Eucalyptus burl, Ebony, Indian Rosewood, Maple
19″Hx10″Wx10″D
$2650.00
Featured on the cover of the June 2011 Woodturning Design magazine
Featured in Dec. 2010 American Woodturner magazine
Featured in Dec. 2010 Woodturning Magazine (UK)
This is probably the most complex piece I’ve made to date. It’s a reliquary, meaning it has a hidden container inside that can hold a precious object, or “relic”, but that hidden container is also a cryptex. (Think “da Vinci Code”) The small turned element with the brass finial visible through the opening in the ebony turning on the underside is actually attached to the cryptex. When you romove the top, the cryptex with the attached pieces comes out as well.
The cryptex is opened by turning the 4 rings with the letters until they line up properly, spelling out the password. In this case, it’s “open me” on 2 adjacent lines. Not too clever a password, but it works.
