All storage units shown below have been  assembled in a manner that  allows for a continuous wood grain around all four mitered corners.  Stainless Steel inserts are commercial restaurant  quality.  While  the stainless steel units are very functional in any kitchen, the wood  housing adds a warmth and elegance that steel cannot provide to the home.

he largest is 7"W X 12.75"L X 6.25"H,  The deepest are 6" inside depth.  Others are 4" inside depth.  These are in both Cherry wood and Black Walnut.  A smaller unit that measures 7" L X 4.25" W x 4.25" H in Cherry wood completes the variations.

 

 

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Contact Gerald about current availability and costs for customization.  Other types of wood can also be used as requested by a customer.

The pyrography decorative elements on these units can be customized for a reasonable additional cost.  See below for   examples of pyrographic decorations added to Cherry Wood units.

Cherry Wood Storage box with Stainless Steel insert.  Cherry box has mitered corners.  Wood is finished with Danish Oil Finish.  Outside dimensions: 10.5 X 6.5 X 4.25 inches deep.   Ref: SC_Series_Cherry_ 4

Cherry Wood Storage box with Stainless Steel insert.  Cherry box has mitered corners.  Wood is finished with Danish Oil Finish.  Outside dimensions: 7 X 6.5 inches X 4.25 inches deep.   Ref: SC_Series_Cherry_ 6

Cherry Wood Storage box with Stainless Steel insert.  Cherry box has mitered corners.  Wood is finished with Danish Oil Finish.  Outside dimensions: 7 X 6.5 inches X 4.25 inches deep.  Pyrography frieze around four sides.  Ref: SC_Series_Cherry_ 6

Black Walnut Storage box with Stainless Steel insert.  Walnut box has mitered corners.  Walnut is finished with Danish Oil Finish.  Outside dimensions:10.5 X 6.5 inches X 4.25 inches deep.   Ref: SC_Series_Walnut_ 4

 

Birch Wood Napkin Storage Box.  Sized to hold 18 inch x 18 inch napkins folded three times, with lots of space for napkin rings. Ref: Left; Nap_Stor_1, Right; Nap_Stor_2

Birch Wood Napkin Storage Box.  Sized to hold 18 inch x 18 inch napkins folded three times, with lots of space for napkin rings. Ref: Left; Nap_Stor_3, Right; Nap_Stor_6

Birch Wood Napkin Storage Box.  Sized to hold 18 inch x 18 inch napkins folded three times, with lots of space for napkin rings. Ref: Left; Nap_Stor_5, Right; Nap_Stor_6

Birch Wood Napkin Storage Box.  Sized to hold 18 inch x 18 inch napkins folded three times, with lots of space for napkin rings. Ref: Left; Nap_Stor_7, Right; Nap_Stor_8

Birch Wood Napkin Storage Box.  Sized to hold 18 inch x 18 inch napkins folded three times, with lots of space for napkin rings.  Ref: Nap_Stor_9

Napkin Storage Box in Cherry Wood. Sized to hold  18 inch X 18 inch napkins folded three times, with lots of space for accompanying napkin rings.  Ref:Nap_Stor_Cherry_1

Napkin Storage Box in Cherry Wood. Sized to hold  18 inch X 18 inch napkins folded three times, with lots of space for accompanying napkin rings.  Ref:Nap_Stor_Cherry_2

Napkin Storage Box in Cherry Wood. Sized to hold  18 inch X 18 inch napkins folded three times, with lots of space for accompanying napkin rings.  Ref:Nap_Stor_Cherry_3

Note as of March 25, 2014:  Gerald has obtained heavy-weight  100% Irish Linen fabric in a dark Black Olive and Cloud Cream colours that will also be made into napkins.  Images will follow when these are  ready.

Rings and Napkins sold together or separately. Napkins and rings  for $5.00 each.   A set of four napkins and 4 rings  for $35.00

Black Walnut Napkin rings are 2" X 2" X 15/16" with a 1.25 diameter opening.

Leather band of 4 3/8" circumference with buckskin leather leaf with pyrographic leaf details added.  No two exactly alike.

Some of the leaf rings have a full-cicle of leather (left) and others have a slot-tie character as shown to the right and below.  The full circle work best if the fit is not too tight.  If the  fabric bulk is greater the slot-tie version is better.

In my judgement the Black Walnut wood rings are more suited to the desgin cotton fabric napkins and the leather leaf are better with the plain natural cotton napkins.

Simple brown-black leather bands without the attached leather leaf are also available but are not shown  here as separate items.

