The story here is that my Dad delights in working with his hands and his tools. His latest hobby is marquetry, an artistic form of woodworking in which wood veneer is cut and pieced together to make pictures and patterns. A few months ago, I was admiring some of the cabinet fronts and boxes that he had made for my Mom, and I asked if perchance he might enjoy making one for me too. (OK, actually I did the old begging-puppy imitation.) Sure, he said, but what did I want it to fit and what sort of picture did I want on the lid? Well, as it happens, I'd been thinking that my collection of Olympus bellows macro lenses needed a nice place to live, and for that matter why just the lenses? And for the lid, what better than my beloved butterflies, which had provided not only many hours of entertainment, but also funded a good chunk of college, more years ago than I'd like to admit.
So here we have it -- the genuine one-of-a-kind Olympus bellows macro collection Gift Box.
I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I do the box.
Design and craftmanship by Kenneth Littlefield. Thanks, Dad!
--Rik
I could think of many uses for something like that. As you have it for camera lenses, microscope objective collections came immediately to mind, or polished rock and gem collections. That is something that can be handed down through generations. It must have taken some time to make with all the intricate wood work. Indeed it is something cherish through the years Rik. 
