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I’d like to welcome Cliff and Leigh whom are custom crafted woodmakers based in Los Angeles. They are “militant” about using reusable bags and we appreciate that on our Earth’s behalf. Here’s some more from Leigh about their unique craftsmanship.

Our Los Angeles woodshop services include commissioned furniture, custom modern and traditional cabinetry, wood finishing and refinishing. We are experts in sourcing reclaimed and sustainable materials.

We work with general contractors, architects, interior designers and individuals. We primarily work in Los Angeles, but we have sucessfully shipped furniture and custom cabinets across both California and the United States.

Our signature wood is “wine oak”. What is that, you ask. There’s a listing called CALMAX where people all over California offer used building materials. Sometimes they ask for money. Usually their objective is just to avoid paying for things to be hauled away. If you ever need dirt… there’s always dirt. Clawfoot tubs show up from time to time as well.

Cliff gravitated to a Napa winery’s offering of used oak—soaked with wine. He didn’t know what he wanted to do with it, but he wanted it. As you surely know, oak is used during the fermentation process to impart flavor to wine. This is mass production, the “inner stave” process, where oak is put into stainless steel vats, rather than being aged in the traditional
barrels. The 1/2 thick staves are stained through and through by the grapes. The Pinot Noir makes for the darkest stain while the Pinot Grigio leaves the lightest. The pictures show the deep walnut or honey tones. There is no “stain” used here, just wine.

It arrives coated with sugars and wine solids. Yes, the shop smells like a winery during the processing, but it goes away by the time it’s finished. We maintained an environmentally conscious ethic in choosing all materials. Except for the nontoxic adhesives and the plant based finishes, these cabinets are made from 100 recycled and up-cycled materials.

As with all our furniture and custom cabinetry, the highest level of craftsmanship ensures the pieces will last, our favorite way to be sustainable.

Susan with Eco Artistic Products is our latest eco friend. Eco Artistic has many pieces of beautiful unique hand crafted jewelry and gifts.  I particularly like their primitive wood crafts. Here is what Susan has to say about Eco Artistic’s vision

Eco Artistic Products wishes to share with you a superb collection of exclusive handmade, eco-friendly, natural and colorful artwork, which stands out in not only in terms of quality and warmth, but uniqueness (no single piece is alike) and utmost beauty in craftsmanship. It is considered nature’s art.

Our “Unique handcrafted Jewelry” is one of the largest, natural wholesale jewelry collection (necklaces, bracelets, earrings) you will ever find in the online retail world, not only in variety, but also in combination of materials, showing their superior colors, grain, carving (soft rectangles, squares, ovals) and sanding styles, all satin smooth finished. The impact of our artisans’ famous art work has resulted in exposing their “wood bowls” in galleries and many private collectors around the world

Each item’s background goes beyond its skillfully assembled artwork, factoring the environment in their work. When searching for this natural art, it is frequently only accessible by driving long hours along beautiful tropical scenery and exotic wood forests. Our artists have embraced the idea of sustainable development to create original exotic wood pieces from only found fallen logs on farms or beaches or from plantation raised trees, as they are saving their heritage and respecting nature and protecting their ecological richness. This leads to promote flourishing communities and a more sustainable environment.

I love Susan’s commitment to natural art coming from of our Planet’s most majestic forests. Visit Eco Artistic Products and browse their beautiful eco handcrafted artwork.