Innocente is David Innocente and Tania Ingerson. My name is David Innocente, and I began designing and hand crafting these  boxes in 2005. The current designs are shown in the Current and New Work pages.

Innocente  boxes started with a surprise gone wrong. My partner Tania said she wanted a jewellery box to organise all of her jewellery which at the time was a bunched up mess. I decided to surprise her by building one for her. I was half way through it when Tania told me she was going to go shopping for a jewellery box. I showed her what I had done so far and proceeded to finish it. One design led to another and has resulted in the designs you see today. I have also recently added tea boxes, multi-purpose boxes, jewellery stands and clocks to our product range.

All of the boxes are unique ,and individually numbered. Similar designs can be built if so desired. I use a variety of timbers including Huon Pine, Black Heart Sassafras, Tasmanian Oak and Red Mahogany. The boxes are powder coated and they are edged in polished aluminium and trimmed in velour. I use stainless steel fittings throughout each box. Contact us if you would like us to send more detailed photo’s of any of our items. I can use other timbers on request.

Huon pine is one of the slowest-growing and longest-living plants in the world. It can grow to an age of 3,000 years or more. It is found in western Tasmania, on the Central Plateau and in the Huon Valley.

Today, the tree is wholly protected and cannot be felled. However, wood on the forest floor, or buried in river beds, remains usable after hundreds of years and is still prized by modern woodworkers.

Please browse through our site and if you have any queries, feel free to contact us.

Exhibitions

                            2007-SALA Festival

                            2008-SALA Festival

                                    -Creating For Conservation

                                    -Eye To Eye Gallery

                                    -Pepper St. Studios

                            2009-Adelaide Fringe Festival (Ernst & Young)

                            2009-SALA Festival

                            2009-T’arts Gallery-More Than Just A Box

                            2010-Adelaide Fringe Festival (Lustre Galleries)

                            2010-Gallery M - Diverse-City

                            2010-SALA Festival “What’s Your Favourite Classic Car?”(exhibition in Adelaide Arcade)

Awards

                            Finalist Advertiser Business SA SALA Awards 2009 (For a piece called The

                            Rower. It is currently at Lustre Galleries in Adelaide )

                            Finalist SA Life Emerging Artist Award SALA 2010

                            Final 3 in Jam Factory Contemporary Craft Award SALA 2010

Donations

                            An Innocente Box was recently donated to a fundraising event in support of

                            Sunrise Childrens Schools in Nepal. We are proud to be supportive of this

                            charity and their cause.

Commissions

                            We can custom make boxes, clocks or jewellery stands. Please contact us to

                            discuss your needs.