch and black walnut frieze, snap fasteners and wood handles. Ref: MB_CedarCheck_1

Left: face view, right: angle view, lower right is open view

Ref: MB_CedarCheck_4

Dimensions: 26" X 16" X 10.5" high

This unit and two others are pre-sold and await the addition of custom images. The unit has a full-length piano hinge, snap fasteners wood handles and leather strapping.

Ref: MB_UB

Dimensions: 14" X 20" X 12" high

Finished units shown below

Ref: Brons_MB_1

Angle-views of first finished unit

Birch canister / bowl, poly resin inside coating and bloodwood lids GR2565_CN

Birch canister / bowl, poly resin inside coating GR2561CN

Aspen bowls with cordoban dye pattern. Inside finished with polyresin to make it waterproof and food safe. Left: Ref: GR2549BL . 8.75" diam X 3.75" high.SOLD

Right: Ref: GR2544BL 9" diam X 4.25" high

Aspen Bowl with Cordoban dye pattern. Inside finished with poly-resin to make it water proof and food safe. 10.5" Diam X 3.5" High Ref: GR2545BL

Aspen Bowl with Cordoban dye pattern. Inside finished with poly-resin to make it water proof and food safe. 10.5" diam X 4.75" high. Ref: GR2547BL

Aspen Bowl with Cordoban dye pattern. Inside finished with poly-resin to make it water proof and food safe. 11" diam X 7 " high. Ref: GR2548

Aspen Bowls with Cordoban dye pattern. Inside finished with poly-resin to make it water proof and food safe. Left: Ref: GR2541BL 10" diam X 6.25" high. Right: Ref: GR2539BL 10" diam X 7 " high.

Aspen Bowls with Cordoban dye pattern. Inside finished with poly-resin to make it water proof and food safe. Left: Ref: GR2537BL 9.25" diam X 4.25" high Right: Ref: GR2540BL 11" diam X 5.5" high.

Right : Birch and Padaiuk woods in a serving tray. Leaf images are of plaants from Friendly Forest. I made this tray for my own use. Ref: Geralds Tray

Birch with Wenge and Padauk ribbon insert. This box has three inside layers with two lift-out sliding trays. This unit is one of a series of four which differ in grain pattern. These are currently only finished with a sealer coat of polyurethane and can still have decorative images / names burned into the wood. The bottom layer will also be covered with a layer of jewellery box flocking. Ref: Padauk Ribbon Layer Box

Left: Ref: Guardian Bowl 5

Left: 15 " Diameter Black Walnut plate / platter. Pressure ridge grain pattern. Ref: Pressure Ridges 2

Right: A piece of pressure-stressed birch wood turned into a 10.25 inch diamter plate. Ref: Birch Stress Plate

Right: Cherry Plate. Ref. # : 2389 PL

To left: Teak and African Wenge box. Ref # GR2317 - GR2319

This Cherry Plate is not finished and only shows raw wood. It await inspiration and time to bring it to completion.

Right: 9 inch cherry plate with goose and gosling image burned into the wood. Ref:2388PL

Willow, bark-on vase, walnut neck (Ref # 2338 VA)

Left: Vase in Nogal. Blank was glued up 1 inch boards Ref # 2339 VA)

Right: Walnut plates, 8 " diameter, Poly-resin coat on face to make food safe and water resistant.

(Ref # 2327 PL - 2329 PL)

These are a series of boxes in birch wood with leaf / plant decoration burned into the simple, blond wood. I have used aniline dyes AFTER an initial sealer coat of Varathane. When the wood is sealed the dyes, in a methyl hydrate solution, can be treated much as watercolour paints.

Left: Wolf image burned into the cherry wood. Large 14 inch diameter Cherry Plate; Ref. # 2384PL,

Right: Stylized landscape on birch wood platter ( 16 " diameter, 1 inch deep). Ref: Fall Harvest - 1

Left: Custom plate ordered as a wedding gift. Pyrography images of plates with aniline dye colour added. Plate is 15" in diameter.
Go to Wood and Shop page to see stages of this decoration process.

"Inipi Wolf" image burned onto birch plate. 14 inch diameter.

This is a custom item requested by a client. The image to the left shows the unfinished wood. The image to the right shows the finished item. Varathane and Lacquer was used to seal the sufrface Ref: "Inipi_Wolf_Plate3"

To the right is one of the boxes with the lid opened to show the simple interior. Reference # 2361K, 2362K and 2363K.

A 9.5 inch diameter plate in cherry wood. Images burned into wood and finished with oil and lacquer.

Ref. #: 2378

These are two more in the series of serving trays I am making. I now have completed three; one with a Padauk side, one with Birch and one with Walnut. The images are burned into the wood. The two illustrated on either side are similar except for the side woods. I have chosen to call them my "Signature Trays" because the image attempts to communicate both my given name and a profound teaching of the Sacred Tree. (Note: several "blank" units are available and can be customized)

Ref #GR 2370ST

To Righ:GR 2369ST

To Right: Serving Tray; Sides of African Padauk, bottom of Birch and Padauk. Images burned / cut into bottom. Ref # GR 2366 - GR 2368. Others in subsequent series will have walnut or birch sides.

