The Ark

The Ark is a cedar lined hopechest built from red oak plywood. This is a clean, simple design which which makes this hopechest easy to build. The top has spring loaded hinges to let the top down slowly so fingers don't get smashed. The hinges also have a locking position to hold the top open more than whats shown here.




The intarsia design is not mine, it's from Judy Gale Roberts who is very well known in the intarsia world ( intarsia.com ). As a designer I had to swallow my pride when asked to use someone's design other than mine. It's part of doing business I guess, of course I did make some changes to the style.