A second life for fallen trees

Hand-turned bowls, plates, candlesticks, and frames — made from local wood that would have become firewood or mulch, and finished to live on in your home.

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Mirror-finish contrast catch-all tray
$65.00

Perfect for keys, change, sunglasses - whatever you need to hold. From a storm-felled tree at a family cabin at Mullet Lake in Northern Michigan. Finished with a deep aubergine water-based dye and lacquer on the outside. Food safe oil and wax finish on the inside.

Wood: Spalted Paper Birch
Origin: Mullett Lake, Michigan
Coordinates: 45.515°N, -84.525°W
Dimensions: 8.75” diameter × 1.75” height

Birch fruit bowl
$155.00

Fruit bowl made from the 50 year old birch tree from my childhood home.

Wood: highly figured birch

Origin: Palatine, IL, 42.1103° N, -88.0342° W

Dimensions: 9” diameter × 3” height

Small end-grain display bowl
$35.00

This wood came from the tree I grew up climbing, which had to be taken down in 2024. This majestic birch tree was hiding some dramatic grain inside!

Wood: Highly figured birch

Origin: Palatine, IL

Dimensions: 3.5” diameter x 4” height

Made by hand,
made to be used

Candlesticks & frames
Small, warm objects that hold the things you care about: a flame, a photograph, a quiet corner of the house.

Bowls
Turned from a single piece of wood, each one shaped to the grain it was given. No two are alike.


Plates & platters
Light in the hand, made for real meals: bread, fruit, a wheel of cheese, a weeknight dinner.

Recent commissions

Salad Bowl from a storm-downed tree
Spalted Paper Birch
Mullett Lake, MI

Memorial tea light holder
Horse Chestnut
Park Ridge, IL

Live edge vessel from a beloved tree
Mesquite
Tucson, AZ