"Life in Wood"
Beauhaven Woodworking is the personal passion of Rich Beaudry. Rich creates unique designs and shapes in wood including custom furniture, woodcarvings, wood sculpture, and living concepts. All work sold is designed and created at Beauhaven. All sculpture and carvings are original, unique and are created with non-motorized hand tools only (the few exceptions are noted). -- Site last updated: 11/30/09
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The Beauhaven Philosophy Custom Work
Member: ChathamArts (Chatham County Arts Council)
Rich is a member of ChathamArts -- his work is on display at the ChathamArts Gallery, 115 Hillsboro St., downtown Pittsboro, NC. Please visit to see the marvelous work by many Chatham County artists.
Customers ask for wood sculpture, gifts, carvings, furnishings for home and office, desks, headboards, art, crafts, clocks, wall hangings, heirlooms, display bowls and dishes, trays, games and game boards, boxes, tables, benches, curio cabinets and other custom woodwork including cabinets, chests, doors, window and door framing, work stations, audio and video stands and units, racks, and shelving.
Visit our shop/studio near Pittsboro, NC at 821 Buteo Ridge, 10 - 5 most weekdays.
If you'd like to learn more, you can find out who we are at A View of Beauhaven and in our Show Photos .
A hallmark of handcrafted art is the huge time investment required. Custom orders and commissioned work will require 6 - 8 weeks minimum simply to complete. Please be assured that we will complete all orders accepted in the most reasonable time possible and will provide updates and digital photographs to our customers as work progresses.
Customized orders which might be resold require a minimum, non-refundable 10% deposit. Commissioned work with specific unique or personalized requirements, require a non-refundable 50% down payment and an additional 25% before finish work begins. We can provide regular status on work in progress as well as opportunities for review and adjustment on commissioned work.
"Life in Wood" is a wordplay that embodies what Beauhaven is all about. First of all, every piece of wood has a life and beauty of it's own. That beauty may be obvious or hidden within the piece, behind a worn or weathered appearance or just buried under dirt and decay. It's Rich's task to discover and display it. Secondly, and fundamental to the expression of Beauhaven Woodworking is the idea of "earthforms" -- concepts implemented in wood but derived from basic natural processes and from human relationships. Our goal is to evoke emotion and feelings of space, structure or movement that you might find in the Earth's forests, deserts, plains, mountains or seas (or perhaps in the natural universe as seen from Earth). Our boundaries are only those of human imagination. Throughout the process, the life and beauty of the wood itself is the guiding force that produces the final work.
Beauhaven produces only our own custom designs in carvings, sculpture and furnishings -- no work is done from commercial patterns. All woodcarvings and sculpture are completely hand-crafted with carving gouges, scrapers and/or sandpaper with power tools used only for initial major waste removal (see Carving Process). (We are currently experimenting also with a powered carving/sanding tool for smoothing work. New pieces made with this tool will be clearly identified.) Each wood component in any assembly is handworked and fitted so that it enhances the overall concept. Favorite woods are those found in our local forests -- black walnut, cherry, oak, and birch.
Beauhaven carvings and sculpture are signed with these initials and the year completed :
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