Spring arrivals and departures

Spring departures: From David's hands to Brett and Kortnee
Their Touch Wood Wedding Rings ~

Purple heartwood and African Blackwood ring designs
with jade and malachite inlays

Springtime arrivals on the meadow include White crowned Sparrows, Ruby-Throated and Calliope Hummingbirds, Red Winged and Yellow headed Blackbirds, Robins, Swallows, Purple Finches and bluebirds.

And more Spring departures ~ these Touch Wood Ring designs:
Jen and Brent's Dark Hawaiian Koa wood rings

This Black Wood Ring with crossed spiraled inlays of Golden Koa
and a golden Koa interior; for Nicole

Ed's Black Walnut Wood Ring ~ a tapered wood ring
with crossed spiraled inlays of Ash

Juniper Heartwood rings for Debora and Keith

African Blackwood, Hawaiian Koa and
Juniper heart wood rings for Brittany and Derek

Amber and Kelsey's gently tapered Arbutus Wood Rings
inlaid with New Zealand Paua shell.

Dark and light Hawaiian Koa Wood rings
with Birch Wood interiors for Abby and Alex

And our newest arrivals ~ Evening Grosbeaks;
there are 5 couples here now.

Wooden Rings and A New Year

We wish all our old friends and our future clients a healthy and happy new year. To say goodbye to the old year, here are a few photographs of the final Touch Wood Rings of 2008.





































It is with much gratitude and great joy that David and I ring out the old and begin the work of a new year. Our sincere thanks to all the folks we've had the pleasure of getting to know over the past year and we look forward to getting to know many more of you through the next year. We look forward to working with you to create wooden rings you will love.

Summer skies and wooden rings

An August sunset over the meadow where Touch Wood Rings are created.
And, some summer rings ...

A matched set of wooden rings with wide bands of birch bark featuring natural birch bark markings.

Koa wood ring with a mahogany inlaid band. Lined with blue spruce.

Tapered Juniper heartwood rings with spiraled bands of golden koa and birdseye maple.

A Koa wood ring lined with Grenadilla. The crushed stone inlay is lapis lazuli. Lapis (Latin for 'stone') is known as the stone of friendship and truth, and is believed to promote honesty and ease of communication.

Another mid-summer sky over the meadow.

Eucalyptus rings with blue spruce and maple.

A Birdseye maple wood ring with a centered band of Bethlehem Olive wood bordered by two narrow bands of purpleheart wood. On the right; a purpleheart wood ring with a center band of Bethlehem Olive wood and lined with birdseye maple.

"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend or a meaningful day." Dalai Lama