Wooden jewellery box, presentation box, personalised box, handmade box

Wood

Here is a list of the different types of wood I use to make my boxes. I generally use species from Europe or North America, although I will occasionally use sustainably harvested tropical species. I often add attractive veneers to the boxes (such as the sycamore jewellery box veneered with masur birch) and have included some of these to the list. Wood can vary so much in colour and grain pattern even from the same log so the images are designed to give you a general idea and not an exact copy of how the wood of your box will look like.

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European Oak.

Opened grained wood, light brown in colour.

European Ash.

Open grained wood with a pronounced grain pattern. A light coloured wood which will darken over time.

European Elm.

Elm is an open grained wood which can have very wild grain patterning and vary quite a lot in colour. I have used elm with streaks of green in it.

European Pear.

A very close grained wood with little obvious grain pattern.Pinkish in colour it reddens over time.

Mahogany.

There are a number of different varieties of mahogany which vary in characteristics. I was given some lovely boards which have been sitting around in someone's garage for many years. When that is used up I probably won't make any more boxes in mahogany.