About
Us
Wood Wildflowers is a collaboration between father and son. All
of the work we produce is based on our love of nature. Our flower
designs
begin
with extensive
photographic
research.
We choose a flower to model based on color, shape, and simple elegance.
Once we’ve decided on a flower, art meets engineering. Making
wood flow into smooth, delicate curves to mimic flowers in nature
can be a difficult task. The many discarded prototypes lining
our shop walls are proof of that.
Recreating wild flowers
in wood is a process of selective simplification. We try to key
in
on the
most distinct characteristics of a flower (often developing new
production techniques as we go) and build up levels of detail
until we’re satisfied we have an elegant and accurate yet
reproducible representation of nature.
Inspiration for our vase
designs can come from almost anywhere.
The silhouette of a bird on a pond in the morning will often
inspire an entire week spent in the shop cutting out new vase
shapes as
is evident in the “Signature Series” vases.
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Ted Nienow arranges wood wildflowers in a
vase fresh from the finishing room.
Occasionally while browsing through the lumber pile a piece
of beautifully figured wood will jump out and demand to be featured
prominently in a new vase design as was the case with the “Feather
Series” vases.
As avid outdoorsman, it has been a blessing
for our work to bring us in such constant contact with nature.
Not many people
can take a walk in the woods and
call it research and for that both my dad and I are truly grateful.
Sincerely,
Theodore C. Nienow
Nathaniel J. Nienow
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