Anniversary Time Again

Time to celebrate and dance to the music all over again. Where have the two years gone. Four years ago this business was only a dream, a maybe possibility, a distant future goal. Now look at us with 2 candles on our cake.

When New Years Eve comes around almost everyone is reflecting on the past year and setting all sorts of goals for the next. So here we are with over 750 pieces designed, created and hand crafted by Steve and Steve alone. Ok so I, Debbie, wife of The WoodArt Studio artist Steve has added the neck cords to all of the necklaces that were added to our inventory line this year. Nineteen pieces were specially created from the Stonewall Jackson Prayer Tree that fell last May. We have our functional art in over 25 states here in America and several overseas. Two more galleries here in Virginia now carry several of our bowls, ornaments and utensils.

We survived several wind storms and lost one of our staunch supporters, our dear neighbor Jerry B. You could always count on Jerry for a kind word, helping hand and overall friendship. He will be sorely missed around the studio. We attended the first annual Highland County Old Time Fiddlers Convention where we sold not only WoodArt but fiddles along with having the pleasure of hearing some great old time music. There is such talent in the area.

Our future will hopefully hold several more functional art pieces entering into many homes across the world. We are busy searching for yet another Farmers Market to enter into along with possibly a couple more outside fairs. We might like to do some home parties. Are you interested? Contact us and let's talk. Maybe even an open studio one weekend?

So for now join us in celebrating two wonderful years. Thank you for supporting us here for without you there would be no WoodArt Studio.

A Dream Takes Shape

March is here and with that Spring will be arriving. It has been what I would call a mild Virginia winter, but then I have to say that this has been our first full complete winter in Virginia.

The later part of winter 2010 was spent building the inside of the studio. In fact at that time there was no The WoodArt Studio, there was only a dream and an empty shell of a studio. Walls, insulation, electricity and placement of equipment was an everyday occurrence during the cold pre-spring months of 2010. There was no heat in that building back then so work was dependent upon the outside weather even though we were banging nails on inside walls. By late spring it was to become a working studio complete with major machinery in place and a long work bench along the eastern wall. Chisels, sandpaper, finishing oils could now be all laid with easy reach.

Spring 2010 had arrived and with that the beautiful weather the Valley has to offer. The garage door could be opened up and work could be done with all of the natural lighting that the day had to offer. Wood was turning and chips were flying. Bowls, spoons, spirit houses were being constructed all in preparation of our future patrons.

The dream was becoming the reality and in July 2010 The WoodArt Studio was born. That same month brought The WoodArt Studio to facebook with its own page so don't forget to check it out there. As soon as we figure out how to add the link from here to there that will be done also. Learning, learning. Last week launched our blog/website here and today the second post. So there you have it, the cliff note version of The WoodArt Studio. More to come so tune in again.

What's really happening today you may ask? Well the woodstove, that was added to the shop in the heat of August 2010 is fired up and warming the inside of the studio. Wood was just picked up from one of our dear friends and transported to the studio with the help of our neighbor, Jerry. Fresh coffee has been brewed and soon curly chips will be flying at The WoodArt Studio again and another ??? will be created.

Welcome to The WoodArt Studio

Welcome to The WoodArt Studio’s blog / website. We hope to bring forth to you all that we do here at the studio as best as we can. You can also find us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-WoodArt-Studio/. Blogs are new to us and so this website will be an ongoing work in progress. Turning wood is much easier to do but we will persevere. Sometimes you just have to hold your nose and jump into the deep pile of wood shavings. More to come but for now create your day.