Custom Wood Burnings & Handcrafted Earrings
Each piece is unique, sustainably sourced, and handcrafted in the high peaks region of the Adirondacks
I hand burned this red fox resting amongst some wild flowers with a pyrography pen on red cedar branches I collected in the Adirondacks, cut, shaped and hand sanded. I painted with water colors and sealed them with a polyacrylic top coat. I hand crafted the hardware from Argentium Silver.
I hand burned Apple Blossoms with a pyrography pen on Apple tree branches I collected in the Adirondacks, cut, shaped and hand sanded. I added watercolors and sealed them with a polyacrylic protective top coat. These are on studs.
These book marks are made on mahogany or black walnut. I cut thin pieces on my bandsaw and sanded them on my belt sander to achieve the desired thinness. I hand burned the images with a pyrography pen and sealed them with Danish Oil. I added waxed string for bookmark tassels.
I hand burned images with a pyrography pen of two Adirondack peaks, Whiteface Mountain and Mount Colden, as well as two different pine trees. Each coaster I cut, shaped and sanded from Black Walnut, and finished with a Danish oil.
One of my favorite things to do every year is pull out our Christmas ornaments when we inevitably start retelling memories and stories from places and times each ornament came from.
I love making ornaments every year. I hand burn every design, typically on wood I cut on my bandsaw from Adirondack Birch trees. I like to add watercolors and copper leaf to many of the ornaments. They are sealed with a polyacrylic protective top coat and a ribbon to hang off of your tree. I love custom ornament ideas as well.
Fish Heads I hand burned with a pyrography pen on Adirondack Beech branches. I added watercolors and copper leaf, and finished with a protective polyacrylic topcoat. I handcrafted the hardware from Argentium Silver
I hand burned this design with a pyrography pen on a cutting board handcrafted out of yellow birch, and sealed with a food grade finish.
Dimensions: 16.5” x 5.5”
It doesn’t matter how many times I drive home through the notch, the view of whiteface always gives me a sense of awe and lingers in my mind. The bear in this imagine is from another land, however, an encounter that similarly gave me a sense of awe and stays with me often lingering in my mind and heart.
I handcrafted these earrings from deer antlers I cut, shaped and hand sanded. I hand burned the dragon fly with a pyrography pen and added watercolors as well as copper leaf and sealed with a polyacrylic topcoat. I handcrafted the hardware from Argentium silver wire.
I hand burned a mosquito and black fly with a pyrography pen on a Cherry branch I collected in the Adirondacks, cut, shaped and hand sanded. I added touches of copper leaf, and finished them with a protective polyacrylic topcoat. I handcrafted the hardware from Argentium Silver.
These are designed for the person who has endured these relentless buzzing friends in their ears while visiting the ADKs or if your roots are in the ADKs but you feel you may be their number one target within the whole blue line and need support in facing your fears - send the message this space around your neck is already occupied.
Wild flowers hand burnt on Adirondack Birch branches with water colors and a polyacrylic protective topcoat. Hardware hand made from Argentium Silver
Honey Bees I hand burned with a pyrography pen on a Birch tree branch I collected from the Adirondacks, cut, shaped, and hand sanded. I added copper leaf highlights and sealed with a polyacrylic protective top coat. I hand crafted the hardware from Argentium Silver.
Mushrooms I hand burned with a pyrography on Adirondack deer antlers I cut, shaped and hand sanded. I painted them with water colors and finished with a protective polyacrylic protective topcoat. I handcrafted the hardware from Argentium Silver
* I have made several versions of this earring, the ones currently for sale are depicted in the first photograph.
These earrings I made from three rocks each collected from a beach off of Alaska and attached to a Red Cedar Branch, with beautiful natural red patterns, I collected from the Adirondacks, cut and hand sanded. These earrings have studs and are protected with a polyacrylic seal.
I have made two versions of this earring. The ones for sale are illustrated in the first photo.
Beats and rainbow carrots hand burnt on Adirondack Birch tree branches with water colors and a poly acrylic topcoat. Hardware handmade from Argentium Silver
My favorite muse, Moose. At the age of 2 and now 14, he has always mastered that early morning look of ‘don’t expect anything from me until someone gets me a coffee’
These earrings I hand burned on Adirondack Birch branches and added watercolors. I finished them with a polyacrylic top coat. These are on studs.
*Disclaimer, no glimmering drool touched the earrings in the production
These earrings were designed special for my sister, of a horse and a magpie. I hand burned them on Adirondack birch branches with added water color, and a polyacrylic protective topcoat.
Loon family (mama, baby and dad) were hand burnt on an Adirondack birch branch with a touch of added water color and finished with a polycrylic top coat. The hardware was handmade from argentium silver wire.
I hand burned brook trout with a pyrography pen on Birch tree branches I collected in the Adirondacks, cut, shaped and hand sanded. These are sealed with a protective polyacrylic top coat. I handcrafted the hardware from Argentium silver.
I hand burned ferns with a pyrography pen on Adirondack striped maple branches I collected, cut, shaped and hand sanded. These earrings are sealed with a polyacrylic protective top coat. I handcrafted the hardware from Argentium Silver.
Newts hand burnt on an Adirondack Tamarack branch with added water colors and copper leaf, finished with a protective polyacrylic top coat. Hardware handmade from Argentium Silver
Downtown Saranac Lake hand burnt with added watercolor on an Adirondack Birch branch. Finished with a polycrylic top coat and hardware hand made from argentium silver wire.
Great Blue Herons I hand burned with a pyrography pen on an Adirondack Willow branch I collected, cut, shaped and hand sanded. I then added water colors layers and a polyacrylic protective topcoat. I handcrafted the hardware from Argentium Silver.
Mountain Ranges I hand burned with a pyrography pen, on an Adirondack Red Cedar branch I collected cut and hand sanded. I sealed them with a polyacrylic top coat, and I handcrafted the hardware from Argentium silver wire.
Fireweed hand burnt on an Adirondack Cherry branch with added water color attached to stones collected from a beach off of Alaska. Earrings are finished with a Polyacrylic top coat.
Snow covered Cedar hand burnt on an Adirondack Cedar branch with added watercolor and handmade Argentium Silver hardware
Snowy Owl hand burnt on an Adirondack Hawthorn branch, with added watercolor and handmade Argentium Silver hardware
Raccoons hand burnt on an Adirondack Maple branch. Earring studs and hardware are handmade from Argentium Silver
Balsam Cone hand burnt on an Adirondack balsam branch with added copper leaf and a polyacrylic top coat. Hardware handmade from Argentium Silver
Mnt Bike and Autum Cherry leaf hand burnt on a Adirondack Cherry branch with added water color and a polyacrylic topcoat with handmade hardware from Argentium Silver wire
I hand burned this fox with a heat adjustable pyrography pen on a flower vase handcrafted from Adirondack Black Cherry, it is sealed with a Danish Oil. The glass flower vial is included.