The small things, built with the same hands as the big ones.
Boxes and keepsakes in solid hardwood and figured woods — joined at the corners with exposed splines, lidded with burl and curl, and finished by hand. The good offcuts of a lifetime of furniture, made into things worth keeping.
The smalls in this collection are listed in full below.
Built to outlast what they hold.
Boxes made from the figured offcuts the big pieces can't use — solid wood, exposed joinery, a panel of burl or curl where your eye lands. Start with a form below, then choose the wood and the size. Each one is genuinely one of a kind.
Keepsake
A deeper box with a lift-off lid framing a panel of burl or curl, and a divided tray inside for rings, watches, the small things that need a place. The corners are splined in a contrasting wood and left in view. Shown in walnut with maple burl; made in the wood you choose.
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Simple Box
A small lidded box for the landing by the door — keys, coins, a folded note. One piece of figured wood carried around all four sides (here, lacewood), with a lid that lifts clean off. Plain, useful, and built to outlast the habit of losing your keys.
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Commission a small piece
Tell me what it's for and roughly how big — a ring box, a watch case, a catch-all for the hall — and a wood you love. Smalls are where I use the figured offcuts the big pieces can't, so each one is genuinely one of a kind.
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