Showing posts with label Handmade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Handmade. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Echo Archery



We are happy to announce the arrival of some new and beautiful wood! A big thank you to Echo Archery and Carson Brown for supplying some awesome pieces of bow stave scraps. Here at Simply Wood Rings, we try very hard to re-purpose wood that would otherwise be thrown away. Many people wonder, how are wood rings eco-friendly? Wouldn't you have to cut down the trees to make the rings? It is thanks to people like Carson Brown at Echo Archery that we do not have to. It's important for us to know where our wood comes from, and today we are proud to say we have lots of new wood from Echo Archery in Salem, Oregon.



Here's a bit about the company and how they're working with us to create some great rings!
"Echo Archery is a small archery business located in Salem Oregon. Owner, Carson Brown, makes custom wood bows and arrows from wood that he harvests himself from local private and state lands. As a part of Echo Archery's mission to conduct business in a socially and environmentally responsible way, we are excited to provide Simply Wood Rings with a variety of wood pieces that would otherwise be considered waste. The woods that Echo Archery provides include Pacific Yew, Osage Orange, Vine Maple, Oregon Ash, Douglas-Fir, Pacific Rhododendron, Western Juniper, and Western Serviceberry."


We are so grateful to have this wood! We hope to see many beautiful rings come from these pieces of bow staves. Thank you again to Carson Brown and Echo Archery for sending these pieces of wood our way. Please check out his site. If you like our rings, you're sure to love his work as well.



Vine Maple and Pacific Rhododendron
Vine Maple is know for it's durability and strength
Luckiamutte River drainage, Western Oregon Coast Mountains

Vine Maple and Pacific Yew



Douglas Fir from the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, Mckenzie River Drainage
Old-growth Douglas-fir is one of the most versatile woods in the forest.
Anything from Lumber to toilet paper!

Western Juniper, Central Oregon Deschutes River Drainage
Beautiful and light, full of natural oils!
Sitka Spruce

Pacific Yew, Cascade Mountains of Oregon, North Santiam River Drainage
"The finest wood for making bows. It is a light, strong and extremely elastic wood"
Carson Brown, Echo Archery





Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Heat things up this Valentines Day with SWR!



Add fuel to the fire this Valentine's Day with a wooden ring from Simply Wood Rings! 

Lots of new In stock rings posted to the new site! Check out what's available in the size you need. These rings are ready to ship!





Wednesday, December 28, 2011

We are pleased to present: Simply Wood Rings Behind the Scenes


We recently had a video made for us by one of our own Simply Wood Ring customers and filmmaker, Maren Wickwire. It means a lot to us to be able to show you who makes your rings, and let you know how much we love it! Hope you enjoy getting an inside look into the wood shop!

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Ancient Kauri wood and pure fine silver ring


This ring is made from Ancient Kauri wood and 99.9% pure fine silver.

The Kauri wood is the world's oldest wood at 50,000 years old. When I work with a wood that is this old it puts things into perspective in a very real way. I think of life without our minds trappings. Not empty but more full of what life really is. Imagine for a moment what nature has done for us to have this natural miracle of our life from so long ago. This ring gives you a connection to an extraordinary time of pre-historic sunlight, rains and life from so long ago.

Monday, January 01, 2007

No beginning or end (Teak and Silver Wooden Ring)



A very popular design with nautical people for many years. I have used teak and birch to add to the nautical idea of the ring.

Teak Wood Ring Teak Wood is hard strong durable yellowish-brown used in shipbuilding. The Teak is incorruptible. It holds its own against all that life throws at it. The silver is sterling silver.

www.simplywoodrings.com