Wood turning is the art of using a wood lathe with hand-held tools to cut shapes that are symmetrical around the axis of rotation.
The wood lathe can be used to create many beautiful forms, including hollowed out cylindrical wooden boxes, needle cases and urns etc.
Once mastered, wood turning is a great way of transforming small pieces of wood into beautifully crafted objects, using creativity and skill.
Most woods, including alder and linden wood can be used to make turned boxes, although a fine-grained hardwood is probably the very best wood to use.
Wood turned boxes may be created as stand-alone artwork, or as functional and economical storage containers, with or without lift-off lids!
Many food companies for example, use these type of boxes to successfully market their premium quality food products, such as herbs and specialty teas!
They are usually small and round, due to the lathe-turning process and so their lithe appearance differs quite significantly from square or rectangular boxes.
Beautiful wood turned boxes can be made from single pieces of wood, laminated woods and even segmented woods and despite the special skills needed, they can be very economical to produce.
They can be decorated with stunning natural wood and colour stains and clear lacquer finishes, to bring out the natural warmth and beauty of wood.
For more exotic finishes they can also be embellished with metal and hardwood inlays and/or hand carved decorations.
Whatever the style or finish chosen, the only limit on the design of wood turned boxes is your imagination!
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http://www.polmacuk.com
