Elle Decor Japan featured our Douglas Fir Banquet Table in their lovely feature article about the OMA/Rem Koolhaas renovation of artist Cai Guo Qiang’s NYC studio!
Photo credit: GION Studio
We were mentioned in The New York Times in this glowing review of the Made For You: New Directions in Contemporary Design group show at the Samuel Dorsky Museum in New Paltz! The show is up until July 10, 2016.
Coming on Beacon Open Studios weekend, May 21 + 22, 2016 (12-6PM), the third incarnation of our Beautiful Scrap sale! Solid wood cutoffs and remnants of all shapes and sizes… come early for the best selection!
Graphic design: Randall Martin Design
Very honored to have our Cedar Garden Bench featured in Fine Woodworking magazine (June 2016)! We originally designed and built a series of these outdoor benches in Port Orford Cedar for the Chuang Yen Monastery in Carmel, NY. The design caught the eye of one of the editors at Fine Woodworking and they commissioned us to discuss and demonstrate the construction of the piece. What a thrill to be seen in such esteemed company…!
The Randolph School in Wappingers Falls, NY is embarking on an ambitious project - the construction of “The Studios” a new building dedicated to the study of art and music! Learn more here: www.randolphschoolgiving.org
Come to their art auction,”Expansion”, on April 30th at The Howland Center in Beacon to help raise funds! Very proud to have contributed one of our black walnut X-tables to the live auction.
Hope to see you there!
(Thanks to Ethan Harrison for the fantastic photo and to Daniel Weise for all around coordination and putting together this lovely postcard!)
Many thanks to Debra Bresnan and Upstater Magazine for this thoughtfully-written profile in their Spring 2016 issue!
Come up to New Paltz, NY to see our piece in this fun group show of design work at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art in New Paltz, NY. Thank you to Jennifer Scanlan for curating such a diverse and interesting show…!
Details:
Made For You: New Directions in Contemporary Design
February 6 – July 10, 2025
Morgan Anderson and Corridor Galleries
Opening reception Saturday, February 6, 2016, 5–7 pm
http://www.newpaltz.edu/museum/exhibitions/madeforyou.html
We are excited to bring back WORK:SHOP Holiday Artisan Market this year for its third incarnation! Saturday Dec 5 + Sunday Dec 6. The studio will be full to the brim with gorgeous small goods produced by 17 of our good friends and colleagues from the Hudson Valley and NYC. Hope to see you there!
King size bed, with shelves, drawers and integrated electrical wiring. Black walnut tree sourced near Beacon, NY. Private residence, Garrison, NY. Design collaboration with Charles K. Burleigh Design
Outdoor pathway lighting in Port Orford Cedar for the rock garden at Chuang Yen Monastery in Carmel, NY. Operated by the Buddhist Association of the United States. Collaboration with native plant landscape designer, Landscape Restorations.
A nice photo essay taken at Tempura Matsui on www.nyeater.com this week!
Thank you Steven Hall and Hall Company for this lovely writeup about The Woods of Tempura Matsui!!
Very proud to install our black walnut and white oak countertops at Tempura Matsui, a groundbreaking new restaurant in NYC! Grand opening is this week at 222 E 39th Street. A collaboration with the super talented team at YT Design.
Thank you Steven Hall for this lovely blog post telling the story behind “The Woods of Tempura Matsui“!
For more about Tempura Matsui, see the profile that appeared recently in the New York Times.
And Martha Stewart’s blog post about her amazing meal at Matsui!
A nice photo essay on the project on NY Eater.
Check out CNBC’s video profile of Jessica that was broadcast on June 15. The piece is part of their series “Escaping the Cube” about professionals who leave the financial industry to pursue personal passions.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102753113
Fun to spend a day doing a shoot with CNBC who are covering our studio as part of their “Escaping the Cube” series! Stay tuned… our piece is scheduled to be broadcast during their Power Lunch segment on Friday June 5. We will post the link online as soon as it is available!
Outdoor benches in all-weather Port Orford Cedar for the rock garden at Chuang Yen Monastery, operated by the Buddhist Association of the United States in Carmel, NY. Collaboration with native plant landscape designer, Landscape Restorations.
A king sized bed with six drawers for a residence in NYC. Collaboration with Charles K. Burleigh Design and inspired by a mesmerizing piece of Claro walnut from California.
Quilted black walnut dining table, with two removable leaves. Private residence, Putnam Valley, NY. Custom (removable!) hardware in anodized aluminum by Get Bent Metalworks. Designed in collaboration with Elizabeth Strianese Interiors. Dimensions: 9′ long (expanding to 13′ with two 24″ leaves), 42″ wide, 1.5″ thick.
So excited about our upcoming WORK:SHOP holiday pop-up sale! December 6 + 7 at our studio in Beacon. 14 amazing artisans and a cafe! Learn more on our website, Facebook page and Instagram Feed. Sponsored by some wonderful local institutions: Manitoga/The Russel Wright Design Center, The Valley Table Magazine, Hudson Woods, The Roundhouse and The Hop! Hope to see you there!
