Wear the Warmth of Wood: 2014 ~ Touch Wood Rings ~ a year in review

Tuesday, January 06, 2015

2014 ~ Touch Wood Rings ~ a year in review

Touch Wood ~ 2014.

This was fun!

I picked one couple and their rings from each month last year to showcase as a kind of 'year in review'. We work with so many wonderful people in the course of a year. Thank you all for coming into our lives and for entrusting us with the creation of your rings.

Here's hoping 2015 finds you feeling energetic and optimistic

and doing what you love with those you love.

Enjoy this sampling of Touch Wood Rings from 2014.

January 2014

~ Amy and Michael ~
Juniper Heartwood, Birch, Purpleheart, Peridot and Willow

February 2014

Greyed Maple and Australian Red Gum Rings with Thomsonite Stone inlay

Thomsonite was created from lava flows of the Keweenawan Period, over 600 million years ago. Gases trapped within the lava and seams between the lava flows turned into hollow pockets when the lava hardened. Over hundreds of thousands of years, these hollow openings filled and solidified, forming Thomsonite.

~ Allison and Phil ~

Greyed Maple and Australian Red Gum Rings with Thomsonite Stone inlay

March 2014

Cherry and Maple Wood Ring with spiraled inlay of Melody's Stone

Melody's stone AKA Super Seven or Sacred Seven. It is made of seven minerals and for those in tune with the vibrations of stones and crystals, it's an important stone for stimulating and developing all types of psychic abilities

~ Aron for Jamie ~

Cherry and Maple Wood Ring with spiraled inlay of Melody's Stone

April 2014

~ Anne and Alex ~

Their 2008 Hawaiian Koa and Zebra wood rings

Back for a meadow visit and a refinishing.

May 2014

~ Chris for Sharon ~

Dark Hawaiian Koa wood ring with a Cottonwood inlay

June 2014

~ Matt and Patricia ~

Apple wood and 150 year old Post Oak Rings with willow,
mother of pearl and anthracite coal inlays.

July 2014

~ Sherry and Mary ~

Wide tapered Cherry wood rings with birds eye maple inlays

August 2014

~ Justin for Dani ~

Tapered Rosewood ring with full moon Turquoise inlay

September 2014

~ Garret for Larissa ~

Juniper heartwood ring with Lapis and Sodalite inlaid in a natural knot

October 2014

~ Pam and Brendan ~

Australian Alpine Ash wood rings with natural knots.

November 2014

~ Whitney and Nicole ~

Dark Hawaiian Koa with mixed Lapis and Turquoise inlays

December 2014

~ Josh and Cait ~

Black Walnut Wood Rings with turquoise and greyed maple inlays

2014 was a good year! Much love and many thanks to all our old friends ~ we look forward to hearing from you from time to time.

And on to the new year, 2015... If you're visiting our blog for the first time, or wandering through again for inspiration; welcome here. We'd like to share the beauty and the changing seasons on our 48 acre off-grid homestead with you too.

We have two blogs; this Wood Ring blog and our Homestone blog. There's our Touch Wood Rings primary website ~ which is a bit of a dinosaur ~ but still very active and chock full of good information. We have a fledgling Facebook page. You'll find some Touch Wood Ring pins on Pinterest, and we have a Google+ page as well. I've been offering David's work online for almost 15 years but I've come late to the picnic of social media. If you're on Facebook, I'd be delighted if you 'Liked' our page.

No matter where you find us ~ we love to hear from you! Thanks so much for stopping by! I look forward to talking with you, and David and I look forward to working with you. Wishing you all good things in 2015!