Box Turtled

Here is a fun strap made for an old friend, a friend that had been asking for a guitar strap for awhile. I kept saying "okay I’ll make you a strap, what do you want on it?” and he kept saying “I don’t know”. Well this went on for sometime until I played a prank on him at a music festival he was camped out at. I came across a box turtle while walking through the woods early one morning and had an epiphany. The friends tent was found, he was asleep inside it and ever so carefully the tent was unzipped enough for one box turtle to be quietly slid in. His awakening that morning was to the sound of said bot turtle trying to get traction on the nylon floor of the tent.
     

Next time he asked for a strap and I said “what do you want on it?” he said “a box turtle” and my response was “I can work with that!”. I start at the forest floor, box turtle, then slowly pan up through the forest layers. There is a trillium blooming and the tulip tree leaves and their distinct tulip shaped flowers can be seen. The friend lived in West Virginia and I picked flora that would be indicative of his area. I had a lot of fun tooling this one.