From a holly tree outside her first apartment → to the box she was given at her bridal shower.
Most people have never commissioned a piece before. Here is the whole of it, in four steps.
Send photos and the story. What it was, who it belonged to, why you can’t part with it.
Together we choose the object and the details. I give you an honest quote before anything is cut.
I mill, shape, and finish by hand, keeping the grain and character of the original wood.
You get back something you’ll use, carrying the wood, and the memory, forward.
A tree, a campsite, a dresser, and what each became. Rest on a piece to see where it began.
A storm brought down the holly tree outside Katie’s first apartment. Her mother Jan arranged for me to have some of the wood, and it became the box Katie was given at her bridal shower. She knew straight away where it came from.
From a holly tree outside her first apartment · Now a family heirloom
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A young couple were marrying at the campground where the groom had spent his summers his whole life. Two pieces of firewood came back from it, and became their rings: white oak for him, black cherry for her.
From firewood at a Virginia campsite · Now the rings they were married with
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My wife’s grandmother left her a dresser we had no room for and she could not part with. Its cherry drawers became the dividers in this tea box, in English walnut. It gets opened every day.
From her grandmother’s dresser · Now opened every day
Read the full story →Boxes, boards, trays, and larger transformations. Open each drawer, every piece is one of a kind.
For rings, rosaries, the small things you keep. Inlays of contrasting woods on request.
Made to be used every day, not shelved. Boards, rolling pins, pepper mills.
The piece that comes out when people visit. Epoxy can carry your family’s colors.
A larger piece, reimagined into something the whole family can use.
There is no price list, because there is no stock. Every piece is quoted individually, based on size, the condition of the wood, and the detail you want, inlays, colored epoxy, engraving. Send the story and I’ll send an honest quote.
How quoting works“ You transformed a tree log into something meaningful and lasting. It carries a story, and your artistic talent brought that story to life. ”Jan, whose daughter was given the holly box at her bridal shower
Send a few photos and the story behind it. I’ll tell you what it could become, and what it costs.
