Dave & Cher design hand-crafted goods for the home using reclaimed wood and ceramics. Help us start the business. Vote handmade today!
We ONLY have 30 days to make this happen! We will be super sad if we fail. And super HAPPY if we succeed.
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Update 1: Dear universe
(this includes you :)
The universe was kind to us this week. We found a new source of reclaimed wood! Our friendly neighborhood wood shop constantly has cut-off excess scraps. These would otherwise be thrown out as waste or burned (commonly referred to as firewood). Not because there's inherently anything wrong with the wood itself, it's just an unusable size for a general wood shop. So fortunately for us, we get to reclaim this BEAUTIFUL walnut into spoons and espresso tampers! Demo video coming soon... Sooner if we get backed over our goal to get a functional camera! :P
This gentleman kindly allow us to dig around his scrap pile and selected some teak for us. (top left) The teak tree grows in Southeast Asia and has a pleasant fragrance from its oil rich pores. There was tons of Walnut slabs and cut offs from a recent build. Many of them small or with defects such as a tree branch growth. (top right) We were lucky to find one lonely piece of curly Zebrawood. Brought from West Africa, this wood is gorgeous. (bottom left) It's important to use only reclaimed Zebrawood, because it's an endangered species. Reusing this small scrap is not letting this tree go to waste.
Then we got a call from a homey that was helping to get rid of a kiln, and sold it to us for an AMAZING price of $50. Now we really need to get backed for the wiring of two electric kilns. Then we can produce a large amount of ceramics ourselves AND have total control over the firing environment. Having control over the firing environment means we can get special glaze effects that you'll hopefully stare at in wonder as it lives with you.
Sometimes the world smiles upon us. We're both hoping it continues to do so and have our Kickstarter project succeed! We currently have a few backers, but we REALLY need your support to make this happen!
Cher & Dave
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