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Greetings! Hope this finds you doing well. I just finished up my summer shows and now you will find me filling orders, and taking a quick break to see my sister and her husband in Washington. We have a week of motorcycle riding and camping along the coast line planned.
When I return I will start building another horse for the National Finals Rodeo in Vegas. I am thinking about exhibiting at the Barrett-Jackson Car Auction in Scottsdale this January. Have you ever attended this show? If so, I would greatly appreciate any feedback about it. Would it be a good fit for stone furniture?
DeDeep Seating at client's house next to waterfall.
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No Jill does not have a bun in the oven, its the frames for your furniture!
This is Powder Coating.
It's tough. It looks great. And it lasts a long, long time. Powder coating is a high quality finish that's found on thousands of products you come in contact with each day. It makes products durable, attractive and extremely scratch-resistant too.
How does it work? Powder coating is a dry finishing process. Finely ground particles of pigment and resin are electrostatically charged and sprayed onto the products to be coated.
The parts to be coated are positively grounded, so that the charged particles adhere to them until melted and fuse into a solid coating in a curing oven.
The result: a sleek, strong, high-quality finish.
The powder coating process itself offers another advantage - it is environmentally friendly and virtually pollution-free! Unlike liquid paint, no solvents are used in powder coating, so only negligible amounts of VOC's are released into the air. In addition, unused or over-sprayed powder can be recovered, so any waste is minimal and can be disposed of easily and safely.
Powder coating is the fastest growing finishing technology in North America. Powder coating is the stronger, tougher, better choice.
Now if you read all of that and it makes sense, know that we offer a color called Java and it is the closest color we have to rust. People love the rusty look, this is rust without the rust.
We also use a Speckled Black that contrasts nicely with the Idaho Gray and compliments the character of the stone.
The truth is you can get any color you want, you can match it to your house or use green to fit into a garden. It's all custom to fit your style.
This is one of the spray booths where the color is applied.
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Front Range Powder Coating, owners brother & sister, Mitch and Gina.
Gina standing in front of the oven.
Some pieces outside drying on racks. Love the colors!
You can have your chair frames done in virtually any color.
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Stone 2 Furniture is a family business.
This is Henry Cywka, Jill's dad.
We have delegated the wonderful job of going to the junk yard
and pulling parts off of cars for us. A dirty and tough job, but none the less important.
Henry is standing in front of a pile of spindles that he has collected.
Spindles are the swivel mechanism used to make the chairs swivel.
If we did not use these parts, they would have no purpose and lay in the
junk yard forever. Its recycling at its best!
A junk yard we find parts at.
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Art Shows
Las Vegas, Nevada
National Finals Rodeo
Cowboy Christmas Show at
Mandalay Bay
December 3-12, 2009
www.cowboymarketplace.net
Barrett-Jackson *
Auto Auction
Scottsdale, AZ
January 18-24, 2010
(pending)
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Where in the World is Stone 2 Furniture?
The Rock Garden
1932 Terry Lake Road
Ft. Collins, CO 80524
For more information about retail locations go to:
www.stone2furniture.com/retailers.htm
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This is an absolute beauty!
Deep Seating in Green Marble.
Aluminum frames that swivel, an over-sized table and 2 chairs.
Its big, sleek and gorgeous. One of my last sets of this size.
If you are interest in purchasing, please contact me.
$7,200. plus shipping.
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This is Dave & Karol from Twin Falls Idaho,
they are sitting in the set of furniture that they won
by playing the Ugly Patio Furniture Contest.
Congratulations!
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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:
We have a client in Boundurant, WY we met her at the Jackson Hole Art Festival a few years back. She bought a set of furniture for the east side or her lake so they could enjoy relaxing by the lake.
Recently she called to order another set for the west side of the lake so they could move as the sun shifted.
She told us that they looked everywhere for furniture, but
"everything else paled in comparison."
So they bought another set of furniture.
 West Side
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Thank you for your support! Don't forget about our lower shipping costs, I am happy to provide you with a no obligation quote for shipping. Just email me your zip code and what you would the price based on, like a 3 piece set and I can email it back to you. dwayne@stone2furniture.com
Please let me know if I can ever be of service!
Best wishes,
Dwayne & Jill
PS. If you have ever attended the Barrett-Jackson show I would be greatful to hear from you! |
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