Ribbons and bows box

[Lumberman]

The oval box is made of cherry, and the ribbons and bows are made up of laminates purple heart and Yellow heart
The square box I made from Maple with laminates made up of lacewood and Ash.

I gave the boxes a coat of sand and seal followed by several coats of cellulose gloss finish.

Harry.

 

[finneyb]

Very nice =D> =D> =D>

 

[martinka]

Amazing boxes, those bows are clever. I've seen them a few times but never looked into how they are made.

 

[bodgerbaz]

Harry, they are amazing and I love the high gloss finish. Where did you get the pattern coz I fancy a go at one of those?

Those bows are fantastic. Please post some close-ups of the bows and explain how you made them coz I really fancy having a go at those.

 

[boysie39]

Thanks Harry , beautiful piece of work love it . =D>

 

[david123]

Beautifully, and skilfully made. I love it

 

[bassethound]

Can't add anything more than all the above! =D> =D> =D>

 

[Roughcut]

They are really great.
Thanks for posting.

 

[martinka]

For those interested in having a go at making bows, I just found this post on a blog, complete with a pattern.

 

[bodgerbaz]

Well spotted Martin.

I spotted this article yesterday afternoon and spent ages trying to access the American woodworker web site without any success. It was taking ages to load before bombing out with an error message. This morning I did manage to access their web site (still very slow though) and managed to download the FREE plan mentioned in your link above.

The page for the web extras is http://americanwoodworker.com/blogs/res ... -2012.aspx and the FREE downloadable PDF plan is right at the bottom of the page. Clicking this link should retrieve it http://americanwoodworker.com/cfs-file. ... attern.pdf

I can't post PDFs apparently but if anyone is still having problems, send me a PM with an email address and I'll email the plan to you.

I've never seen such a thing before and will definitely have a go at it.

Barry

 

[Samfire]

Great piece of work, I love the bows. Thanks for sharing.
George

 

[gilljc]

absolutely, lovely work and thanks for the links, all inspired now

 

[Philip n]

Lovely work and a lovely finish too.