ABOUT

I started working with wood in my teens after inheriting some tools from my grandfather. I never had any formal training, just lots of time to tinker and work on whatever I felt like doing. My first projects were things like boxes, small tables, and cutting boards. Basic woodworking stuff.

My focus on jewelry began around 2006 when a friend asked me to make her a pair of earrings. Then another friend asked for a pair. And another. Soon enough, much of my free time was spent in my workshop crafting pieces of jewelry for my pals and acquaintances. I worked at a brewery at the time so I would bring my wares into work and sell them from behind the bar. Soon, I was showing at local artist markets and word of my work began to spread. 

After years of working in the service industry and keeping woodworking as a hobby to earn a bit of extra income, I decided along with my wife, Francesca, to take it full-time in 2019. Pieces were selling out every week on our Etsy shop and we were planning to start a family so it just made sense to take this step. Scary as it was.

Turns out, it was a great idea! We had our first son in 2020 and I was able to be a stay-at-home dad while also making jewelry in my little basement workshop. Things went so well that Francesca left her marketing job in early 2021 to help with the Brambles biz (on the marketing/business side of things).

My work is inspired largely by Mid Century design (specifically the work of Frank Lloyd Wright) and the natural world, especially our corner of it here in West Michigan. I don't add any stain or dye to my work (yet I still manage to showcase every color of the rainbow) and much of the wood I use is foraged or reclaimed. 

We're so fortunate to get to do this for a living and it's all because of you, our local and online community of big, bold, earring enthusiasts. Thank you so much!