RICHARD WEIGAND’S BLOG
BURLS
Such an aesthetic in a burl. It just speaks to you with its twists and turns.
SHOP
Come on in and sit a spell...
SHOP
Love to see the shop up on the hill waiting for us here in the mountains.
Foggy morning up in the mountains.
Blue Ridge Mountains – lots of salvageable hardwoods here!
Handcrafted Unique Wood Items
Some expansion into handcrafted unique wood items using salvaged trees. You’d be amazed at how many people like skulls for varied reasons.
The Affordable Factor With Custom Furniture
Sometimes the process that is gone through to make custom furniture isn’t well known by the buyer. We don’t do anything that is mass produced as our efforts are devoted to providing what each individual client wants and then tailoring our work to them specifically....
WOOD EXPANDING AND CONTRACTING…
Wood absorbs and releases moisture in response to the humidity in its environment. What this means for furniture, especially wide table tops, is that a piece of wood expands and contracts. With table tops we usually do what’s called a breadboard end to the top which...
Take a Break
Sometimes it’s fun to take a break and do something creative with some wood that always seems to lie around the shop.
Spring is here…
So glad winter is over and Spring is here and we can look forward to these beautiful flowers!