We’re so pleased to announce that our Ol Pine Heart Warmer bundles are now available at Restoration Hardware, in an exclusive red linen wrap that’s perfect for holiday gift-giving.
This order was a major undertaking for us, so allow me to share a glimpse into our recent past. We purchased old stumps from a source in Alabama, and processed them by hand to eventually arrive at small, bacon-like pieces of fatwood, as you can see in the foreground:
The stumps were chopped into smaller pieces of the right height, and then split by hand in small batches:
Each bundle was individually weighed and secured with rubber bands:
At some point, I started in on some supplemental splitting to make sure that every piece was of the right size and quality:
Four bolts of red Belgian linen were cut down into small strips:
Each strip was individually screenprinted by hand. Once the run of 6,500 prints was done, we were left with enough fuzz to make one more strip:
A price sticker was adhered to the back of each hang tag:
All of these supplies were carried up to our third floor studio, including bundles of cardboard boxes:
Once each carton was packed and sealed, it received 8 labels and was sequentially numbered:
We led our hard-working crew in bringing down the cartons and arranging them in the proper order on each pallet:
It was all a lot of work, plus some blood, sweat and tears, but the result is a super-premium, domestically sourced, pre-prepped fatwood in a pretty package:
Department of Everyday Visualingual 