Recently, I was contacted by a customer to whom I had sold an urn.
She wanted to spread the remains of  her partner after the ceremony
and keep the urn as a memorial, and to store precious, personal items.
Unfortunately, she forgot to tell the funeral director...

I learned to cut dovetails by hand a year and a half ago. It seemed
daunting, but with perseverance and cutting many ugly practice pieces
with inexpensive wood, I managed to do well enough to sell several
boxes and urns with dovetail joinery.

Router cut dovetails have t...

Wood is bent by cutting thin strips—most often between 1/16 to 1/8 inches thick. It is then shaped by either steam and then placed into a form that has the desired shape, or the thin strips can be placed directly into the form without steaming them.

I have made a few it...

Incorporating Decorative Plugs in Tea Boxes

There are countless ways to craft handmade artistic wooden boxes. The simplest form, a box made with 90° joinery, can be enhanced with carving, inlay, veneering,
dowels, plugs, marquetry, and other techniques.
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An artisan woodworker's thoughts on the beauty of elm in cremation urns.

A woodworker's notes on the creative process. Reflections on inspiration and ideas for fine woodworking cremation urns, tea boxes, custom wood tables and more.

       Soon after I began selling my handmade artistic wooden boxes online, I had a request to make four small boxes, all identical, for use as urns. The woman, whose
mother-in-law had died, desired boxes which had the tropical wood...