Our company recycles barns. We are a small family-owned business, located in central Maine, passionate about saving antique wood used in the construction of Maine barns. Founded in 2008, we’ve been saving and repurposing wood and architectural items into functional home furnishings.
We also have a retail location at 521 Water Street, Gardiner, ME. Stop in and check out all our cool reclaimed wood items!
We handcraft, one at a time, every item from locally grown and milled hardwoods; mostly maple and cherry, also birch, walnut, and ash.
Each piece is unique, and of heirloom quality, with a rubbed finish appropriate to the design.
We make butcher block islands tables, 3-legged milking stools of various heights,
Benches, cutting boards of many sizes and shapes, and rolling pins.
We do custom work as well; tables, butcher block countertops, etc.
Welcome! I am a full-time working Artist from my home studio in Mid-coast Maine. Lighthouses are a strong influence on my work, as well as the treasures I collect along the coast of Maine. I have a wide variety of offerings, from original paintings, Fine Art Prints, and Christmas ornaments.
My Art is inspired by where I live, the coast of Maine, one of the most beautiful places on earth.
We manufacture large capacity bird feeders out of native white cedar.
After experimenting with different species of wood including Western Red Cedar, Eastern White Pine, and Eastern White Cedar, I have chosen White Cedar. It is a soft wood, but holds up to the weather conditions well.
All cedar used for our Wooden Bird Feeders is grown in Maine. The cedar is cut in the Patten area of Maine and trucked to the mill that saws it. This mill is local and I purchased it in the rough as dimensional rough lumber.
I do not use wide boards in building these feeders for two reasons. Wide boards tend to cup and secondly, the mill owner does not tend to have stock that wide because of the availability of large trees.
All 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 stock is re-sawed and planed. All wide components are glued with West System Epoxy and then planed to size. This epoxy preforms well in all outside environments and types of weather.
I use 90% select cedar in our bulk feeders. The screw fasteners are stainless steel as is the piano hinges. The brads are galvanized. The Optix plexiglas is made by Plaskoline and has a thickness of .098 inch. The copper used is a grade called ‘turn brown’ which weathers to a dark brown patina.
All stains, if you wish, are Cabots and all varnish is Epifanes high gloss clear.
The result is the highest quality hand made Wooden Bird Feeders on the market today. I personally hand select each component for every feeder I build so that you can trust each and every feeder is built as well as they look.
Originals in Fine Art and in reproductions. Working in mixed water media on clayboard and scratchboard developing images in layers of etching and painting. Copies of art work are reproduced to make blank greeting cards. Work may be seen in Alfred by appointment and through participating area art shows: sponsored by The Art Guild of the Kennebunks and the Maine Women in the Arts. Besides the artwork visible on my website, work may be seen by appointment in Alfred, Maine
Downeast Magazine’s Best Art Gallery In Maine 2025 Winner! Overlooking the Kennebec River, the Alan Claude Gallery is located in historic downtown Gardiner. Alan Claude’s Poster Style art of lighthouses, coastal and lake scenes of Maine and other New England states are boldly displayed in the artist’s beautifully restored buildings and gallery. Alan Claude’s Maine Calendar series are among one of the most popular gifts for visitors and locals alike. Other items include coasters, stickers and notecards. Come and check it out or order online in Gardiner, Maine. Just 45 minutes North of Portland, Maine.
Bunting Hill Arts jewelry is created with my own hand formed Flamework Glass Beads,and Vitreous Enamel with my own Metal Smithed Components. I work in Fine Silver, Sterling Silver, Jewelers Bronze, and Copper. I create my own metal textures and patinas by hand, these include forging, rolling, etching, flame painting, metal stains and oxidizing. My pieces are one of a kind or limited edition. I source my glass rods for bead creation from the Pacific Northwest, Italy, and Germany. My metals are recycled wire and sheet from this country. I also utilize both up-cycled, vintage, and modern components from wherever I find them (Always fun to repurpose cool stuff!!) I make Earrings(my first love), Bracelets, Pendants and Necklaces.
Handcrafted skin care and aromatherapy products incorporating the finest ingredients from around the world.
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