Commissions

A dining table your family gathers around for thirty years. A carved piece no one else owns. You choose the wood, the size and every detail, and you approve both the drawing and the slab itself before I begin.

What I make to commission

Solid hardwood dining tables, sized to your room and your family. Large-format and outdoor pieces, beyond the reach of an ordinary machine. Relief carving with true depth. Carved signage for churches, schools and businesses. LED edge-lit signs in engraved acrylic. If it is solid wood and it fits on the machine, ask.

From first sketch to your dining room

Send a sketch, a photograph or a description, with the size of the room, and I will reply with questions. You receive a firm quote and a design proof, and nothing proceeds until you approve both. You approve the slab or boards that will become your piece. It is then machined precisely, joined, sanded and finished by hand in Warren, and I deliver it myself, anywhere within 150 miles of Warren. Freight is not offered.

Pricing and payment

Every commission is quoted individually, since size, species and detail all shape the price. A deposit reserves your place in the build queue and covers materials; the balance is due before delivery. The full terms come in writing with your quote.

Some of what I have made

Signs, plaques, carved pieces and one Sasquatch. None of it was on a shelf; each one started as somebody’s idea.

See them all, and how each one came about

Tell me what you have in mind

A sketch on a napkin is enough to start. Fill this in and I'll come back with questions, a drawing and a firm price. No deposit is taken until you have approved both.

  • You share the idea. As much or as little as you know.
  • I reply. Usually with a few questions, then a design proof and a firm quote, at no cost.
  • You decide. Nothing is cut and nothing is charged until you have approved the drawing and the price.

Have a photo or a sketch? Email it to melanshekt@gmail.com after you send this and I'll put the two together. Tables and large pieces are delivered by me, within 150 miles of Warren; freight is not offered.

A budget helps me design something I can make for that figure. It isn't a commitment.

What you send is used to quote your job and nothing else. Sending this commits you to nothing, and there is no charge until you have approved both a design proof and a firm quote.