Art of the Wood

Art of the Wood Founded in 2002, Art of the Wood blends history, fantasy, and expert craftsmanship into wood creations. From decor to mugs, each piece tells a story.

Loved at top fests and online, we spark imagination with custom, lasting, and meaningful art. Art of the Wood, AOW for short, strives to produce high quality, attractive and often amusing laser etched pins, mug decorations and artwork in wood. While we cater predominantly to the Renaissance Festival attendee, gamers and lovers of Olde Worlde style with designs of ancient, medieval or fantastic fee

l, we are quite capable of producing any number of styles to meet your desires and needs. Please take the time to surf around our site and see what we can do for you. If you don't see that perfect design to fulfill your wishes, perhaps we can produce a custom design to meet your needs. And finally, we wish to thank you again for taking the time to visit. Without you, the customer, we would not be able to do what we so enjoy doing... making art.

The final weekend of the Virginia Renaissance faire, can you believe it?This weekend is gonna be HOT, and sadly I am ref...
06/05/2026

The final weekend of the Virginia Renaissance faire, can you believe it?
This weekend is gonna be HOT, and sadly I am referring to the temperature when I say that. However hot or not it is going to be a fantastic weekend and I hope to see some of you all there.
Here is some new wall art and pins that will be making their debut this weekend.

05/27/2026
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05/26/2026

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Oops, this was meant to be shared from my personal Facebook not the business one.********Now I need to plan a trip to Ki...
05/25/2026

Oops, this was meant to be shared from my personal Facebook not the business one.
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Now I need to plan a trip to Kings dominion.

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*EDIT*Normally I'm inclined to ignore when people are incorrect and just let the masses think what they want to think. H...
05/23/2026

*EDIT*
Normally I'm inclined to ignore when people are incorrect and just let the masses think what they want to think. However this time I think I will make exception for two reasons
One. People think this was made from AI when it is so simple it is laughable.
Two because of an article I just read about a similar event that will be shared at the end of this edit.
The first and most important, this design was very simple, made from two existing, edited then merged on a graphic program which is the same one I've been using for over 20 years, and then the font was added and some filters were applied to smudge things up a little bit to give it more of an old time look. Attached are the pictures that were used and you can see they match the pin and they are incredibly simple.
The font is a Renaissance style font that I have used the number of times over the past several years. I did use a filter to give it more of a relief look and not flat . It's been done often times before. Nothing new there.
Now I will be honest, the picture that was used in the post to look like the final wood burned pin was created by Photoshop and is virtual and not real. But still not AI.
So now that I've provided the base imaging used to show how absolutely simple it was to create this design, hopefully you all will think twice before you cry wolf with anyone in the future.
Now here is that article about the AI Monet I promised in the beginning.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/real-monet-ai-chaos

Wait, what you say? A Villager of Revel Grove pin you say?

You asked and commented....and we heard.

Announcing the Villager of Revel Grove Pin!!!!

Available to participants of the VoRG program in both an unpainted and painted version starting opening cannon on August 29.

Update: Thanks to everyone for letting us know we use AI and suggesting we be boycotted.

We do not use AI. This pin was graphically designed using two images, a font and a filter. No AI. Period.

Thanks for your support.

Week 3 at the Virginia Renaissance Festival and soggy or not a few more items will be making their debut.Pins of course....
05/23/2026

Week 3 at the Virginia Renaissance Festival and soggy or not a few more items will be making their debut.
Pins of course.
A few pieces of hand painted art based on Pub songs which should be obvious, and popular songs from times past which for now people can try to guess what the song is.
Plus a number of new mug toppers that can be sized to fit your personal mug.
And a cool new style of insulated mugs. They look like the classic Art of the Wood mugs on the outside but are much better at keeping drinks cold and hot on the inside.
Here are some pictures of the new items for this weekend.

05/11/2026

Weekend one of VaRF in the can. Thank you to everyone that stopped by to say hello, purchased a pin, a mug lid, a mug or some art.

Thanks also to those that visited our "sister" shop Garlic Festival and picked up some yumminess there.

Weekend 2 is Celtic Heritage weekend. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Wait....what is this? Could it be? You asked....we delivered. Available starting opening weekend at VaRF
05/08/2026

Wait....what is this? Could it be?

You asked....we delivered. Available starting opening weekend at VaRF

05/01/2026

Important information from the General Manager of MDRF. Looks like lots of exciting updates on the horizon!

New handcrafted wood-burned and painted artwork has arrived at Art of the Wood in time for the Virginia Renaissance Fest...
04/29/2026

New handcrafted wood-burned and painted artwork has arrived at Art of the Wood in time for the Virginia Renaissance Festival! From sea shanties and tavern toasts to Highland romance and nautical adventure, these one-of-a-kind pieces are made to stand out.

Each painting is hand-finished (design true to photo; wood stain may vary) at the festival for $79 + tax. There will be no presales or holds as these are one of a kind.

Come find your favorite! Opening weekend is May 9!

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428 White Stag Grove
Annapolis, MD
21401

Opening Hours

Saturday 10am - 7pm
Sunday 10am - 7pm

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