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9.13.2009

Craftsman and Artist, My Friend Tighe

What a coincidence! One of my most treasured wedding gifts was created, handmade, by one of my most treasured friends, Tighe James. Tighe and I go pretty far back, nearly ten years I'd say. We've been close and far in friendship and we've been close and far in proximity but he's always been exceedingly dear to me.

I have been remiss by neglecting to tell you all about him before now! Tighe is an amazing and talented artist and designer whose medium is a wide variety of wood species: American White Oak, New Zealand Lemonwood, South American Purpleheart, and more. He's got an array of items (furniture, chopping blocks, mirrors, frames (like the one J and I received for our wedding!) available at Tapwater Designs. Don't see what you like (you must be crazy!)? Send Tighe an email and see what great possibilities exist to make you completely happy!

Think of the possibilities: medicine cabinets, book shelves for your study, lamp tables for your bedroom, toy boxes for the nursery, key ledges to keep you organized. What about a bench where your guests can sit and take off their shoes when they arrive? I bet Tighe can do that. You'd like some sort of place to toss the mail into when you come in the front door? I'm pretty sure Tighe can do that. Maybe you need a kitchen table "crafted to resemble a Roche-Bobois Spinnaker table, with a Scandinavian influence." You'd like it made of Pennsylvania Walnut and Northern White Ash? Tighe did do that.

Tapwater Designs currently offers a collection of handcrafted original wooden goods, designed to simplify your life and continue to the next. Organic hand- rubbed finishes are used whenever possible, and the traditional joinery methods employed from my hardwood chopping blocks to the Lambda barchair are time-tested and reinforced for extreme wear and seasonal shifts. I am confident in this enough to back all my items with a wear guarantee. I personally handcraft each piece to the highest standards in a small shop in southern Maine. They are then signed and dated and ready for your good pleasure. All of Tapwater Designs products are customizable in species, sizes, and ideas.
Tighe is doing superior work. Every single thing I see is better than the last and the last was outstanding. I dream about the day when I'll have another piece of Tighe's work in my house and I couldn't go another day without telling you just what you're missing!

Oh, and Christmas is right around the corner!

Don't wait another minute!

Tapwater Designs

tighe@tapwaterdesigns.com