by Richard Weigand | Mar 30, 2018 | Richard Weigand
by Richard Weigand | Mar 23, 2018 | Richard Weigand
“It’s unwise to pay too much but it’s unwise to pay too little. When you pay too much you lose a little money, that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing you...
by Richard Weigand | Mar 16, 2018 | Richard Weigand
That bowl was made from a maple tree being cut up for firewood in a yard in Galax, VA. I saw it on my way to town. I stopped and got them to give the tree to me. It was heavily burled and had some rot, but I saw beauty in there. The bowl comes from a lot of 75 bowls I...
by Richard Weigand | Mar 9, 2018 | Richard Weigand
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” -Leonardo da Vinci
by Richard Weigand | Mar 2, 2018 | Richard Weigand
All this urge, this drive that was ignited at that moment during my childhood, has never left me. Somehow, this brought me to the mountains in Virginia where salvaged, beautiful hardwoods took my fancy. I’ve been a custom furniture maker now for almost 15 years,...
by Richard Weigand | Feb 23, 2018 | Richard Weigand
Since then, I have always been interested in art, but it took a while for me to settle on the way I want to live it. I watched my older sister struggle through the educational system trying to understand her own artistic abilities and interests. I sampled art history,...