Birch platter / canister. 12 inch diameter. (Ref #2346CN)

Birch plates with wide flange. Interior with poly-resin. 11 inch diameter to outside of flange. (Ref # 2343 BL - 2345 BL)

To Right: Small end table in birch wood. Special order item (Custom Project)

To Left: Purpleheart table made as a special order. Miser able wood to work with, but beautiful when finished! (August 2009) Custom Order

The full set of ten items for a Chapel at St. Mary High School. The photos were taken when I finished the "rubbing out" finish on the altar and ambo and while I still had them out on my deck at Friendly Forest. August 15, 2008 Click here to see the pieces in their final location

DRAWER FRONTS ON FURNITURE AT FRIENDLY FOREST

Base for small end table. To be topped with a circular glass plate. May also hold a special rock on the base. Height = 21", constructed of birch wood .

Custom work: Detached wood hoop wrapped in leather with leather braided axes lines, relief carving of a grizzly bear and grizzly bear paw prints and two feathers forming the background. The background wood panel is 22" X 22"

Showing hoop lifted from its holding pegs.

Birch Box with Wenge banding. Customized with name and carving

Cansasa (Sacred Tobacco) Bag with beaded Sacred Hoop. Deerskin leather.

NOT FOR SALE

Cansasa Bag reverse side with beaded Sacred Tree image

NOT FOR SALE

Custom Jewelry Box in Walnut & Manchurian Elm

Drawer slides of Purpleheart wood mortised into sides of drawers.

Drawer sides are longer than the drawer to give holding capacity when drawer is fully open.

Lower drawer with two sliding trays over fully opened bottom

Third level drawer with 4 full depth compartments

Second level drawer with 18 compartments

Top section with two full depth spaces and 6 round storage wells. All storage spaces are covered with black sueding.

Full dimensions of Chest are 12.5 " deep X 11.5 " tall X 19" wide

Oak & Purpleheart Coffee storage table

AVAILABLE

Oak and purpleheart coffee / storage table. A very formal style was used.

Oak & Walnut Jewellery chest

Shown with lid and drawers open





	Custom birch and black walnut memory box / chest with brown and black leather strapping. This is the raw product of the finished item shown below. Dimensions: 16.5" long X 12" deep X 10.5" High. Details of chest and its decoration as requested by the client.
	Fall seasonal leaves added to all four sides of the chest. Finish is spray lacquer. Baby name was added to top and the birth date of the child added to the inside of the lid.
	Birch wood chest with red leather strapping and cedar, birch and black walnut frieze, snap fasteners and wood handles. Ref: MB_CedarCheck_1 Left: face view, right: angle view, lower right is open view
	Ref: MB_CedarCheck_4 Dimensions: 26" X 16" X 10.5" high
	This unit and two others are pre-sold and await the addition of custom images. The unit has a full-length piano hinge, snap fasteners wood handles and leather strapping. Ref: MB_UB Dimensions: 14" X 20" X 12" high Finished units shown below
	Ref: Brons_MB_1 Angle-views of first finished unit

