Boxes from branches.

Here are a couple of boxes of a different kind. These are made from sections of tree branches (eucalyptus on the left, western cedar on the right). Each is about 4 inches high. I cut the branch sections, then cut off what would be the tops of the boxes. Then I clamped them into my drill press and bored them out with Forstner bits. The big one is stained with black walnut, and has a raised section on the inside of the lid to keep the lid from sliding off. The smaller one has a top which pivots on a pin. A mixture of stains applied one after the other was used only on the outside of the smaller one.The texture on the smaller box comes from insects which burrowed under the tree bark; and killed that tree.