{"title":"Worked by Hand","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFound wood, finished by a person.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMost of what we make is left exactly as the water made it. These pieces are different, and we'd rather say so plainly. The wood was still found, never carved — but the color on it is ours. Stain, metallic paint, fragments cut and arranged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSmall collection, and it stays small. A piece only lands here when the artist decided the wood needed something from him.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"firekeeper","title":"Firekeeper","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo pieces of driftwood, found separately, that turned out to be waiting on each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne came out of the water shaped like a torch — tapered, banded, built to be held. The other broke into narrow tongues at one end and read as nothing but flame. Put together, they are the thing neither one was alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth pieces came from the inlets along the North Carolina coast, pulled from the water on shrimping runs. The forms are exactly as the water left them — nothing was carved or reshaped. What was added is the finish: the torch and its twine banding are hand-painted in metallic bronze, the flame in metallic reds and oranges, so the piece reads across a room the way it read on the shore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is then set into a deep handcrafted pine case, stained near-black, which does what a frame does — holds the light out of the background so the flame is the only place your eye can land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHangs or stands\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe case is built to work either way. Stand it on a console, a mantel, or the floor, or hang it on the wall and let it read as a panel. At nearly three and a half feet tall it will hold a wall on its own without anything else around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWall-mount ready, hardware not included.\u003c\/strong\u003e The case is built to be hung, but we do not include hanging hardware — a piece this size should be mounted with hardware rated for your wall and anchored into a stud. Any hardware store can match it to your wall type, and your installer will thank you for asking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 15½\" W × 6¾\" D × 41 5\/8;\" H, including case\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: Two pieces of natural driftwood, hand-applied metallic bronze and metallic red-orange finishes, bronze-painted twine banding, handcrafted stained pine case\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisplays freestanding or wall-hung\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigin: The inlets and coastal waters of North Carolina\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePermanently mounted within the case\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne of a kind — this piece will not be repeated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFound, then finished\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of what we make is left exactly as the water made it. This piece is different, and we want to be straight about that. The wood was found, not carved — but the color on it is ours. Two pieces the tide never introduced were brought together here, and painted so that what we saw in them is what you see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDust with a dry, soft cloth only. Do not use cleaners, polishes, or water on the painted surfaces. Keep out of direct sunlight, which will fade the metallic finishes over time. For indoor display.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Velvet Pumpkin Patch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53724156199205,"sku":"CW-001","price":595.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1230\/9797\/files\/Firekeeper1CW-001.png?v=1788476591"},{"product_id":"remnant","title":"Remnant","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery piece on this panel is what was left over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDriftwood taken apart and put back together on purpose — not whole, not restored, and not pretending to be either.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fragments scattered across this panel were cut from a single piece of driftwood found in the coastal inlets of North Carolina. Half of them were left the natural color the water gave them. The other half were stained dark. They are set across a pieced ground of light and dark boards inside a mitered frame, so the whole surface reads in two tones at once — what was kept, and what was changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe arrangement is not random, and it is not symmetrical either. Pieces drift across the field the way things settle in water: clustered in places, thin in others, nothing lining up with anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ground and frame were stained in two tones, light against dark, and laid up in a checkerboard. That pattern is the only part of this piece that was planned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything is finished under a polyurethane sealant, which is what gives the dark pieces their wet look — the same look driftwood has when the tide has just gone out from under it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThree ways to live with it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlat.\u003c\/strong\u003e On a coffee table, an ottoman, or a console as a sculptural centerpiece. The raised fragments mean this is a decorative surface, not a working tray — nothing should be set on top of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the wall.\u003c\/strong\u003e Hung square or turned on the diagonal as a diamond. The diagonal is the stronger read, and it costs nothing to try both. Wall-mount ready, hardware not included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStanding.\u003c\/strong\u003e It can be stood upright against a wall or on a shelf, but it must be secured or braced — at twelve inches square it will not stand safely on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 12\" W × 12\" D × 1.375\" H\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 4 lb 8 oz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: Cut driftwood fragments (half natural, half dark-stained), pieced and stained wood ground, mitered frame, polyurethane sealant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrigin: Driftwood from the coastal inlets of North Carolina\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLays flat, hangs, or stands with support — decorative surface only, not a functional tray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne of a kind — this piece will not be repeated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFound, then finished\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of what we make is left exactly as the water made it. This piece is different, and we want to be straight about that. The driftwood was found, not grown for this — but it was cut, arranged, and half of it stained by hand. What the water gave us is the material. The composition is ours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDust with a dry, soft cloth. Wipe the sealed surface with a barely damp cloth if needed, then dry immediately. Do not set food, drinks, or heat on the surface. Keep out of direct sunlight. 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