elliottworks: furnishings with a history
Reclaimed materials + original designs x honestly made ÷ available materials = elliottworks
For over 25 years, and long before it was trendy, elliottworks has been offering personally designed home, garden, and office furnishings for those who think green. The reference to "honestly-made" refers, in large part, to the use of nails and glue rather than screws. Screws may not hold up well, may result in the wood splitting, and are just plain unattractive.
Salvaging wood and other materials from remodels, construction sites, mill work shops, and Dumpsters results in product that always has a history. For instance, retrieved materials from a remodel of the historic Alice Ott Elementary School and the Central Lutheran Church, both in SE Portland, resulted in one-of-a-kind designs. His pieces often have an international flavor, too, since much of the reclaimed wood, used for packing crates and shipping pallets, originates in Mexico, Brazil, India, or Africa, among other places.
Elliott's pieces have been sold through Portland's Natural Spaces, the Vancouver Farmers Market, and Cracked Pots, among other venues. Currently, some of his things are for sale at Local Goods, a General Store at 2136 E. Burnside, PDX, 97214 (www.LocalGoods.com). If you like buying local -- cleaning supplies, food stuffs, clothes, jewelry, furniture, art and more -- you'll want to drop by. So you know, the carved bench and two planters sitting out front are Elliott's work as well.
elliottworks has been a proud participant in each of Portland's Community Warehouse's annual auctions -- aka The Chair Affair -- since the first one in 2007, when he was one of a number of local artists invited to create original pieces which were then auctioned off to the audience. FTR, the CW uses the proceeds from the auction towards the operating expenses involved in providing furniture and other necessities to formerly homeless people.
To get a sense of elliotworks' range, click on Product Samples. Please note: these, with a few exceptions, are works that have been sold and are no longer available. As we're sure you appreciate, stock is changing all the time. If you see something you like -- while Elliott can't and wouldn't duplicate it -- if he has the right materials on hand, he may be able to come up with your own unique version.
Elliott enjoys taking on custom work, as well as small carpentry jobs, and is adept at designing and making packing crates, having done so for a local glass designer and fabricator who needs to ship his delicate creations all over the country. He's also an experienced beekeeper, here to assist other beekeepers, to guide would-be beekeepers, or to remove unwanted bees, wasps, or yellow jackets.
- For over 25 years, items for home, garden and office, all from Reclaimed Materials
- Small-space-living issues a specialty
- Other services offered:
Handyman
Designer / fabricator of specialty shipping crates
Beekeeper
Jewelry designer / fabricator
Remover of unwanted bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets
Reclaimed materials + original designs x honestly made ÷ available materials = elliottworks
For over 25 years, and long before it was trendy, elliottworks has been offering personally designed home, garden, and office furnishings for those who think green. The reference to "honestly-made" refers, in large part, to the use of nails and glue rather than screws. Screws may not hold up well, may result in the wood splitting, and are just plain unattractive.
Salvaging wood and other materials from remodels, construction sites, mill work shops, and Dumpsters results in product that always has a history. For instance, retrieved materials from a remodel of the historic Alice Ott Elementary School and the Central Lutheran Church, both in SE Portland, resulted in one-of-a-kind designs. His pieces often have an international flavor, too, since much of the reclaimed wood, used for packing crates and shipping pallets, originates in Mexico, Brazil, India, or Africa, among other places.
Elliott's pieces have been sold through Portland's Natural Spaces, the Vancouver Farmers Market, and Cracked Pots, among other venues. Currently, some of his things are for sale at Local Goods, a General Store at 2136 E. Burnside, PDX, 97214 (www.LocalGoods.com). If you like buying local -- cleaning supplies, food stuffs, clothes, jewelry, furniture, art and more -- you'll want to drop by. So you know, the carved bench and two planters sitting out front are Elliott's work as well.
elliottworks has been a proud participant in each of Portland's Community Warehouse's annual auctions -- aka The Chair Affair -- since the first one in 2007, when he was one of a number of local artists invited to create original pieces which were then auctioned off to the audience. FTR, the CW uses the proceeds from the auction towards the operating expenses involved in providing furniture and other necessities to formerly homeless people.
To get a sense of elliotworks' range, click on Product Samples. Please note: these, with a few exceptions, are works that have been sold and are no longer available. As we're sure you appreciate, stock is changing all the time. If you see something you like -- while Elliott can't and wouldn't duplicate it -- if he has the right materials on hand, he may be able to come up with your own unique version.
Elliott enjoys taking on custom work, as well as small carpentry jobs, and is adept at designing and making packing crates, having done so for a local glass designer and fabricator who needs to ship his delicate creations all over the country. He's also an experienced beekeeper, here to assist other beekeepers, to guide would-be beekeepers, or to remove unwanted bees, wasps, or yellow jackets.
