Our Blog: “The Works”

We’ve created beautiful staircases for homes, custom artwork for businesses, and art that is good enough to eat. We can now say that we’ve recreated the wheel, literally. Recently a local customer in Burlington asked us to restore a waterwheel on their private property.  A Local Landmark. The original metal wheel was in need of an update, but the owners wanted to keep … [Read more...]

We love when our repeat customers call us for another idea or project - especially when it’s something we don’t see every day. A Graham family recently let us know that a windstorm has destroyed their beautiful cupula and weather vane. We were no strangers to this local family, having completed two pieces of work for them over the past few years. In 2019 the Bittersweet Vine … [Read more...]

Each year Beechwood Metalworks and Owl & Rabbit Galleries look forward to sharing our latest creations during our annual open house the Saturday after Thanksgiving. This year, in addition to all the wonderfulness you'll find in Owl & Rabbit, we're opening up two more spaces, giving you more room to taste, see, browse, enjoy, shop - and socially distance. Owl & … [Read more...]

When the Alamance County Visitor's Center wanted to celebrate the year of the woman, they chose seven local entrepreneurs who have inspired Alamance County. We were honored (but not surprised) that one of the featured women was our own Emily! You can see her in this month's Our State magazine, joined by Geniece Bey, LaShauna Austria, Angela Bobal, Debbie Stikeleather, Heather … [Read more...]

Through the years, we've loved working with Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. We created a rooftop garden for their NICU unit. We crafted pieces that are in their prayer garden. We've spruced up their butterfly net. And they've crafted a Lego model of their hospital - including things we've made for them! On our most recent trip to Cook, we created a bench, and … [Read more...]