Kitchen island in white oak and oiled steel. Quartersawn white oak from a tree sourced in northern New Jersey in 2008. With custom steel and glass understructure. Private residence, Millbrook, New York. A collaboration with Get Bent Metalworks and James Dixon Architect. 91″ L x 42″ W x 36″ H. Photography by Meredith Heuer.
What a thrill to see a photo essay on our studio by Meredith Heuer included in Remodelista/Gardenista’s recent focus on Japan-inspired design!
Natural light photographer Meredith Heuer recently set her talented eye upon our black walnut charcuterie boards. Her gorgeous photos look good enough to eat…!
Excited to see our charcuterie board featured in an editorial piece at Food and Wine Magazine! We also got a shout out recently on foodandwine.com in a slideshow titled “The New Wood Artisans” about wooden kitchenware.
Working right now on a very special project for Charles K. Burleigh Interior Design. The material is Claro Walnut, a unique and visually stunning species that grows on the west coast. We’ve never seen a piece of wood quite this beautiful before! Stay tuned for updates!
Over the past six months we have had the privilege of hosting the Beacon Japanese Tool Study Group in our studio on occasional Sundays… It is an ongoing exploration of the mysteries and incredible properties of the kanna, the Japanese hand plane and the other tools that support it - chisels, saws and marking devices. We turn off our cell phones, put the waterstones in to soak and practice, practice, practice under the expert and guiding eye of Yann Giguere. Yann owns and operates Mokuchi, a very special Japanese woodworking school of sorts out of his studio in Brooklyn. We are so lucky that he is able to make the trip to Beacon to work with us.
Solid black cherry desk from a log sourced in upstate NY. Private Residence, New Canaan, CT. Collaboration with Amanda Martocchio Architecture + Design.
Introducing our Loop Board: a black walnut charcuterie board with a leather loop for hanging on the wall. Available exclusively at Utensil Kitchenware in Beacon, NY.
Hudson Woods, an architecturally stunning modern development project “essentially in the middle of nowhere” (Kerhonkson, NY), officially launches next month. Wickham Solid Wood nesting stools will be featured in their model home, together with the work of other stellar artisans. They posted a great profile about Wickham Solid Wood Studio on their blog, and here is a more recent article about the project in The New York Daily News.
Wickham Solid Wood Studio’s dining tables, king-size suite beds, café end tables and wall treatments were featured in a story about the Roundhouse at Beacon Falls in the May 2014 issue of Dwell magazine. Check out these great photos of Beacon’s new boutique hotel.
To paraphrase the old saying, one person’s scrap is another person’s treasure. Local blogger Wigwam Economy highlighted the studio’s first scrap wood sale, happening this weekend during Beacon’s monthly Second Saturday stroll.
Wickham Solid Wood Studio’s black walnut bar boards are now available at Kaufmann Mercantile, one of Brooklyn’s leading online retail markets.
Queen size platform bed made from black walnut sourced near Beacon, New York, for a private residence. Collaboration with Charles K. Burleigh Interior Design.
Alison Rooney wrote a thoughtful feature article about Jessica and the studio for Philipstown.info’s The Paper, the award-winning, always-interesting weekly newspaper published out of Cold Spring, New York.
Announcing the launch of our online STUDIO SHOP! A selection of premium black walnut charcuterie and baguette boards, as well as our set of three nesting/stacking stools, are now available through the internet. Also for sale: Beeswax board balm and white mineral cutting board oil.
Wickham Solid Wood Studio is pleased to host WORK:SHOP, a curated holiday artisan market, featuring high quality small goods produced by fifteen Hudson Valley-based businesses. The event will take place from 10am-9pm on Saturday December 14, at Wickham Solid Wood Studio, 578 Main Street in Beacon, NY, coinciding with other Second Saturday holiday events in town.
This is a great chance to acquire affordable pieces from some extraordinary makers. The one-day event will be held in at the Wickham workshop, a renovated hat factory building along the shores of the Fishkill Creek, just up the street from the Roundhouse at Beacon Falls.
Artisans participating in the sale:
Beacon Bee — all natural body balm www.beaconbeebiz.com/home.html
Beacon Knits – one-of-a-kind wool hats www.beaconknits.etsy.com
Beth Bolgla Ceramics – functional stoneware www.bethbolgla.com/ceramics.html
Catherine Welshman – coloring books – www.catherinewelshman.com
Evan Cohen – woodblock prints www.evanmcohen.com
Fabhaus Beacon – laser-fabricated goods - www.facebook.com/fabhausbeacon
Gabor Ruzsan – hand crafted wooden stools - www.etsy.com/shop/garnydesigns
Jenny Lee Fowler – silhouette portraits & paper cuts - www.jennyleefowler.etsy.com
Kit Burke-Smith – hand-fabricated jewelry - www.etsy.com/shop/kitburkesmith
ModCraft – modern handmade ceramics - www.mod-craft.com
Niho Kozuru - hand made sculptural beeswax candles - www.etsy.com/shop/NihoKozuruStudio
Plumbop – hand knit felted objects - www.plumbop.com
Rexhill Furniture – wooden boxes and puzzles - www.rexhillfurniture.com
Stylo Furniture + Design – sculptural wine accessories - www.stylo-fd.com
Ten Willow – hand blown Malfatti glassware — www.malfattiglass.com
Wickham Solid Wood Studio – modern organic charcuterie boards - www.jessicawickham.com
We are excited to return to the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, for this year’s Pop-Up Makers Market. The show, which the New York Times called “The Grand Prix of Craft Shows” will run on Saturday, October 19, and Friday, November 29, 2025 from 10-5PM!
