08/01/2026
Sticks and Stones is known for colorwashed pieces with a nod to country style, but one of the pieces, a coffee table, featured handles designed like waves. Years later, I wanted to move in a new direction towards letting the natural materials speak. These pieces represent first steps in that direction. The wave shapes are the only adornment, and there are only the natural colors of the materials.
Furniture manufacturers tone wood to hide imperfections. The walnut in these pieces is from a local woodlot and the imperfection is the beauty.
Shapes are deliberately simple and balanced; cubes are the foundation, and the waves, made of a different material, soften the modern aesthetic. This is an exploratory foray into modern style.
Wayne Cordrey, artisan woodworker and designer, Sticks and Stones Studio, at Made in the Gorge.