Stories, insights, and inspiration from our workshop

Stress
Brian Hockenstein Brian Hockenstein

Stress

Trees are resilient organisms and we embody our works to focus on sharing and creating works from trees that have endured with beauty. The wood specimens we choose to work with may require more time and labour to birth a beautiful product but feel that in working with these pieces that have endured hardship they are an opportunity to share and reveal amazing beauty beneath the scars and rot on the surface.

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Woodswimmer video
Brian Hockenstein Brian Hockenstein

Woodswimmer video

We love wood. Textures, figure, colors, stress, burns, scars, spalt, burls, knots, species, durability, hardiness, decay and life. Wood holds so much character.

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