Burr Elm Jewellery Box
Welcome to Peter Lloyd's website. Wooden boxes ~ Jewellery Boxes ~ Ring boxes ~ Desk boxes
Peter Lloyd, working from his small workshop in Cumbria UK, searches out unusual and beautiful English hardwoods to create jewellery boxes, ring boxes, work boxes, writing slopes or special commissions; a box to hold a treasured heirloom, a christening box, a chess set, a presentation piece, or a very individual corporate gift.
Whether it be a desk box made of oak from HMS Victory, a jewelry chest, a little jewel of a ring box or stationery box of burr elm, each of these handmade wooden boxes is a celebration of its wood.
21 August '10
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Well, summer is now in full swing, the holidays are over and we are refreshed and ready to face what will probably be the Christmas rush fairly soon. Sorry to mention Christmas but it has to be faced and last year the rush did start in September. In fact we've already sold our first Christmas box!
So I'm back at the grindstone or at least the polishing cloth! I've been working on a number of jewellery boxes - burr oak, English burr elm and some stunning yew. The yew jewellery box will be finished soon and I think I'll put a photograph of it on this page.
In autumn 2011 Andrew Crawford, one of this country's best boxmakers, and myself will be running a box making course based in a luxury villa in the south of France. At this stage we're planning on no more than eight students so with two tutors you'll get almost unlimited personal attention. The cost of the course which will include ensuite accommodation, all meals and transfers will be in the region of £2000. If you are interested there is more information on Andrew's website or give me a call.
I've recently developed a larger "ring box" well actually it's not really a ring box at all but it's based on the design of my ring boxes. I'm calling it a treasure box. It's 72mm square (just under 3inches) and at the moment I've made these little boxes in walnut and sycamore but I may well make some in other woods if they start to sell well.
Peter