The Pursuit of Craftsmanship
Furniture and artwork created in the pursuit of craft.
Woodshop of Richard Gagne
Cady Hill Custom Woodworks is a small one-person shop. I specialize in designing and building one-of-a-kind pieces.
If you value human making…
Why purchase a piece of custom woodworking in the 2020s? As items of everyday use, such as pieces of furniture, are more and more being wholly machine-made, and perhaps soon even solely designed by AI, we will become more and more alienated from that, for millennia, have been an expression of a human maker. If you value the human touch, if you think that a made object can have soul, a sign of human flourishing, then you may want an heirloom piece, large or small, that you can cherish for a lifetime and worthy of passing on to the next generation.
“The understanding eye sees the maker’s fingerprints. They are evident in every detail…Leave Fingerprints.”
— James Krenov
“A tree is our most intimate contact with nature.”
— George Nakashima
Carved plaque presented to the City of Winooski, Vermont
My work is quite varied, but my current focus is on making custom tack trunks.
This tack trunk is made of solid cherry and birds eye maple. It features hand cut dovetails, solid brass hardware and an incised carved image of a horse group. Inside there is a tray and a personalized brush box. You will find more pictures in the gallery.
Contact me
I’ll prepare a proposal and walk you through every step of the process.