Treasure Box

[HarveyWildes]

We have a family tradition that the grandkids get treasure boxes on their fifth birthday.  Here is one that I recently did for a granddaughter turning five this Wednesday.  The carving is based on a tutorial book on Northwest Native American art that I got on our 6-week drive to Alaska this summer.  She is the daughter of my youngest son, who is blind.  I added the aromatic cedar and the Braille initials for him.

 

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Braille closeup

 

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[Bob D.]

Very nice Harvey, and a nice tradition to have in the family too.

I am sure they will treasure it for life and think of you every time they open it.

 

[WarrenT]

That is a beautiful box, Harvey.  It shows a lot of skill and a lot of thought

 

[peter halle]

[member=61231]HarveyWildes[/member] , beautiful project that will be cherished even more years from now than now.  Your images reminded me of work down and shown here by [member=7]Frank Pellow[/member].  Perhaps if you are ever in need of inspiration you should do a search for his member name and then select "show posts".  Really cool stuff.

Peter

 

[Dick Mahany]

What a beautiful work for a wonderful tradition.  You put a lot of thought and effort into it and it turned out great.  Very cool on the Braille symbols.  They appear to be a metal of some type?  What did you use for them?

 

[HarveyWildes]

What a beautiful work for a wonderful tradition.  You put a lot of thought and effort into it and it turned out great.  Very cool on the Braille symbols.  They appear to be a metal of some type?  What did you use for them?

Just everyday brass brads, cut to a short enough length not to poke through.  I glued them in with gel super glue, as I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to place epoxy in the holes without getting it everywhere.  The Braille is actually double size - otherwise the brad heads would have been too large.  I asked my son about sizing them that way and he thought it wouldn't be an issue to read.