Whats with all this “sustainably harvested”, “all-natural”, “green”, “organic”, “recycled” stuff?
• All our wooden products are made from sustainably harvested sources or reclaimed wood. We want to make sure that the same trees we use in our beads, jewelry, and musical instruments are around for people to appreciate hundreds of years from now. “Sustainably harvested” means that the wood in question comes from forests and farms that are carefully managed to avoid ecosystem destruction and deforestation; reclaimed wood, on the other hand, is salvaged from sources that would otherwise be discarded, such as lumber scraps, damaged antique furniture, “vintage” timber from old houses, and so on. • We use natural, organic, and recycled products whenever possible in our work. Most of our wood products are finished with Tung Oil, a natural oil that comes from the nut of the Tung tree. It provides a beautiful glossy finish that’s safe enough to eat off of. In addition to salvaged wood, we make all of our paper products with recycled paper – sometimes paper that we’ve personally reclaimed, lik
