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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Catalpa & Beech
catalpa wood - medium, flat bottom ball
beech ball, w. butterflies
for more information please contact us at:
bcmt.co@gmail.com
Monday, September 27, 2010
Exciting News!
black creek mercantile & trading co. is opening a new shop/studio!
stay tuned for photos of the new space and new work!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Birch Bark Armoire
Birch bark is an amazing material, canoes are still built of it today using techniques that have been handed down over hundreds, if not thousands, of years.
The key to it's sustainability as a material rests in the fact that birch grows quickly and has a relatively short life span.
The Birch Bark Armoire turned out to be a great exercise in branding, as well as an important change in furniture vocabulary. I think that it is easy to get intrenched in current stylistic trends with-in furniture design . . . for me it is refreshing to revisit pieces such as the armoire which tend to meet the needs of a simpler existence. Past the point of mere aesthetics, and visual interest, they provide an alternative way to organize a persons life.
Monday, September 6, 2010
creation & destruction
There was a small tornado that ripped across the back property about a month ago...
Trees came down every which way. A large oak tree fell directly on this maple, splintering it right down to the ground.
"Creation and destruction are one, to the eyes who can see beauty." - S. Devi