Join us at CRAFTED, a holiday craft sale featuring the work of a dozen local makers. The event will be held in a 113-year old white country church in Cottekill, New York, between New Paltz and Woodstock.
When: Thanksgiving weekend, Nov 30, 10am-5pm + Dec 1, 11am-3pm
Where: CHRCH Project Space 167 Cottekill Rd, Cottekill, NY Map
Visit the Facebook page!
Here’s a sweet portrait of our studio published today on Archetypes.com. They did a nice job highlighting process - although they make it sound like a one-woman operation, which it hardly is! Thank you Meredith Heuer Photography for the beautiful photos.
Thoughtful comments about design, tradition and sustainability in Japan from Azby Brown in Change Observer.
Massive counters from white oak sourced in western Connecticut for the global flagship store of Japanese clothing design firm, Pas de Calais. 482 Broome Street, NYC. Designed by Hashimoto Yukio Design Studio, Tokyo. Photography by Meredith Heuer. Here is our photo essay about the making of this project.
Congrats to Upstate House magazine on their return to the newsstands! We are thrilled to have our paired slab coffee table, with wooden loop legs, featured in their “Entryway” section this month (page 13).
We worked with interior designer Elizabeth Strianese for almost a year on this exquisite residence in Garrison, New York. All credit to her adventuresome eye and the client’s admiration of the organic, modern design aesthetic of Russel Wright (whose house is just up the road…). Our pieces - including the sliding glass door cabinet, the black locust “fold” foyer table, the back lit vellum closet and cabinet doors and the sliding bronze hook coat rack - are in great company here. Almost all of the custom work on the project was done by local artisans. GreenSource published a feature about the project in May 2013. Photography by Meredith Heuer.
What we referred to in our Facebook photo album as “The Swiss Cheese Project” was actually display counters for the Soho showroom of French clothing company Pas de Calais. Here they are featured in the Style section of The New York Times. They open to the public tomorrow at 482 Broome Street in NYC. Can’t wait to see our oak counters all dressed up!
Our nesting stools were prominently featured on Designer Pages following our participation in Reclaim NYC fundraiser after Hurricane Sandy.
Wickham Solid Wood Studio is contributing a piece to Reclaim NYC for their fundraiser/auction. New York’s design community is teaming up to raise money for those affected by Hurricane Sandy with an auction of furniture created from materials reclaimed or salvaged after the storm and of pieces inspired by the flooding. December 19, 2012, from 7-9 p.m. at Ligne Roset’s SoHo showroom at 155 Wooster Street.
One of our proudest moments yet: Wickham Solid Wood Studio will be participating in the relaunch of ZONA! This extraordinary retail store blossomed in SoHo in NYC in the ’80s and ’90s and they are re-inventing themselves with a “pop-up” store in Tribeca for the 2012 holidays. We will have gifts of all shapes and sizes on display. Come visit!
ZONA
35 N. Moore Street
New York City
December 13 - January 6, 2026
11AM - 8PM
See the recent full page article about Zona in The New York Times (with a very nice shout-out for our work.)
Jessica was interviewed in the November 2012 issue of The Artful Mind, a monthly arts magazine published in the Berkshires.
Wickham Solid Wood Studio was awarded “Best Newcomer 2012″ at the Dutchess County Economic Development Corporation’s “Business Excellence Awards” in Poughkeepsie! Read more about it in this feature article in the business section of the Poughkeepsie Journal in August, 2012. Also in the December 2012 issue of Woodshop News.
We were thrilled to have our set of three black walnut nesting stools, featuring sliding dovetail joinery, selected for the live auction at the annual summer fundraiser at Manitoga/The Russel Wright Design Center in Garrison, New York.
Interior designer Chuck Burleigh asked us to create a sculptural king-sized bed and end table for the master bedroom he designed at the Cold Spring Arts “Artful Living” designer show house. A great collaboration with artists Jaanika Peerna, Ada Cruz, Kaija Korpijaakko and Julie Tooth. See a review from the June 2012 issue of Chronogram magazine.
We are pleased to announce MADE IN BEACON a collaboration with four innovative designer/manufacturers based in our hometown of Beacon, New York. This portfolio booklet, designed by Randall Martin, showcases our work together with Atlas Industries, Architectural Glass Tile, Modcraft and Niche Modern are all examples of established local companies that manufacture unique, carefully crafted functional objects. Take a look!
Wickham has moved its studio to a 3,100 sq. ft. loft in a former hat factory in up-and-coming Beacon, New York, across from Fishkill Creek and the beautiful Beacon Falls.
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