Making Extra Large Jewelry Boxes with the Exotic Bird’s Eye Maple

Large wood jewelry boxes are for you if you have an extensive and expensive collection of precious jewelry and trinkets. As you will be storing quite a fortune in this box, you may want a box that would be worthy of this; a box made of an exotic and rare wood with intricate marquetry done on it may be the right one for you.

There are many different types of wood that are used to make jewelry boxes. Exotic marquetry with rare veneers and burls on ordinary boxes made of commonly available rubber wood can make the box itself look very expensive. A rare and very expensive wood, the Bird’s Eye Maple, is quite often used in marquetry to add charm to an otherwise dull looking box.

The Bird’s Eye Maple is not a separate wood in its own right but rather an aberrant but natural phenomenon of the Hard Sugar Maple (Acer suchrum). The swirling birds’ eyes patterns are extremely visually appealing. It may be mistaken for a burl if not for the absence of the knots that are common to burlwood.

It grows in the North American North East and its distinctive feature, the swirling bird’s eyes, are placed about a centimeter apart with a diameter of about 3 to 5 mm. It is quite light in color and has a porous texture. The Bird’s Eye Maple veneer is extremely delicate and has a gloss finish that makes it very attractive for making jewelry boxes.

The divergent patterns of the Bird’s Eye Maple make it a difficult wood to work with as it cannot be cut or carved easily. The newer user friendly machines practically saved it from disappearing completely from the scene; so it can be said that it was only the major advances in technology that saved the Bird’s Eye Maple. Carpenters in earlier times, are said to have thrown the Bird’s Eye Maple into the flames as firewood as they just couldn’t carve it the way they wanted to! Now this amazing wood is used to produce evocative designs in marquetry that makes the jewelry box exceptional to look at .

It adds sophistication to the box and makes it look very elegant. So you just cannot go wrong with a jewelry box with exquisite marquetry with Birds Eye Maple . It may become the center of attraction!

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