wood art boxes

Crafted by members of the Lopez Garcia Family of Guatemala, this set of six quitapenas dolls makes a wonderful gift for friends or family that tells the recipient you care about their well-being and wish them the best. Quitapenas means "to remove worries" in Spanish; artisan Aura Lopez explains the Mayan worry doll tradition. "My grandparents said that the way to use them was to take the doll out of the bag or wooden box and tell it your problems and fears," she states. "Then, you place the doll under your pillow and, the next day, your problem becomes smaller or can be resolved." The set consists of three male and three female worry dolls each clasping a red heart to his or her chest and comes with a pouch made from loom-woven cotton. Handmade using tule wood, polyurethane, nylon stockings, kraft paper, and 100% cotton fabric, the dolls are dressed in vividly-colored traditional Guatemalan attire.

Crafted by members of the Lopez Garcia Family of Guatemala, these quitapenas dolls make a wonderful gift for friends or family that tells the recipient you care about their well-being and wish them the best. Quitapenas means "to remove worries" in Spanish; artisan Aura Lopez explains the Mayan worry doll tradition. "My grandparents said that the way to use them was to take the doll out of the bag or wooden box and tell it your problems and fears," she states. "Then, you place the doll under your pillow and, the next day, your problem becomes smaller or can be resolved." The set consists of two pairs of male and female worry dolls joined together by a red heart. Handmade, the dolls are dressed in vividly-colored traditional Guatemalan attire and arrive in a pouch of handwoven cotton fabric.

Fida Hussein, son of a papier mache artisan, works to continue that artistic legacy. He crafts this small heart-shaped box from weeping willow wood covered with papier mache. It is then sanded and painted carefully in exquisite detail with pale grey, black and gold features floral motif. It opens to reveal a velvet lining.

Hoping to preserve the artistic legacy handed down from his father, Fida Hussain crafts this petite box from weeping willow wood. The Indian artisan coves it with papier mache, and then sands and paints it carefully in exquisite detail. The red and gold heart-shaped box features a chinar leaf motif and a velvet lining to store small treasures.

Crafted in the shape of a heart, this decorative box is hand-carved by Indian artisans. Using mango wood, they diligently create floral relief designs on the lid. A distressed finish gives the box a two-tone color scheme in brown and beige. Presented by Arti Sharma, this loving decor accessory opens with a lid to a simple interior for storing small items.

Hand-carved from rain tree wood, a heart holds secret treasures. Nantana Sompamitre creates an enchanting box, using traditional Thai techniques. She delicately paints floral medallions on the midnight beauty of rich black lacquer.

Decorated with traditional Mexican sacred heart motifs, this small jewelry box is a colorful addition to your dresser or vanity. From Mexico's Ana Maria Gonzalez, the pine wood chest is decorated using decoupage techniques. The chest features 6 small drawers for holding jewelry and other treasures.

Says Peruvian artist Julio Gallardo, "I love the type of work that I do, since it allows me to form whatever scene, thought, or idea in a wood box and deepen the significance of each detail." He handcrafts this retablo of local tornillo wood, featuring two swinging doors that are painted by hand with a floral design. These doors open to a fantastic world, depicting a group of salesmen in their tienda de corazones, surrounded by a variety of colorful hearts. Each miniscule piece in this retablo is crafted and painted by hand. Gallardo draws inspiration from themes of love, hoping to spread that with this creative retablo.