Entries by Ben Wurst

Delivering the behemoth

January 17, 2014 in /by

I say behemoth because this counter height table is big (8×4′) and heavy! It was finished a half inch of reclaimed oak and a few other misc hardwood planks that were salvaged from old shipping pallets. Delivering it to its new home tomorrow morning. More photos to come!

New year; new frames!

January 12, 2014 in /by

Another year has passed and a new one begins! I’ll have to share some of my favorite projects from last year. I feel like so much went on that the year just flew by… I’ve finally started off the new year with some new frames. The extreme cold set me back a bit. Really, it […]

Last batch!!

December 14, 2013 in , /by

It’s been around a year since I stumbled upon the remains of shack after Superstorm Sandy knocked it down. This last batch of 20 is the last of the jersey cutouts that I’ll make from the old wall boards. So far I’ve made 181 of them. The last remaining one will be sold to family […]

Woof!!

November 25, 2013 /2 Comments/in /by

I love being asked to make custom items for people, like this inverse dog cutout. If you can’t tell, it’s a Bassett hound. I used a siloulette that I found online to make a stencil. It was transferred onto a single piece of white pine that I salvaged. I cutout the shape of the dog […]

Custom framed small print

November 14, 2013 in /by

This odd sized print was custom framed inside a hand made reclaimed tongue & groove cedar frame. The wood was salvaged from a 1920s salt box style house in Barnegat Light. It was one of my biggest sources of salvaged wood when I first started collecting wood back in 2007. I got it from my […]