The Work Speaks for Itself.
Each piece below was made for a specific person, in response to a specific conversation. None of them could have been made for anyone else.
A note on materials
With few exceptions, the wood we use comes from within our region. Some from a local owner-operated mill in the Feather River country that saws timber from trees harvested nearby. Some we find ourselves — in the field, along the river, in salvage. Occasionally we source exotic species through a trusted dealer when a commission calls for something the region can't provide.
We think it matters where wood comes from. A tree that grew here, was milled here, and was made into something here carries a kind of continuity that imported material can't replicate. We try to honor that whenever we can.
Console table
Old-growth sequoia, slatted lower shelf, hand-finished. This one lives in a home on the Mendocino coast, where the light off the water finds it differently every hour of the day. The table is built to last as long.
Materials & Method Handmade dowel joinery throughout. The top is secured with hand-carved wooden buttons — a traditional technique that allows the wood to move seasonally without cracking. Leg levelers are custom-made. No metal fasteners.
Provenance The sequoia came from a local mill in Plumas County that saws timber harvested within the region. Old-growth stock like this is rare. We source this way whenever we can.
Materials & Method The mounting arm and hanging bracket are hand-formed brass, bent and hammered cold. The angled support rod was shaped by hand and riveted. The hanging cords are natural fiber. Every metal element was made specifically for this piece — nothing was sourced from hardware stock.
Provenance The redwood came from a salvaged old-growth slab. Coastal redwood of this figure is no longer commercially harvested. When we find it, we use it with intention.
Hanging whale sign
Coastal redwood, hand-carved, with brass hardware. The grain in this piece is original to the tree — no two cuts of this wood look alike, which means no two signs ever will either. The brass was chosen deliberately: salt air turns it slowly, the way the coast ages everything it touches.
Bison sculpture
Hand-carved black walnut, pine horn. There is something in walnut that suits this animal — the weight of the grain, the depth of the color. Carved from a single block, with nothing added except a sliver of pine for the horn.
Butcher block countertop
Douglas fir and incense cedar. Built for a kitchen that needed a surface equal to real use. The two woods together make something neither could do alone — the fir for strength, the cedar for warmth. It sits now in a farmhouse in the middle of an almond orchard in the Sacramento Valley, which feels exactly right for a surface made to feed people.