Here is the completed product - less the finish which the recipients are going to do themselves. Recipients made the box - I made the lid and lid attachments.  Box is an open design so the bottle of wine will show through.

Box is 14 1/2 inches high x  4 13/16th inches wide.

Lid is made out of walnut with a cherry lid liner.  Names & grapes are walnut..  Leaves and date are maple.  

It's not real obvious in this picture, but each grape was cut out separately and glued back together for more definition.  Also, the leaves are not as thick as the grapes in  hopes of adding more dimension.

Once everything is dry, will do a light final sanding on the lid.  This gets delivered tomorrow.

SQ

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Happiness is wood chips flying!

My gosh Sue, that is absolutely gorgeous. Very sleek and fine lined. I love the contrasting woods and the overall design. What goes in the lower level? What goes in the top level?

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

John,

Thanks for the kind words.  Good question.  The grapes and lid are 11/16 inches thick.  Everything else is shorter at 1/4 inch.  

SQ

John Morris said:

My gosh Sue, that is absolutely gorgeous. Very sleek and fine lined. I love the contrasting woods and the overall design. What goes in the lower level? What goes in the top level?

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Very, very nice Susie!!

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Ron Dudelston
Above and Beyond WoodWorks

What I see is two levels though Sue, is there an upper compartment and a lower compartment?

SQ said:

John,

Thanks for the kind words.  Good question.  The grapes and lid are 11/16 inches thick.  Everything else is shorter at 1/4 inch.  

SQ

John Morris said:

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Happiness is wood chips flying!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

John,

There is a 1/4 inch lid liner under the lid which holds the lid securely to the box.  If that doesn't answer your question, I have no clue what you are talking about.  

SQ

John Morris said:

What I see is two levels though Sue, is there an upper compartment and a lower compartment?

SQ said:

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Happiness is wood chips flying!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

That's right fine, SQ. 

Methinks John is referring to the box. Your exquisite lid sets atop what looks like a compartment. Then, there's an open compartment below. I'm guessing the upper section is open to the bottom section for a large bottle, maybe?

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Gene,

Thanks for the kind words and thank you for explaining the question.  You are correct, the body of the box is just an open area with 4 walls and a bottom and no other compartments.The entire area inside the body of the box is for a wine bottle. That slat appears to be another compartment, but it is not.  That slat is just part of the walls of the box.   Actually, another compartment could be very handy to hold for example the cork screw.  Not a bad idea. 

SQ

Gene Howe said:

That's right fine, SQ. 

Methinks John is referring to the box. Your exquisite lid sets atop what looks like a compartment. Then, there's an open compartment below. I'm guessing the upper section is open to the bottom section for a large bottle, maybe?

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

What can I say other than thanks for showing us another of your beautiful creations

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Greg
http://www.thesawdustfactory.net/

Greg,

Thanks.  You are too kind.  

SQ

Greg Aksdal said:

What can I say other than thanks for showing us another of your beautiful creations

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Greg
http://www.thesawdustfactory.net/

Now that is neat. The wood combo great and the detail is top notch. I wish my hands were that steady.

Thanks.  That is a project that I almost didn't make because I didn't know how to make a box with mitered corners.  The customer ended up making the box and I ended up doing the lid only.  Since then I made a hexagon box so feel much more comfortable making boxes now.  It was a fun project.  I just heard from the customer that ordered it, and the lady that received the box as a xmas gift was crying on the phone she was so happy with it.  It's always a great feeling when it's so well received.

 

SQ

D. Kennedy said:

Now that is neat. The wood combo great and the detail is top notch. I wish my hands were that steady.

Man, I don't know what happened, but I missed this post completely. That is so cool. The lid is awesome. Now cutting out each grape one at a time, that is too neat. I love the contrast of the woods. You did real good on that one SQ. Thanks for sharing it and I am sorry I missed it when it was originally posted.

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John Moody
John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com

That's an awesome box. Great wok and great combination of woods.

John,

Oh, not a problem.  I actually think you were out of town when I posted this.  I'm looking forward next time to doing the entire project - including the box.  

SQ

John Moody said:

Man, I don't know what happened, but I missed this post completely. That is so cool. The lid is awesome. Now cutting out each grape one at a time, that is too neat. I love the contrast of the woods. You did real good on that one SQ. Thanks for sharing it and I am sorry I missed it when it was originally posted.

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John Moody
John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com

Mike,

Thanks.  My goal as always been to create something generic that many would want.  But it seems personalized is always the most requested.  

SQ

Mike Dillen said:

That's an awesome box. Great wok and great combination of woods.