Ash - Zionsville, IN

These live edge slabs are currently available for custom woodworking and live edge furniture!

Contact for more information if you would like your own tree milled and turned into furniture.

Milled March 26, 2019

Wood Ct. (not kidding!)

The connection to this Ash Tree actually begins with clay. In 2018 I was commissioned to make a full set of stoneware dinner plates, saucers, and bowls. Although it had been around 5 years since I worked with clay in the classroom (or even had the infrastructure to), I was fortunate to have a good friend that taught ceramics at Pike High School in Indianapolis. Christopher offered to let me work on the commission in his classroom as a visiting artist. What a blessing of an opportunity! Thank you Christopher!

During the 3-4 weeks of my working in his classroom I got to meeting many of Christopher’s fellow art teachers. One teacher, David, took a particular interest in my woodworking endeavors as he had a pair ash trees in his front yard that needed to come down - both victims of the infamous emerald ash borer. As we got to talking more, he let me know that he wanted to have one of the trees repurposed into a new dining table for his family. He loved the idea of having a story behind the dinner table in his house - my passion and forte!

David is a very spiritual man, and was very kind and accommodating while I milled the tree. I took a tour of his house, and, unbeknownst to me, he is a phenomenal painter! There was incredible work throughout his entire house! His studio and show space was in a beautiful naturally-lit area of his home.

This experience is a reminder to me that you never know when you might stumble across some gorgeous wood to salvage, or meet a potential customer that is in need of exactly what you love to do!

Thank you, David!