Burned Furniture

4/19/12

Burned Furniture in Improper Bostonian- Go Figure!

I'm so pleased to have a paragraph and a few pictures of my woodburned pieces included in

" Boston's Etsy Entrepreneurs" in the April Home edition of the Improper Bostonian magazine.

A few of my pieces took part in a real photo shoot in downtown Boston, too-

Here's the article!

April 11-24, 2012

4/8/12

Easter eggs colored by P and C!

12/28/11

Christmas chopsticks

this year I made Christmas chopsticks for the kids.
Pictured atop a lovely napkin hand embroidered by Stitchado, of Etsy.
Pictured beside a gorgeous vintage plate from EnglishTransferware, of Etsy.

12/6/11

custom order for the lovely Constance

front....

and back.

11/21/11

10/22/11

22 ginko leaves

a new frame for my Etsy shop.

very enjoyable to make- it still smells (slightly) like a campfire!

10/15/11

My final 12 frames!
Just dropped them off at CAC Gallery.
Wish I hadn't ruined my one round ivy ringed mirror-
it fit into the set so well.
In the future I will not doubt the sticking power of good old Elmer's Glue!

10/9/11

10 frames

Here's what I've been working on for the past five weeks or so-

hopefully I will finish one or more additional frames to add to this grouping, to be delivered to the gallery by next weekend.

8/29/11

Rosa's Rolling Pin

just finished today at 5 pm- several almost non stop days of fun/work-

8/27/11

jennifer's new chopsticks

8/22/11

custom spoons for Kim P.

just finished!

8/16/11

serving bowl

8/8/11

new small tray

8/6/11

working on this custom order for the lovely Mary-Claire

7/25/11

large serving plate

Another upcycled (then sanded and woodburned) used plate from the Saint Camillus Thrift shop. Two full days of burning-finally it's finished!

7/12/11

oak rolling pin

Another second hand find from the thrift shop- this one is oak, I think, and quite heavy- took lots of sanding and lots of time- finally finished!

7/11/11

small shelf

This small shelf was purchased used and unfinished from the best shop ever- Saint Camillus Thrift Shop in Arlington, MA. After some moderate sanding and many hours of burning, here is the shelf! It's going to hopefully find a temporary resting place at the Blue Cloud Gallery in Somerville, MA later today.

Also pictured, a July anniversary cake.

7/9/11

new chopsticks

6/28/11

Just finished this rolling pin- one of several vintage finds from my favorite thrift shop..I cleaned, sanded, burned (for about a week!) and oiled with care- here is the result.
You can see it in person at the Blue Cloud Gallery in Somerville, MA.

6/18/11

Betsy of Blue Cloud

If you have not met photographer Betsy Lenora- new owner of Blue Cloud Gallery in Somerville's bustling Ball Sqare-you are missing out. A talented artist in her own right, Betsy kindly and expansively stables the work of many prolific local craftspeople- already I am tempted to spend money I don't have on lovely sgriffito style pottery and whimsical technicolor primates.

I'm pleased to announce many of my emblazoned housewares can now be found at Blue Cloud; in fact I just dropped off every last woodburned utensil in my home, as well as several plates and other pieces, into Betsy's open arms. I'm really happy about this new opportunity!

(photo credit Betsy Lenora of Blue Cloud Gallery