Arkansas Cypress
5½″ x 1½″                                     $20.     
Mark Baldwin, Surry Maine


There’s always something to make a sweet spot for the eye – twigs, a snip of evergreen, tall grass, pussy willows or ferns, party straws, the edges of a back yard or sidewalk. It’s a wonderful regular chore for a child.

This particular piece of wood is left over from making a truckload of those painted pillars stuck on the outside of a Toys-Are-Us store in New Jersey. How did the contract for making them come to a small shop in Maine, where 50 years later this little vase was born? It’s a minor tale of business in America: too long for here but drop us a note.

Cost each: $20.00
Unit size: One of a kind