ABOUT ASYMMETRIC ATELIER
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We are so glad you found us! I know, sometimes finding the right place to go to get a unique, one of a kind item, takes some time, but your finally here. Before you go any further, let me tell you a little about Asymmetric Atelier.
For years my wife and I have worked with woods and textiles creating unique projects for our kid's school auctions and gifts for family and friends. As typical, we always ended up with extra material left afterwards which for some reason we never threw away. Most of it you would consider scrap. Odd sizes, mismatches. In addition, a friend of mine in the carpentry business knows of my love of wood and provides me his cutoffs at the end of their projects.
With the kids out of the house, we now have time to pursue some of our interests and passions. With plenty of materials around from our growing stash, what should we do with it all? One day, I started gluing wood scraps pieces together and a couple weeks later I turned that block of mismatched odd ball pieces into a bracelet. I thought it was exquisite. I loved the random geometric designs created.
Now I knew what to do! And that was the start of the Asymmetric Atelier Wood shop. I used a similar process and delved into new designs including wine toppers, cutting boards, and rolling pins. The process for building up the product is quite creative and also time intensive. Preparing surfaces for gluing, matching edges, and laying out patterns, are all steps in slowly building up the layers.
One tool I typically don't use is a ruler. A straight edge yes but I let my creative juices flow and let each piece turn out uniquely. This free form process is why the end piece turns out the way they do.
This whole process is very similar to what my wife goes through with textiles to come up with her designs.
As you can tell by looking at the product, no two items are alike, so each is an original creation. Kitchen items, such as the rolling pins and cutting boards are made from walnut, maple and cherry woods, finished with natural bee’s wax. Items not used in the kitchen vary from exotic imported woods such as cocobolo, blood wood, zebrawood, wenge, to the local hardwoods like maple, cherry and walnut.
After seeing family and friends enjoy your creations and thought others might find joy in them as well. Thus was born Asymmetric Atelier, a small business dedicated to the use of sustainable materials including upcycling many pieces that would otherwise be considered scrap.
AA was born from our love for wood and textiles and our passion for unique design. With encouragement from others that our products are quite original, we are thrilled to now share our products with more people. We hope you are inspired by Asymmetric Atelier products and enjoy them as much as we love making them!
For years my wife and I have worked with woods and textiles creating unique projects for our kid's school auctions and gifts for family and friends. As typical, we always ended up with extra material left afterwards which for some reason we never threw away. Most of it you would consider scrap. Odd sizes, mismatches. In addition, a friend of mine in the carpentry business knows of my love of wood and provides me his cutoffs at the end of their projects.
With the kids out of the house, we now have time to pursue some of our interests and passions. With plenty of materials around from our growing stash, what should we do with it all? One day, I started gluing wood scraps pieces together and a couple weeks later I turned that block of mismatched odd ball pieces into a bracelet. I thought it was exquisite. I loved the random geometric designs created.
Now I knew what to do! And that was the start of the Asymmetric Atelier Wood shop. I used a similar process and delved into new designs including wine toppers, cutting boards, and rolling pins. The process for building up the product is quite creative and also time intensive. Preparing surfaces for gluing, matching edges, and laying out patterns, are all steps in slowly building up the layers.
One tool I typically don't use is a ruler. A straight edge yes but I let my creative juices flow and let each piece turn out uniquely. This free form process is why the end piece turns out the way they do.
This whole process is very similar to what my wife goes through with textiles to come up with her designs.
As you can tell by looking at the product, no two items are alike, so each is an original creation. Kitchen items, such as the rolling pins and cutting boards are made from walnut, maple and cherry woods, finished with natural bee’s wax. Items not used in the kitchen vary from exotic imported woods such as cocobolo, blood wood, zebrawood, wenge, to the local hardwoods like maple, cherry and walnut.
After seeing family and friends enjoy your creations and thought others might find joy in them as well. Thus was born Asymmetric Atelier, a small business dedicated to the use of sustainable materials including upcycling many pieces that would otherwise be considered scrap.
AA was born from our love for wood and textiles and our passion for unique design. With encouragement from others that our products are quite original, we are thrilled to now share our products with more people. We hope you are inspired by Asymmetric Atelier products and enjoy them as much as we love making them!