Sleepywood Rustic Furniture
Gerald & Michele Smith
2871 Baltimore Pike
Gettysburg, PA 17325-7796
(717) 337-3910
info@sleepywood.com
www.sleepywood.com

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Welcome to Sleepywood Rustic Furniture

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Gerald L. Smith

Being an outdoor enthusiast in awe of the spirit of nature, and possessing a penchant for the combination of practicality and beauty, I use the medium of rustic furniture to introduce the synergy of these qualities into the home.

I would describe my style of rustic furniture as "refined" because it is carefully crafted with time honored mortise-and-tenon joinery, is fully functional and, although still retaining a rustic charm, looks quite polished. It is at home in either simple or elegant settings.

When finished, each piece beholds its own unique personality, revealing the spirit that had been "sleeping in the wood" all along. My pleasure is in reintroducing the character of natural habitats into homes at a time when many are largely artificial.

ABOUT SLEEPYWOOD

Nestled along Sleepy Creek Mountain, West Virginia, is Sleepywood. If you listen there, you can hear silent yearnings from crowded saplings throughout the woods. The resident wood artist retrieves them and sets to work, listening in the stillness all the while. Sensing their direction, he recreates them accordingly.

Each spirit emerges through the finished piece of furniture as if it had been there all along, sleeping in the wood. So unique are some of the resulting personalities that you may be tempted to believe that surely they get up and walk around when you depart.