[Woodworkers] Heritage Box

[Royce Killion]

Very nice! A beautiful and thoughtful gift.


On 5/23/2021 2:30 PM, chuck.steger--- via Woodworkers wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I finally completed the Heritage box that I’ve been bending your ears 
> (bending your eyes?) about. This was one of the most satisfying builds 
> I’ve done. It’s for a milestone birthday for my older sister and it 
> made me think about our culture and heritage because everything in 
> this box has a nod to those things. Also, I did some techniques that 
> I’ve never done in my 30+ years of woodworking. From turning copper to 
> doing table saw coves. I’ve never needed to do TS coves before. I 
> either did them on the router table or on the band saw. What was cool 
> about this is I exceeded the capacity of the TS due to the 15 ½” 
> diameter of the curves. It created a lip that at first I was going to 
> sand out but I think it enhances the look of the Asian design. I 
> lucked out there.
>
>    There’s not a component in the box that doesn’t shout out to our 
> background. This is probably oversharing but a  quick background will 
> bring the components into significance. My grandfather was from 
> Shanghai and migrated to Chile where he met my grandmother. My 
> grandmother and mother were born and raised in Chile. My father was 
> born and raised in Illinois and has a German ancestry. An American, he 
> met my mom working in South America doing electrical work for the 
> copper mines where they lived (which is why copper plays a big part of 
> my heritage). My older sister and I were born in Bolivia (my younger 
> sister was born in California). So with that in mind, permit me to 
> give a quick tour of the box. Some things are self-evident.
>
> The main material is bamboo and Bolivian rosewood. The sides and cap 
> on the lid are rosewood. The spiles in the side are from the rosewood 
> sapwood which is pretty dense. The lid, legs and bottom trim (on the 
> sides) are bamboo. The legs are attached with copper rods and the 
> sphere on top is copper. The sphere holder as well as the bottom of 
> the box is oak which is the national tree of Germany and the state 
> tree of Illinois. The infill is turquoise which is mined in Chile 
> (obviously not the only place). The stone under the holder is ametrine 
> which is a quartz mined in Bolivia. There is also symbolism in the 
> box. The 3 rods represent the 3 children. The bottom is ¼” rod and 
> represents the first born and anchors the box. The middle rod is 3/16” 
> and is arguably the most intelligent and handsome of the rods (😊). 
> And the top rod is 1/8” to represent my younger sister who got away 
> with murder as the baby! The stone is singular to also represent the 
> first born. I liked it so much I’m making one for me but mine will 
> have 2 stones. My younger sister’s will use a different side material 
> and not use ametrine because Bolivia isn’t as significant to her. I’m 
> thinking redwood for the sides and not sure what stones to use but 
> there will be 3 of them. Each box is designed to be one-of-a-kind and 
> I would think I achieved that.
>
> Sorry if I overshared as I’m sure this is just another stylized box to 
> you but to me it represents a culture and heritage.
>
> Chuck
>
>
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