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Going green
Thuja Wood Art is a family business on Pender Island, BC, (Canada) focused on sustainable artistic woodworking through the use of reclaimed, recycled, and sustainably harvested old growth redcedar.
After studying visual arts and years of traveling the world, owner Colin Hamilton settled on the west coast of Canada and began his journey into exploring the art of handsplit redcedar. Seven years and two children later, Colin and his wife, Wendi and kids Taeven & Cedar would like to share their love of redcedar and art with you…
The idea for Thuja Wood Art came from many years of travel and searching for a creative outlet which would have a low environmental impact, and allow our family to live in a small rural community.
Our goal is to create sustainable, eco-friendly, green furniture. To help forward a positive change to how we treat our environment, our earth.
Colin’s personal commitment to sustainability includes many courses he has taken in renewable energy through Solar Energy International, including solar, wind, and microhydro. Colin runs both his family vehicle and work truck on biodiesel and straight vegetable oil in an effort to reduce emissions, and utilize waste vegetable oil by recycling it into fuel. This commitment has intentionally become a part of what makes Thuja Wood Art’s services unique and desirable.
Design statement
The redcedar is always teaching me ways to work with it. I base my designs on simplicity and function. Design inspiration comes from the trees, and nature, as the wood will show me what it wants to be. My fathers influence as an Arts & Crafts style woodworker is also easily seen in my work, along with my interest in traditional Japanese carpentry. The artifacts I create fit naturally into their environment. Growing as a tree would, from the ground up, well balanced in the centre of strength and beauty.
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