Eastern Washington · one of one

Strange wood from the Northwest, found once and sold once.

I walk eastern Washington draws for burls and twists, finish each one by hand, and sell it a single time.

See what's found How buying works

There is one.

A tall serpentine juniper walking stick with burls and knots, standing at rest against a sunlit plaster wall beside a weathered plank table. — Ridge Snake, No. 041Juniper · 48 in.

The find

Ordinary in a Washington draw. Unheard-of in a desert city.

Where it's found

A burl on a ridge, a twist in a draw. Common wood where it grows, carried out and finished by hand.

Eastern Washington

Where it goes

Fifteen hundred miles south there is no burl, no twist, no woodcarver on the corner. I send it where it cannot grow.

Phoenix
Tucson
Las Vegas
Albuquerque
El Paso
Palm Springs
Scottsdale

Scarcity sold to scarcity. No competitor can copy a burl, and the person most likely to want one lives where no such wood grows.

The Gallery

One piece, one photograph, one name.

Sample pieces, shown to give the feel of the Gallery. New work appears the day it is photographed.

A knotted juniper walking stick with a heavy burled head, resting across a sunlit weathered plank table.

Juniper Draw, No. 018

Wood: Juniper
Length: 41 in.
Weight: 1 lb 6 oz

I found this juniper on a ridge above a dry draw. The head kept its burl; I took the bark back to the twist and left the rest.

There is one.Take this piece

A pale carved walking stick with a rhythmic diamond twist down its length and a curved handle, leaning against a linen backdrop.

Knot Ladder, No. 037

Diamond willow · 36 in.

There is one.

An unworked, lichen-flecked branch with a bulbous burl in the middle, lying raw across a dark plank table in a stone room.

Raw find

Low Bend, No. 052

Sold as it came out of the woods.

There is one.

An extreme close-up of burl wood grain, a dense field of swirling eyes and knots in warm amber and brown.

Close Grain, No. 029

The grain up close is why no two are alike. A burl records every year the tree fought the weather.

There is one.

Buying

Find a piece. Take it. It ships.

No account, no options, no waiting to hear a price.

$20–$500

Every piece is one fixed price in this band, shipping included. No surprise at the last screen.

Find a piece

One large photograph, its name and number, its find notes. No filters, no cart.

Take it

Straight to checkout. Name, email, address, card — the only data ever asked for.

It ships

Packed in a tube and posted within 3 business days. Then it reads SOLD, and stays that way.

When you take a piece, it turns SOLD the moment it's yours.

Take a piece

Ways to buy

Three ways a piece leaves the woods.

Retail

Single pieces

The core. One found object, its own name and photographs, sold a single time and marked SOLD forever.

For shops

Shop Crates

A fixed-price box of five or eight pieces at a wholesale sticker, for desert gift shops, outfitters and galleries.

Two a month

Commissions

Two slots a month. Pay the slot, then tell me your height and hand — I find the wood and send a photograph before work starts.

First Look

New pieces go out here before they reach the Gallery.

The list sees each find the day it's photographed. Sometimes that is how you catch a piece before it is gone.

Get first look