We are excited to announce the immediate availability of pyrography services from local Maine artist Evelyn Francis. Just like our products themselves she does all burning by hand.
Garlic
Small Helm
Lady Slipper
We have a selection of designs such as a lady slipper and helm available for all our standard products. You can even get your own custom design on our products to really let your personality shine or to create that perfect gift.
This service is also available on our custom guitars!
We are pleased to announce that you can now buy our products online at shop.dekcraftworks.com, and to celebrate we are currently offering 10% off your entire first purchase with the code NEWSHOP10.
This means all standard series cutting boards, serving boards, and coasters are now available online. We will have all available Eco Series and Limited Run products listed by the end of the day.
We will be adding products throughout August, and may even have a couple instruments and a table or two ready by the end of the month. Who knows?
Right now we are focusing on our wood products, but do plan on adding our leather products in early September.
Please note that we maintain a very small inventory, so most standard items are made to order. However, we do currently guarantee that all orders will ship within 10 business days of order completion.
While our main site, dekcraftworks.com, has most product info. You will need to visit our storefront to view the exact Eco Series products that are currently available.
We are very excited for this next step in our continued growth, and thank all of you for your support.
New t-shirt available here, with 100% of the profits going to Color of Change.
I wish our first post back was under better circumstances, and while we do have a lot of product announcements forthcoming, I felt that it was necessary to clearly state where exactly myself and my business stand on the current state of affairs.
I want to start by acknowledging that as a white male in America I will never understand the struggles facing minorities in this country. Also, being heterosexual means that I live in the ultimate state of privilege. Not only am I free from racism, but I will also never have to experience any of the other social diseases that it intersects with such as sexism and heterosexism. That is why I have waited until now to say anything. I wanted to take time and listen so that my words would come from an informed place, and not just one of emotion.
One of the things that has stood out to me is the trend of “woke whites” treating allyship like a badge of honor and failing to acknowledge the privilege we all have simply because of our skin color. I see too many of us making this about ourselves through rhetoric about the guilt, anger, and shame we feel. We need to stop being emotional and start being supportive.
This support needs to come not in the form of our words, but from our actions. We must remember that there is nothing impressive about caring. We must dump the shame and guilt that we so often profess to have and instead focus our time and energy on supporting black communities in ways that will lead to substantive change. Remember that while no white person alive today created the racism that infects our country, we are in the best position to initiate change.
We should be educating ourselves and other whites on not only the current situation but also the history that led us here. While we are all familiar with the names George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, how many of you know about Emmett Till, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Lamar Smith? The past has a way of highlighting how hollow the progress is that we have made in this country.
This is the time for us to listen and follow. We should be attending protests as guests who are present to support those that are being affected by the systemic racism of our country. Their emotion should be fueling this fight, not ours.
It is never enough to merely say you are not racist, for antiracism is a lifelong commitment to act and educate. Being an ally is not just for urgent moments, and the cycle of racism will never fully be broken without continual education and sustained action. I pray that we have finally reached the boiling point that history has shown to be necessary to bring about real change. Now is the time to refuse to be silent, and set an example that our children can be proud to follow.
We are pleased to announce the availability of our first round of leather products that includes bracelets, cuffs, straps, and more!
We are offering two handcrafted collections. Our Everyday Collection is made from medium weight chrome tan leather to provide an economical option without sacrificing quality. Then there is our Deluxe Collection made from veg tan cowhide that has been dyed and saddle stitched by hand.
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