Thika pod/lignum vitae box

[George Watkins]

hello folks

here is an African thika pod with a turned and carved lignum vitae box custom made to fit inside it.

 

[bassethound]

Stunning work George as usual, love it!

 

[Baldy]

Amazing.. [emoji106] [emoji106] [emoji106]

 

[paulm]

Gorgeous George and it just wouldn't be the same without Larry Lego

 

[Terry]

A cracking piece George !!!

 

[Kawakers]

Beautiful

 

[chas_41_uk]

That's superb George

 

[Phil Dart]

Oh George!! - I know there's a box inside, but that is definitely thinking outside of it. A wonderfully conceived piece. 1st prize for imagination and 1st prize for execution in my view.

 

[stevenw1963]

you're getting quite good at this turning lark George!!!

 

[Penpal]

Hi George just called my dearly beloved to view with me your creation (not as Thikas) the use of the mini man gives scale and the huge framing of the pic creates a gallery setting for the box. I have never heard of this nut before.

Peter.

 

[Jim]

That is certainly different George, and quite nice ..

 

[wm460]

That's superb George

 

[TK woodman]

excellent work George and beautifully finished

 

[Dalboy]

A well made piece and the pod add so much interest to the piece. I presume the pod held together at the join on its own or did you have to give it a hand with something like CA glue

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you for all of your kind comments

Derek: its just a friction fit between the lid and the base

 

[Vic Perrin]

Superb George

 

[Bill Mooney]

Very novel idea George.
Thought I'd better comment before Bob the builder sAws it up.

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you

 

[Terry Q]

George this is such an interesting piece. Very imaginative and well executed. Would you share the process you used to make it?

 

[George Watkins]

thank you

there is not a lot to say Terry, I cut the pod to create the lid and base, then turned a cylinder as wide as I could to fit inside the base, then hollowed the cylinder and using epoxy glued it into the base, I did a similar thing for the lid and glued the plug into the lid. I had a problem as you could see into the pod around the lignum that was no glued in and it looked untidy, also the cut surface of the pod is white which looked odd against the dark exterior so I came up with the idea of turning two lignum washers and fitting them onto the lid and base which in effect created a closer to the pods internals, then I just shaped the washers to match the exterior shape of the pods except just a 1mm or so bigger.