The Twisted Woodland
Material Goods/Craft/Flea/Art
About
The Twisted Woodland is a husband and wife collaboration founded in Gatesville, Texas. We craft home decor and wearable accessories with Mother Earth in mind. All jewelry and wire tree sculptures are curated in our Central Texas studio. Each tree sculpture takes root around wood harvested directly from our property. We say a little piece of our home becomes part of yours! In addition, we have a wide range of crystals to enjoy. Every crystal and specimen within our inventory have been selected by hand.
We host livestream sales every weekend to showcase new pieces and hang out with our Crystals & Coffee Crew. During weekday nights, we might be caught live streaming works in progress.
The Twisted Woodland is a veteran owned small business. Designed for you, inspired by nature.
Programs and Partners
Location
Gatesville, TX
Manager
The Twisted Woodland was founded by pure accident, as most great things are. I began working with a few gemstone chips from my wife's jewelry making supplies and some copper welding wire on a whim in late 2020. My wife had been recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, so we had quit our full-time job traveling for business to get her health back in check. I disappeared into my workshop one morning, and that was it. Twisting wire and working with crystals turned into a calming ritual.
As I began shifting to different wires and making various jigs to twist wire more easily, I slowly began adding various gemstones to my own supplies. As I crafted these unique wire tree sculptures individually, I realized the type of craftsmanship for the wire tree sculpture designs I had been pouring my heart and soul into did not exist. Not to mention, every wood base for my wire tree sculptures is harvested here on our homestead in Central Texas. That means a little piece of our home becomes a part of your home.
At a farmer's market in Evant, Texas in spring of 2021, my wife and I met the grandson of the original Dream Tree creator. You see, the Dream Tree was a popular (and now hard to find) wire tree sculpture featuring a hand-twisted wire trunk and branches, and gold leaves that dangled freely. When their U.S. patent ran out in the 1970's, it was picked up by a large company overseas that continues to make mass produced "cookie cutter" gemstone trees. It was heartbreaking to hear how the legacy of the Dream Tree has been tarnished. Just hearing this man's story and how he remembered sitting in his grandfather's home as the family twisted trees as he admired the workmanship of my own creations brought tears of joy to our eyes. Unknowingly, we stumbled into another family's legacy to carry on and share with the world.
It is our goal to create bespoke home decor and wearable art that can be enjoyed by all. We are happy to work with our customers to make the right piece, whether it is a multi-birthstone family tree, or a particular crystal wrapped or electroformed to wear every day.
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