About Us

We have been hand making our items for 25 years.  Our items are handmade, each one is cut or carved separately.  The fretwork is done with Scroll Saws, it gives us the control for the very fine intricate cutting we need to do on our pieces.  Cuts are made completely through the wood.   We use  hardwood for all our items in a variety of hardwoods, Oak, Maple, Black Walnut, Poplar, Mahogany, Red Ingram (willow).  We also use many types of exotic woods from around the world.   For some of our items that have cuts that leave the item very fragile, we use Baltic Birch Plywood.  The Plywood is a high quality ply with many layers to give it strength.  The plywood is then adhered to a wood back.  Using the plywood and a backing makes the picture cut outs in the plywood really stand out.  We offer the service of personalizing items also, most items can be personalized or the pattern for it can be customized for it to be personalized. 
 

The Intarsia items are far more advanced than the scroll work, although a scroll saw is used to cut out the pieces used for intarsia, the cuts must be much more accurate, since the pieces have to fit together. All the edges are rounded and then fit together.  Each color is a piece cut from a different type of wood, no stain is used.  The finished piece can have up to a few hundred different pieces.  The pieces are also shaped for different heights.  This adds to the 3D effect. 

Our carvings are hand carved, they are one of a kind items. We use many different mediums to carve with, we use Basswood, Poplar, weathered wood, driftwood, Cypress Knees, Diamond Willow, most of the hardwoods and exotic woods and many other types.  We make a number of different items such as wall hangings, shelves, desk items, clocks, signs, napkin holders, key racks, mug racks, canes, walking sticks, wood spirits (carvings), etc.  We also have items in many different categories, animals, western, native American, use items, sayings, home, business, etc.  Our items are finish in high gloss, we use spray lacquer, Tung Oil, wiping gels or clear Shellac.