Mahogany, resin, blue phosphorescent powder.
Blue phosphorescent powder
… different light, get it? Aaaah? … aaaah?!
Focus is hard, ok?
Blue phosphorescent powder
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Very cool - especially in the dark!
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Bit of sanding there for the blend huh?
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A bit yeah. Each layer is offset by 2.25 degrees, ten layers, a 22.5 degree twist.
Dremel is your friend here to grind away the excess material, it goes pretty quickly. I covered these methods in my other layered box posts, I did a whole series on this kind of thing.
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I didn’t take any in progress pics but as luck would have it I did take a post-glueup pic before I started sanding:
And a bonus, my glow powders:
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Yes, if you keep moving and work you way in carefully you do not distort the helix. I love sanding in the woodworking process. Not because it is actually fun, but because if you doit really well the project goes from good to awesome. Fine wood and 1000 grit is an addictive combination.
I once block sanded a maple dresser I made from solid wood, laminated and flattened with a 12" jack plane. Then up through the grits all the way to 1500. That was shiny before I waxed it. I did so much block sanding that the skin on my fingertips was about gone. Squeezing my fingers I could force out tiny droplets of blood right through the skin. 
That dresser was as smooth as glass.
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Glowing boxes - now I want to see projects with the other colors.
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So pretty
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Super important. The dremel will just gouge it to hell and back if you don’t keep moving.
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Yes!
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A good place for using fluorescent woods.
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That’s a lot of glow powder! Planning on making a lot of these glowy boxes?
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Not sure yet. They’ve been staring at me for a while waiting for a project 
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Looks downright enchanted!
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Amazing lighting with a twist.
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Really amazing work. I wish I had your patience with sanding.
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Ah it wasn’t that bad, maybe 35 mins all told.
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Ditto. 
Yer a nutbar! A very talented nutbar.
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I love the glowy stuff! Another fine box project.
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