Getting started on the painting. One panel down, 4 to go. Its going to be a fairly long process....
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New metal jewelry box made from steel, about 12" x 5" x 5". Cherry panels done and ready to start carving.    I have been learning welding and metal fabrication over the past couple of years and am starting to bring some of these elements into my work. This is a carved box made with angle iron and carved cherry panels, about 5" x 5" x 4".
 Picture of the finished piece, with it's baby :) I considered working a tiney version of the piece into the finial and made this little prototype. Didnt look right to me, but i still like the idea. I'll file that away for another time.  I began this piece in late January, 2016. No early pictures of the turning but let it dry a couple of weeks, and began the carving about a week ago. It's Maple and about 8" tall. I'm pretty much done with the carving and sanding, and finished a African Blackwood collar and base. Just mulling over colors. Stay tuned....
The shading is complete and a blackwood foot and collar have been turned. All thats left is a few coats of lacquer. I am often asked how long it takes to make my pieces, and really have never kept track. For sure they all vary, but this is the first one in which I tracked my hours fairly closely. The answer is....about 85 hours from hunk of wood to finished piece.
The brush painting is complete. On to some shading with the airbrush.
Started the hand-painting today. The entire piece will be brush painted prior to shading with an airbrush.    Texturing complete, and the piece is dyed in preparation for painting. 
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