	Birch canister / bowl, poly resin inside coating and bloodwood lids GR2565_CN
	Birch canister / bowl, poly resin inside coating GR2561CN
	Aspen bowls with cordoban dye pattern. Inside finished with polyresin to make it waterproof and food safe. Left: Ref: GR2549BL . 8.75" diam X 3.75" high.SOLD Right: Ref: GR2544BL 9" diam X 4.25" high
	Aspen Bowl with Cordoban dye pattern. Inside finished with poly-resin to make it water proof and food safe. 10.5" Diam X 3.5" High Ref: GR2545BL
	Aspen Bowl with Cordoban dye pattern. Inside finished with poly-resin to make it water proof and food safe. 10.5" diam X 4.75" high. Ref: GR2547BL
	Aspen Bowl with Cordoban dye pattern. Inside finished with poly-resin to make it water proof and food safe. 11" diam X 7 " high. Ref: GR2548
	Aspen Bowls with Cordoban dye pattern. Inside finished with poly-resin to make it water proof and food safe. Left: Ref: GR2541BL 10" diam X 6.25" high. Right: Ref: GR2539BL 10" diam X 7 " high.
	Aspen Bowls with Cordoban dye pattern. Inside finished with poly-resin to make it water proof and food safe. Left: Ref: GR2537BL 9.25" diam X 4.25" high Right: Ref: GR2540BL 11" diam X 5.5" high.
	Right : Birch and Padaiuk woods in a serving tray. Leaf images are of plaants from Friendly Forest. I made this tray for my own use. Ref: Geralds Tray
	Birch with Wenge and Padauk ribbon insert. This box has three inside layers with two lift-out sliding trays. This unit is one of a series of four which differ in grain pattern. These are currently only finished with a sealer coat of polyurethane and can still have decorative images / names burned into the wood. The bottom layer will also be covered with a layer of jewellery box flocking. Ref: Padauk Ribbon Layer Box
	Left: Ref: Guardian Bowl 5
	Left: 15 " Diameter Black Walnut plate / platter. Pressure ridge grain pattern. Ref: Pressure Ridges 2 Right: A piece of pressure-stressed birch wood turned into a 10.25 inch diamter plate. Ref: Birch Stress Plate
	Right: Cherry Plate. Ref. # : 2389 PL To left: Teak and African Wenge box. Ref # GR2317 - GR2319 This Cherry Plate is not finished and only shows raw wood. It await inspiration and time to bring it to completion.
	Right: 9 inch cherry plate with goose and gosling image burned into the wood. Ref:2388PL
	Willow, bark-on vase, walnut neck (Ref # 2338 VA)
	Left: Vase in Nogal. Blank was glued up 1 inch boards Ref # 2339 VA) Right: Walnut plates, 8 " diameter, Poly-resin coat on face to make food safe and water resistant. (Ref # 2327 PL - 2329 PL)
	These are a series of boxes in birch wood with leaf / plant decoration burned into the simple, blond wood. I have used aniline dyes AFTER an initial sealer coat of Varathane. When the wood is sealed the dyes, in a methyl hydrate solution, can be treated much as watercolour paints.
	Left: Wolf image burned into the cherry wood. Large 14 inch diameter Cherry Plate; Ref. # 2384PL,
	Right: Stylized landscape on birch wood platter ( 16 " diameter, 1 inch deep). Ref: Fall Harvest - 1 Left: Custom plate ordered as a wedding gift. Pyrography images of plates with aniline dye colour added. Plate is 15" in diameter. Go to Wood and Shop page to see stages of this decoration process.
	"Inipi Wolf" image burned onto birch plate. 14 inch diameter. This is a custom item requested by a client. The image to the left shows the unfinished wood. The image to the right shows the finished item. Varathane and Lacquer was used to seal the sufrface Ref: "Inipi_Wolf_Plate3"
	To the right is one of the boxes with the lid opened to show the simple interior. Reference # 2361K, 2362K and 2363K.
	A 9.5 inch diameter plate in cherry wood. Images burned into wood and finished with oil and lacquer. Ref. #: 2378
	These are two more in the series of serving trays I am making. I now have completed three; one with a Padauk side, one with Birch and one with Walnut. The images are burned into the wood. The two illustrated on either side are similar except for the side woods. I have chosen to call them my "Signature Trays" because the image attempts to communicate both my given name and a profound teaching of the Sacred Tree. (Note: several "blank" units are available and can be customized) Ref #GR 2370ST To Righ:GR 2369ST
	To Right: Serving Tray; Sides of African Padauk, bottom of Birch and Padauk. Images burned / cut into bottom. Ref # GR 2366 - GR 2368. Others in subsequent series will have walnut or birch sides.
	Birch platter / canister. 12 inch diameter. (Ref #2346CN)
	Birch plates with wide flange. Interior with poly-resin. 11 inch diameter to outside of flange. (Ref # 2343 BL - 2345 BL)
	To Right: Small end table in birch wood. Special order item (Custom Project) To Left: Purpleheart table made as a special order. Miser able wood to work with, but beautiful when finished! (August 2009) Custom Order
The full set of ten items for a Chapel at St. Mary High School. The photos were taken when I finished the "rubbing out" finish on the altar and ambo and while I still had them out on my deck at Friendly Forest. August 15, 2008 Click here to see the pieces in their final location

DRAWER FRONTS ON FURNITURE AT FRIENDLY FOREST
Base for small end table. To be topped with a circular glass plate. May also hold a special rock on the base. Height = 21", constructed of birch wood .		Custom work: Detached wood hoop wrapped in leather with leather braided axes lines, relief carving of a grizzly bear and grizzly bear paw prints and two feathers forming the background. The background wood panel is 22" X 22"
Showing hoop lifted from its holding pegs.		Birch Box with Wenge banding. Customized with name and carving
	Cansasa (Sacred Tobacco) Bag with beaded Sacred Hoop. Deerskin leather. NOT FOR SALE	Cansasa Bag reverse side with beaded Sacred Tree image NOT FOR SALE
Custom Jewelry Box in Walnut & Manchurian Elm	Drawer slides of Purpleheart wood mortised into sides of drawers.	Drawer sides are longer than the drawer to give holding capacity when drawer is fully open.
Lower drawer with two sliding trays over fully opened bottom	Third level drawer with 4 full depth compartments	Second level drawer with 18 compartments
Top section with two full depth spaces and 6 round storage wells. All storage spaces are covered with black sueding. Full dimensions of Chest are 12.5 " deep X 11.5 " tall X 19" wide	Oak & Purpleheart Coffee storage table AVAILABLE	Oak and purpleheart coffee / storage table. A very formal style was used.
Oak & Walnut Jewellery chest	Shown with lid and drawers open