New Furniture & Sculpture for Spring

Kyle created a few new pieces this spring that we're pretty excited about. The first is a set of custom benches he calls the Shockoe Benches. There's so much history in these benches! He used reclaimed metal beams and pine trusses from a demolished building in Shockoe Bottom to create these pieces. The metal legs retain the original paint patina, and the original mill marks are evident on the wooden seats. 

The Mosaic Bench is the latest in our custom furniture featuring mosaic inlay. The seats are reclaimed heart pine, each with a strip of colorful glass mosaic inlay. Kyle created an elegant hand-forged base to complement the mosaics. We know we're partial, but we're pretty taken with the way metal, mosaic, & wood came together in this piece.

And last but not least, here's the latest in Kyle's series of hand-forged cat tail garden sculpture with rust patina.

GROWTH group show

This group show has been such a phenomenal experience! We worked with four other artists to create the work for this show, then installed it in a gallery at Crossroads Art Center. Though we didn't design any of the work collaboratively, it all flows together beautifully. The colors, the styling, the mood... right down to patterns and texture.

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We called our show GROWTH in honor of the new spring and the natural themes and materials in much of the group's work. The show features the work of six artists:

GROWTH will be up at Crossroads for two more weeks. All the work in the show is for sale. If you are local to Richmond and haven't had a chance to stop by, you have until May 8. This show is best experienced in person, so stop by if you can! Crossroads is open 10-6 M-Sat and 12-4 on Sundays. If you go, let us know what you think!

Stone Brewing Co. Furniture & Hardware

While building their East Coast brewery here in Richmond, the fine folks at Stone Brewing Co. - Richmond approached us about creating some custom furniture for the tasting room. Take a peek into the process behind the custom tables and fixtures we created for them.

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Working on picnic and cafe tables.

Custom tables ready for delivery! Reclaimed wood tops created by  Van Jester Woodworks.

And now for our favorite part! The two top photos here show Kyle's assistant, Kallen, forging strap hinges for the tour door at the brewery. In the bottom photos, Kyle is forging gargoyle horn handles designed after Stone Brewery's logo for the door.

There it is! Our hand-forged hardware installed on the tour door made by Van Jester Woodwoorks.

Hope you get a chance to stop by Stone for a brew. And if you do, let us know what you think of the tables and tour door!