Napkins made from heavy-weight 100% Flax Linen (7.1 oz. / square yard), 18" X 18" washed, shrunk and serger edged.  This fabric is on the edge of both rustic and elegant. These Linen napkins sell for $6.00 each.

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.

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

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Spalting Birch slice to be used as a trivet that remains on a table even between meals.

If you wish to find out the prices of these or similar items contact Gerald and make a reference to this page and the image item.  Prices are reasonable and are determined by the cost of materials used and the amout of work required to produce the product.

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Spalting Birch Memory Box chest with leather straps

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Cherry wood box

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Set of four small cremation urns with carved game animal images; special family request

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Figured black walnut cremation urn; specialfamily request

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Spalting Birch with African Padauk  cremation urn

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Black walnut with bloodwood and spalting birch tile lid

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Cremation urn with walnut insert and lift out tray for personal item storage; one of my first  urns

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Cremation urn in birch with African Padauk

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Serving tray with African Padauk sides and decorative border and relief carved images; bottom covered with poly-resin for full durability

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Special request cremation urn in walnut and birch; one of a matching pair

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Birch and Walnut memory box chest with leather straps customized as a wedding gift

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Serving tray in Birch and African Padauk; images of forest floor flora

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Birch Napkin rings, napkins and storage box

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One of a series of walnut boxes with flocked bottom and turned lift-out walnut tray

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Birch Memory box chest with sun and wheat carved on front; leather straps

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Mexican Bocote box with lift-out lid

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Cherry wood box customized to special request

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Mexican Bocote desk box

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Tiger Wood (Congalo Alves) box with wenge accent strip and brass clasp

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Brazilian Pauo Ferro (Brown Ebony / Iron Wood) box with aromatic cedar bottom

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One of a series of birch wood boxes with carved relief images

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Tiger Wood (Goncalo Alves) box with wenge and birch insert strip

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Cocobolo box with aromatic cedar bottom

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Oak Magazine Storage / Memory Box with brass clasp and image of wheat stalks carved on lid. 13" X 10.5" X 4" high. Full length "piano" hinge for added strength. This unit is stained with a blue aniline dye. Other variations have natural wood or other colour stains. These units also are made of Walnut and Walnut/birch combinations. $90.00 - $120.00 [Ref. MA4]

Two music storage units. Each consists of a base trolley on casters, topped with three 16" X 16" X 32" modular units stacked, and then covered with an "envelope" frame consisting of a top, back and two sides. This envelope can be lifted off the storage modules to permit rearrangement or reorganization of the storage pieces since they are interchangeable. By changing the nature of the standardized modules, the total configuration can change instantly. Cost would vary with materials used. Shelving of MDF faced with birch and with a birch envelope is shown here. (Ref. Storage1

Birch and Nogal Memory Box with base. Leather straps and snap closure fasteners. Lid is hinged with continuous piano hinge. The box is 14" X 20" X 10" high. $190.00 [Ref. MB2]

Birchwood storage unit with relief carving of leaves and mushrooms. Lid edge / lifter is a strip of African Padauk. This unit was commissioned as a prize for exhibitors at a large forestry trade show. $90.00 [Ref. MA2]

Birch "Memory Box" chest with boreal forest leaves carved in relief on the face. Black leather straps and snap closures. This was one of my earlier versions of the chest style box. The first one was in response to a request of a young mother for a "chest' in which to place her first baby "things", hence the term "memory box". $150.00 [Ref. MB3]

This unit is made from Manchurian Elm salvaged from a neighbour's wood pile. The lid is a lift off, no-hinge style. The Manchurian elm, when cut into boards and cured often will undergo ring separation and so result in useless lumber. However, when ring separation does not occur, the contrasting grain patterns make for a very attractive piece. It takes a great finish with multiple rubbings of tung oil-varnish. aniline dyes were used along the centre lines. $60.00 [Ref. NH1]

Black Walnut box with ribbon of birch and Padauk and Padauk edge on lid. Approximately 12" X 8.5" X 3.75" Ref.G 1613 Retail $ 80.00

Oak and Padauk jewelry box with lift-out small-item tray. This unit was personalized as a special gift to a daughter-in-law of the client. Ref. J1678 Retail $80.00 (See image below)

Oak and Padauk jewelry box with lift-out small-item tray. Inside bottom with blue sueding. Ref. J1680 Retail $60.00 (see two images below)

Oak custom stand for Marian statue for a church. Space was limited and it was to be located in a traffic zone, so a shape that would not snag or block passers-by was important. The centre section consists of 4 drawers. The drawer faces had a knobs turned on their faces and the concentric rings were decorative. The end support pillars are truned birch wood. Later another unit was requested along with riser / storage units to be placed below these.