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Wooden Jewelry Boxes: Intricate Craftsmanship Produced from Maple Burl
Expert artisans and craftsmen have been creating wooden jewelry boxes for many years. Intricate designs and hand painting make them valuable items, sometimes even more than the precious treasures they are meant to hold. Sizes and styles vary depending on the items they keep - from small jewelry like rings and bracelets to bigger items like necklaces and lady's gloves.
In the past, jewelry boxes were often made from precious materials like gold, ivory and silver. Other materials like wood, silk and porcelain were also used in some parts of the world. Some of these exquisite jewelry boxes have become collectors’ items themselves.
Because of the range of materials being used in making jewelry boxes today, they are ideal not just for women but men and children alike. Wooden jewelry boxes have become very popular among jewelry collectors all over the world. These boxes are now available in a wide variety of wood types - cherry, oak, maple, etc.
The way these jewelry boxes are crafted highlights the natural beauty of wood. This is why they are perfect choices in making treasure chests, dressers, and cabinets to hold precious heirlooms and other valuable items. Artisans favor the use of maple, along with walnut and cherry, when creating wooden pieces like furniture and smaller trinket and jewelry boxes.
Aside from being durable, when properly stained and polished, maple shows beautiful intricate lines. Maple, in general, is great for making a variety of wood products. Maple burls grow from trees attacked by insects or stress and injuries caused by fungus infection. Most burls attach to the roots of the tree and they form bulbous protrusions covered by bark.
In some maple trees, they can grow to great size and even encircle the entire trunk of the tree. When these burls are cut, they produce unique and interesting patterns in the wood making them highly prized by expert craftsmen. They are very delicate and can easily chip off and that's the reason why only experienced artisans can create finely made items from maple burls.
They’re sought after by wood sculptors, furniture makers, and artists and value the detailed patterns they create on the wood. Maple burls are found mostly in Big Leaf maple trees native to the Pacific Coast region. Aside from their use in the manufacture of veneers and laminates for furniture, they are also commonly used in making interior panels and musical instruments.
In creating more expensive and highly valued pieces such as stringed instruments, furniture trimmings and finely crafted jewelry boxes, highly figured wood burls are used. Colors of maple burl tend to be darker compared to maple wood - ranging from yellow ochre to dark shades of brown. Finely crafted items made from the whorls and uneven patterns of maple burl make them more unique and valuable.
It's no wonder that jewelry boxes made from highly figured maple burls make them not just great gift items but also precious keepsakes as well. Preserve your heirlooms with finely crafted wooden jewelry boxes and bring the Old World charm as they are passed on from generation to generation in the family.
This article was written by Oliver Ocampo of MarqART Gift Shop. Our jewelry boxes are original works of art, no two creations are the same. Each wood shown has its own unique wood grain pattern and color. MarqART comes from combining the words marquetry (wood inlay) + Art (a creation of beauty) an apt name for our products. A fine addition to your dressing table or as a gift. Please visit http://www.marqartgiftshop.com to browse & buy exotic jewelry boxes that will give you a lifetime of pleasure!
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