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It's hard to believe that summer is winding down. With mild temperatures in Colorado this has been more like a long spring, than a hot summer. Hope we have a long fall and short winter...
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind with shows and travel. The horse made his debut in Edwards, Beaver Creek and Loveland. This weekend you can find him in Steamboat Springs. There will be a great show going on along the Yampa River if you can make it.
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It Takes a Big Rock Tumbler!
There is more than meets the eye when it comes to making stone furniture.
The first step is to tumble the rocks in a HUGE rock tumbler. This knocks off the rough edges and ages the stone, so that it looks like it has been in the river for 100 years.
When tumbling rocks as big as the ones for stone furniture, you need a really big tumbler. This one here is the size of a semi-truck. It can hold 10 tons of stone at a time. Add some water and tumble for 30 minutes, results in nice smoothed stones. When this bad boy is running it is comparable to putting rocks in your dryer. (Times it by 100)
Then the stones then come out on the shoot and have to be sorted.
Side view of the tumbler.
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Dwayne's photo, I captured it when we were looking for rocks. - Jill
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Art Shows
Midway, Utah
Midway Swiss Days
Las Vegas, Nevada
National Finals Rodeo
Cowboy Christmas Show at
Mandalay Bay
December 3-12, 2009
www.cowboymarketplace.net
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Where in the World is Stone 2 Furniture?
Our friends, Gary & Mary Sapp own a shop called
Shabby Antiques and High Class Junk.
Located in Red Feather Lakes, CO.
At their gallery you can find all kinds of neat things including our furniture.
Wavy Bench
New Gallery!
The Collection, Denver CO
899 Broadway (at Ninth Avenue)
For more information about retail locations go to:
www.stone2furniture.com/retailers.htm
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I got the gates back from powder coating. My client, also known as my mom picked a Sage color for her gates. They are now on their way to Arizona.
She designed the image and I brought it to life.
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Announcing The Winner of
The Ugly Patio Furniture Contest is:
Dave and Karol Hanson of Twin Falls, Idaho! They submitted this photo:
Their fire pit will be much nicer with new furniture!
Thank you to everyone that entered!
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Dwayne's Bio
As a child Dwayne spent hours cutting and shaping pieces of cardboard paper to create 3D models of motorcycles. Carefully forming each part to fit the bike perfectly and create a replica of an authentic motorcycle. Dwayne's artist talents emerged at a very young age. A self taught artist Dwayne S. Cranford, a Colorado native learned his welding kills in a foundry and took them with him to serve in the United States Army. Later Dwayne spent his days installing natural gas pipeline. On his days off, as a hobby he began applying his welding skills to create steel sculptures. His figurative sculptures are created from materials such as bike chains, concrete nails and scrap steel that had been discarded. 7 years ago he began combining stone with the metal to create durable, weatherproof furniture.
Cranford's work has been shown around Colorado, Nevada, California, Texas, Wyoming and in other parts of the United States. It can be found at The Inn At Aspen, Aspen (CO), The Best Western Pioneer Court, Lusk (WY) and numerous private collections.
Artist Statement
My rock chairs have been compared to something found on the set of the Flintstones, but great care is given to ensure they are both aesthetically pleasing and comfortable. The stone added to discarded steel results in functional furniture inspired by Mother Nature. They are not only weatherproof, but integrate easily into landscapes and cityscapes without intruding on the surrounding beauty.
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Notes From Our Customers:
This past week we had a very touching moment when a client asked us to do a headstone for her husband. She bought a set of furniture from us in 2006 and her husband was not so sure about it when he saw it. Turns out that he fell in love with the stone chairs and spent more time sitting in them than she did.
She has asked us to make a special headstone using the Idaho Gray Flagstone that their set was made with. We will met her at the yard where she can pick her own stone.
There are no words to describe how much this touches us.
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I am pleased to announce that we have obtained significantly lower shipping rates!
If you have been putting off buying because of shipping cost, I am happy to provide you with a new quote. FedEx has offered us deeper discounts which we pass onto our consumers.
Thank you for your support!
Please let me know if I can ever be of service.
Best wishes,
Dwayne & Jill
PS. Watch for us in the next issue of Cowboys & Indians.
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