Inlay Stone & Wood Stimming Pendant

Each wood pendant is completely unique. We hand-carve the wood to house the stone. 

The special part about these pendants are that they serve a specific purpose. Every human has a coping mechanism that allows them to adjust to changing environments, this mechanism is called stimming, self-stimmulation. Most choose a repetitive body movement, whether its rocking back and forth, sucking their thumb, touching hair, things of that nature. The pendants are shaped to replicate the natural curves of the body in order sooth the wearer with a simple touch.  

Believe it or not, they absolutely worked for the individuals who  have tried it. These pieces are not just meant to be fancy, or beautiful, they are meant to create comfort and expose confidence. 

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Cocobollo Wood Turn Pendent.

Branching out in different forms of wood working we have found wood turning a proper transition into new elements of design. These are just practice samples before we get to the fun projects. All recycled Cocobollo Wood Pendent with recycled leather chain.

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Handmade Wood Pendent With Agate Stone

Each one of these pendents I have found a growing attachment to. Hand-carved and shaped to a smooth delicately curved form, this Green Acrylic maple pendent, with a unique Moss Agate stone is just the beginning to a series of hand carved wooden pendents. 

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Hand-carved Buckeye Burl Wood Pendent

With each piece we truly dedicate time, and love to complete every detail. This Pendent is hand carved out of Buckeye Burl. 

Just to inform the readers, Burl is the part of wood which exposes the knots, which makes it a little more difficult to work with, but when is it complete, the grain is magnificent. 

To compliment the beautiful shades of blues and greens within the wood, we have embedded a Tiger Eye stone into the face of the pendent. The chain is a antique chain with a strong magnetic clasp. 

Features which you miss by not being able to experience this piece up close, is the smooth shape of the pendent. We have begun building upon this idea of stimming. Stimming is also known as self-stimulation, which is created by a repetitive movement that triggers the calmness of nerves. Organic shapes seem to calm the nerves and sooth some from bad habits. At first this idea seemed far fetched, but it has truly proven to work. We strive for products of purpose.

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Heather Gray Handmade Leather Clutch

Introducing heather gray leather clutch. I still have to add a wooden zipper pull, and of course finishing the strap. But a good start to a line of well crafted handbags. I still have ways to go to achieve the brandname quality I would like to produce, but "Baby steps," eventually it will get there. 

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Wooden Lathe Purple Acrylic Pendent

This unique pendent is a hand lathed purple acrylic wood piece with a small embedded tigers eye stone at the very end. My new endeavor during this project was to make sure that the piece had movement. The connection piece is hand craved from wood and I ran a metal wire through the side and into the lathed piece in order for it to move freely back and forth. Yes this did take forever to create, but I enjoy every moment I spend with each item. From start to finish it is a magical process to create products with inspirational qualities.

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Embedded Vintage Compass

I take pleasure in the discovery of old vintage items, so when a unusable compass found its way into the trash, I took it upon myself as a goal of finding this piece a proper home. With great delight I found a way to frame its beauty of timeless aging, and decided to hand whittle a exotic wooden cocobollo shell. To add to its make-shift appearence, I accompanied it with a braided yarn and leather chain, with the bottom half rapped in waxed cord. Most of this necklace is indeed recycled. But through this attempt, I hoped to have given back the life to these unusable scraps by adding a little charm and proper craftsmenship to the mix.

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Wooden Lathe Pendent with Embedded Stone

Upclose and personal look at our wooden lathe jewelry piece with embedded stone and a small metal locket.

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Hand-sanded Stimming Pendent

I began this line of Stimming pendents. Stimming refers to self-stimulation, a repetitive movement which we often find ourselves doing in order to comfort or sooth nerves. At first I questioned if it would be taken well from our projected audience. The good news is that people have found that these simple pendents have been working. The inside of the pendent concaves don't to allow your thumb to run smoothly over its finish. It is a piece which people don't seem to truly understand unless they experience it themselves.

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Hand-lathed Wooden Pendents with Embedded Stone

Our new works in progress. These are Hand-carved wooden lathe pendents made from acrylic Tineo wood and Bocote. To add and practice the skills of precision, we delicately etched in a whole, to embed a stone in order to create that mesmerizing one-of-a-kind piece. This is only the start to some uniquely crafted pendents, so stay tune...

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Jessel. Hand Lather Wooden Pendent

Introducing Jessel, the newly created handmade wood lathed pendent made from buckeye burl, which is a beautiful mix of blue and white, twisted in knots to form intricate swirls in this piece of exotic wood.

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The Process Of Wood Turning

Many see the products that we create, but do not get the opportunity to see the process of creation, which in my personal opinion is the highlight of the creative arts. This machine is a Miniature wood lathe. Real simple concept, all you have to do is take the piece of wood which you desire to transform, and wedge it tightly between this gapped area. As you power up the machine the block of would begin to spin at 1200rpm. You of course may adjust the speed but in order to create the fine edges and detailed pieces, the faster you go the easier it is to work with. By taking the hand tools and working away at the surface of the block, soon the piece will begin to take shape and from their you may create what ever your heart desires. Now even though this concept of lathing wood sounds relatively simple, it also requires great skill and patients in order to achieve your desired thickness and design. This tool has become a blessing to the team of machinery in our shop, and Mike is slowly working up towards mastering the trade of wood lathing. You will begin to see new products with intricate details of our handmade treasures made from exotic wood, so stay tune...


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Handmade Wooden Stud Earrings

These tiny stud earrings are the last small fragments of the wooden pieces used. We thrive off the challenge of recycling and reusing materials, so as the wood dwindles down to small unusable scraps, we yet again found another purpose. By saving each scrap of wood we have created a new way to frame the beauty of the natural wood grain in minuscule form which delicately lay flat upon the ear. Appropriate for both men and women, these earrings have become a simple addition to our team of hand crafted accessories.


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All that Life In the Death of Nature

Often I find my inspiration in the strangest of place... Walking through a forest preserve, I began to notice the colors and shapes left in these withering cut logs. Something as simple as this, has become today's inspiring thought. Even the core of these extravagant trees holds within it, the life of creation, and a mesmerizing twist of displaying its development through its years here on earth. I know I often turn poetic when I dwell on the thought of creation, but as I snapped a shot of these small stumps I am once again reminded about the true beauties of nature.


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Handmade Recycled Wood Display

Digging through scraps of wood, Mike and I found the need to give purpose to these unwanted pieces. As a small craft show approached this became the perfect opportunity to create a display using the small scraps of wood, remences of fabric, and  a unique and creative thought process to put together a completely handmade recycled wood display with handcrafted fabric signs.

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