There are many hands behind every piece we create, and most of them we will never know.
Long before a piece finds its way to our studio, someone imagined it. Hands selected the wood, shaped it, joined it, carved its details, fitted its drawers and gave the piece its form. When we look closely, we can still see evidence of that work, the small variations and details that remind us these objects were made by people, not simply produced.
That matters deeply to us.
We are drawn to furniture where craftsmanship is not hidden. A carved edge, a carefully fitted joint, the weight of solid wood, these details speak of a time when making furniture required patience, skill and an intimate understanding of the material.
When one of these pieces come to us, another set of hands enters its story.
Ours.
Our process is intentionally hands on. From choosing the piece and imagining what it could become, to selecting the leather, studying its natural markings and deciding how it should meet the original furniture, every decision is considered individually.
There is no formula we simply repeat from one piece to the next. Each object asks something different of us.
And we love that part of the work.
We love spreading out hides and discovering the section that belongs on a particular piece. We love seeing how a color changes against old wood, how a texture can bring attention to a carving and how something new can sit alongside something that has already lived for generations.
We each bring different eye to the process. We don’t always see a piece in exactly the same way. There are conversations, experiments, changes of mind and sometimes a great deal of time spent deciding on what might seem like the smallest detail.
But the care is part of the pleasure.
Because when you work with something another person once made by hand, you become very aware that your work is joining theirs.
We never want our contribution to erase what came before it. We want the original maker’s hand to remain present, the carving, the joinery, the irregularities, the evidence of age, while our own hand adds another layer to the story.
Perhaps this is what we love most about what we do.
A piece can carry the hands of its original maker, the hands of those who cared for it through the years and eventually ours. And if we have done our work well, it will leave our studio ready to pass into someone else’s hands.
The work began before us. Our hands simply help it continue,
