An exceptional size #4 Shaker box with a Dragonfly
8.5” long x 6” wide x 3.25” tall.
The side oval band is made of maple.
The swallowtail fingers are individually hand-cut and secured with copper tacks made from 19th-century machines.
Marquetry techniques were used to create the dragonfly on an oak veneer. The bottom is signed “BBY 2024 maple oak’”
Boxes are first finished with beeswax, carnauba wax, orange oil, and then two protective coats of polyurethane
100% OF PROCEEDS FROM THIS SALE GO DIRECTLY TO DOWNEAST WOOD BANK, A 501-C(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
Bob Bing-You (“BBY”) is a hobbyist woodworker from Blue Hill, Maine. His training in woodturning and other woodcraft has been at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine and the WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, Maine. When he is not creating wood items for others to enjoy, he loves to volunteer to support the Downeast Wood Bank by splitting and stacking wood!
An exceptional size #4 Shaker box with a Dragonfly
8.5” long x 6” wide x 3.25” tall.
The side oval band is made of maple.
The swallowtail fingers are individually hand-cut and secured with copper tacks made from 19th-century machines.
Marquetry techniques were used to create the dragonfly on an oak veneer. The bottom is signed “BBY 2024 maple oak’”
Boxes are first finished with beeswax, carnauba wax, orange oil, and then two protective coats of polyurethane
100% OF PROCEEDS FROM THIS SALE GO DIRECTLY TO DOWNEAST WOOD BANK, A 501-C(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
Bob Bing-You (“BBY”) is a hobbyist woodworker from Blue Hill, Maine. His training in woodturning and other woodcraft has been at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine and the WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, Maine. When he is not creating wood items for others to enjoy, he loves to volunteer to support the Downeast Wood Bank by splitting and stacking wood!
