ABOUT US

For the past 23 years, it has been our pleasure to acquire and use the many skills necessary to design and create hardwood tools that are objects of beauty as well as expressions of utilitarian value.

We recently moved to Western New York where we now enjoy a spacious workplace for our various floor, hand and bench tools. As we transition, we look forward to the discovery of local species of wood to work with. Our process remains unchanged - we strive to capture the essence of the wood while designing a useful object. We are the sole creators of every unique implement and vessel you see in our booth and on our website.

Attached to our workshop is a drying area for wood we have processed from logs. Drying in stacks with sticks separating them are layers of osage orange, sea grape, local old-growth cherry, Chautauqua Co maple and fruitwoods including apple, plum and pear. We also use Pennsylvania cherry, big leaf maple from Oregon, New York State curly maple and birdseye maple from Michigan’s upper peninsula.

Mike’s abilities as a carpenter contribute to his accomplishments as a woodworker. The diverse qualities of wood, from its structural strength to its enduring beauty, inspire this skilled craftsman. The right finish brings out the colors, hues and variations of the grain. Roz performs the many sandings this step requires. Between the last three sandings, each piece is coated with an FDA - approved penetrating finishing oil.

The individually crafted tools and vessels we create are the result of the skills we have acquired working with wood for over 2 decades, we hope you enjoy our collaboration.