Touch Wood Rings. Custom made wooden rings individually and meticulously hand crafted by British Columbia artist and craftsman David Finch; pioneer of the bent wood ring. Touch Wood Rings - off grid and online for twenty years. Welcome here and thanks for dropping by.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Full Circle Wooden Rings
We received a lovely letter the other day from Marta and Kevin. They have graciously allowed us to share their letter and these beautiful photographs. David and I think it is so wonderful that they were married near the trees that gave wood for their rings. It's such a full circle.
"... Kevin and I mailed pieces of wood from our land in New Mexico to you and David. He created our beautiful rings from pinion (pine) and juniper that we sent, and some of your own wood. We are in love with our rings (and each other :). We get so many compliments on them. We were married on our land, near the trees that provided branches for our rings.
From our vows:
"I give you this ring as a symbol of my love for you, let it be a reminder that I am always by your side. May our love continue to grow and strengthen like the trees that gave their branches for this ring’s creation."
Thank you again for creating such an amazing piece of love and art. These rings are extensions of us, they hold such energy.
Heartfelt thanks, Marta and Kevin"
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Touch Wood Rings for a Vancouver, BC couple
A lovely couple worked with us in April of 2008 to create their wedding rings. In May 09 we received this heartwarming email from them. Thanks so much Leah and Kyle!!
"I wanted to send you a quick note letting you know how much we love our wedding bands.
Our wedding planning was a bit disastrous - the only thing that went smoothly was getting our rings from Touch Wood. You were wonderful to deal with and David's work was beautiful. After our experience with too many people who we felt were just out to make a quick buck out of a day that was so important to us, working with you both was a welcome relief. We can't recommend your work enough and have told many of our friends about your business.
Our rings are gorgeous and we are happier with them than even we thought we would be.
We have had more questions about our rings than any other aspect of our wedding. People are always curious to hear the story behind our rings and we have had nothing but compliments on them. Thank you for giving us such a beautiful memento of our wedding day and for providing an option that was inline with our values."
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Sarah and Adie's Touch Wood Rings
May 17th, 2009
Dear Nicola and David.
I hope you are both well. It's been a long time and our rings are still so beautiful, we wear them everyday and regularly get compliments about how striking they are, or someone just catches hold of my hand and stares at the ring!!!
Thank you so much for the care and love that goes into your works of art.
You are truly a blessing in the world of natural jewellery .... ommmm.
With much Love, Sarah and Adie.
Monday, May 04, 2009
Touch Wood Rings with inlays of stone and shell.
Doug and Toni's Hawaiian Koa Wood rings with inlays of turquoise and rose quartz.
Perched on a stone with the meadow in the background; Damien's purple heart wood ring design has a center inlay of rose quartz.
Chris and Tara's Hawaiian Koa wood rings with inlays of African Black wood and green jasper.
Reagan's Golden Hawaiian Koa Wood Ring with an inlay of BC Jade, and lined with Juniper heart wood.
Susan and Jeff's Black Wood (Grenadilla) rings with inlays of a conglomerate rock of malachite and azurite
Taylor's Birds Eye Maple wood ring with a mother of pearl inlay.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Spring Weddings and Wooden Rings
A lovely couple from Tel Aviv, Israel; Mark and Addi, specifically chose the Bethlehem Olive Wood and the Eilat stone for their designs as they "originate from their home country and would give great meaning to their rings." Addi sent along this information in regard to her Eilat stone (also known as King Solomon stone).
Metaphysical Properties: Eilat Stone is purported to excel in healing emotional and physical aspects of heart / lungs and throat. It flushes out or heals hurt, fear, stress, and loss, acting as an antidepressant and has been reported to be good on the sinuses, mouth, bone and tissue regeneration. On the Solar Plexus it aligns the subtle bodies, harmonizes heart, mind, and body promoting wholeness, peace of heart, self-expression, and creativity. It balances yin / yang, draws out pain, inflammation, and fever.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Black and Rose Wood Ring
Dave's Touch Wood Ring is a size 8 black wood ring with an offset rosewood inlay. His ring is 6mm wide with a 1.5 mm wide rosewood inlaid band.
"The ring is amazing! Angie (...my soon to be wife!) is blown away by how beautiful the ring is...as am I. It fits perfectly. I really like the weight of it, as I am not the biggest ring guy. The Blackwood is much nicer than I imagined... The whole process was a pleasure. I enjoyed it. Thank you so much for the perfect ring, guys! The best to both of you. Dave"
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Congratulations to Victor and Adriana
Hello Nicola and David, Our Wedding was just this Saturday and it was everything we could have imagined and much more. Received complements on my ring all day.
Here is a pic, I know it's a bit funny, but I'll have more in 2 weeks, these are just teasers, hope you enjoy. Wedding pictures were taken by Maolo Photography Thanks, Victor