Achoo!

[John B]

9 Tissue Boxes done and dusted
Radiata Pine and Jarrah
3 coats of 30% gloss lacquer with the exception of the Right hand rose, 3 coats of full gloss.
I used glitter on the felt behind the church, looks like a starry night. Click on the pic to enlarge.
Thanks for looking
Now to sell them

Edited August 12, 2022 by John B

[Fab4]

Hi John:
Bless you....These look great - well done
Thanks for showing us
Fab4

[daveww1]

fantastic work

[redwine]

Great job and you do have a very good selection! Would be hard to choose one over another! 

Erv

[Scrappile]

Very impressive... Nice work

[Blaughn]

Beautiful work, John with a great array of interests - something for everybody.  They should be very successful,

Bruce

[flarud]

All are very nice!  I've made the church one myself.  

[CSull]

Really nice John, I like your wood selection and finish-any of those will look great in a room.

[Dak0ta52]

Great work, John. I don't think you'll have any trouble getting those sold.

[John B]

Thank you all, We have a small market this arvo from 1 - 4 pm, part of Boulder's 125 years celebration. We'll see how we go.
@flarud The "church" is a pretty slow mover, but I enjoy cutting it as it is one of the more challenging of the patterns I have for these.

[Millwab]

John, are Radiata Pine and Jarrah native to Australia or another name for something available elsewhere?

[wombatie]

They are terrific John, I hope they sell well for you.

Marg

[John B]

6 hours ago, Millwab said:

John, are Radiata Pine and Jarrah native to Australia or another name for something available elsewhere?

G'day Bruce, I believe that Radiata Pine is native to an area on the coast of California, but does not grow like it does in other places. I have seen it mentioned as Monterey Pine. There are huge plantations in Australia and new Zealand. It is used for almost all construction and building in Australia as well as for a lot furniture. we have very few soft woods.
Jarrah is native to the South West of western Australia and is a very hard wood. I was used for all building, furniture, railway sleepers and even wooden cobblestones on streets in London. Unfortunately, because of it's great qualities (like everything else) it has been harvested until there are very few fully mature trees left. It also grows in the most fertile place of WA, so a lot was cleared for farming. I mostly use reclaimed jarrah from renovations etc. You are struggling to purchase a new piece over 4" wide and it costs your 1st born.

 

[Farmerdon]

Looking great!

[OCtoolguy]

On 8/12/2022 at 3:19 AM, John B said:

9 Tissue Boxes done and dusted
Radiata Pine and Jarrah
3 coats of 30% gloss lacquer with the exception of the Right hand rose, 3 coats of full gloss.
I used glitter on the felt behind the church, looks like a starry night. Click on the pic to enlarge.
Thanks for looking
Now to sell them

John, those are beautiful. I am in awe of your work.

 

Edited August 13, 2022 by OCtoolguy

[Phantom Scroller]

Love these boxes brilliant work. Roly

[Charlie E]

Wow! That's a lot of beautiful work. I like the starry night church one. I'm surprised it's a slow seller. Now, if you lived here in what we call the Bible Belt of the U.S. it would probably be a hot seller. That way if you're sick and can't go to church, at least you can blow your nose on a more sacred tissue.  No offence anyone. I can make these jokes. My father was a minister so I'm allowed.  

[Fab4]

12 hours ago, Charlie E said:

Wow! That's a lot of beautiful work. I like the starry night church one. I'm surprised it's a slow seller. Now, if you lived here in what we call the Bible Belt of the U.S. it would probably be a hot seller. That way if you're sick and can't go to church, at least you can blow your nose on a more sacred tissue.  No offence anyone. I can make these jokes. My father was a minister so I'm allowed.  

Hi  Charlie:
I don't even want to hear about your sacred TP holder and what you do with it..........LOL
you are right though, they are beautiful
Fab4

[John B]

Just goes to show, you never can tell.
Usually it's the Roses that go quickly, hence two of them, but not this time, The Elephants and Robin sold. I was happy as the turn out was very small. I sold a few other things so it was good 3 hours.