This is a display cabinet I made for my final year woodworking class in high school. It's been with me 18 years now and except for needing a little glue in the mortise and tenon joints on the feet it's lasted pretty well. It's made from Imbuia with yellow wood inlays, it's still got that beautiful yellow wood smell when you open it up. When I was making it I wasn't mature enough to appreciate the beauty and durability of the wood we were using and the skill it takes to make something out of nothing with your hands and basic tools, we just did as our teacher told us. Funny enough I've often said that the only skill I learned at school that I've actually used later on in life is woodworking.
When I was at school, woodwork was what you did if you sucked at maths and accounting, it had a bit of a stigma attached to it i.e you're a bit of dumbass if you do woodwork. Looking at the world financial situation these days I think we'd be better off if there were a lot more woodworkers in the world than financial wizards.
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