Each creation is meticulously hand-crafted, infused with intricate details that bring life to every piece created. Shawna's Wood N' Stained Glass Garden is a place where many beautiful things grow... from plain pieces of wood and/or stained glass arise beautiful pieces of art! I take great pride in designing and making all of my creations; often putting many long hours into just one piece of work.
Several of my creations are so unique and original that you will not find anything like them elsewhere! I design, create, and cut custom stained glass sun catchers and window panels along with making a wide variety of wooden fretwork items such as wooden boxes, picture frames, miniature Victorian doll house furniture, children's wooden puzzles, custom name signs, wall plaques, wooden crosses, ornaments, and MANY more exquisite specialty items. Although many woodworkers create and build large pieces of furniture and/or display items, it is my passion to create smaller, more intricate wooden art pieces. Since I make all of my items one at a time (instead of mass-producing them on an assembly line), every item is one of a kind. If you are looking for something special but don't see it on my page, please don't count me out yet! Send me an email and let me know what you're looking for and I'll be more than happy to see what I can do to make it for you! A LITTLE FRETWORK HISTORY:
The intricate style of scroll sawing, known as fretwork, has been around and admired for years. Fretwork began more than 3,000 years ago in Egypt with fretted inlays on furniture. Once a popular and well-known style of woodcutting, the art of fretwork greatly diminished for many years and has only begun to regain popularity among woodworkers in recent years.
