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!

Heron Collaboration

If you follow us and our work at all, you probably know we love collaborations and working with the community. We recently had the chance to work with another local artist, Grant Garmezy, and help him bring one of his glass creations to life.

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Grant's blown and sculpted glass heron with his life-size sketch of the legs he had in mind for the bird.

Kyle working on the feet....

... and the legs.

The completed and installed feet and legs. The weight-bearing leg on the rock is attached by a bolt that runs all the way through the stone base.

A few recent projects

Fall is always a busy time for craft shows and the retail side of our business, but we've managed to squeeze in a few commissions and and small projects these last few months as well. Here are four of our favorite recent projects:

Bronze door knocker. The photo on the left shows Kyle using a chisel to chase the numbers into the bronze plate.

A sweet little custom mirror in blue and gray.

Blue Ridge Mountains mosaic commission. The photo on the left shows the grouting process. Johannah used three colors of grout to enhance the tones of the glass.

Forged vessels created on the fly press.