Current News:

Here we will try to keep you up to date on what is happening in our studio. We will let you know of shows, sales or other interesting events. Be sure to check back often.

Open Studio

July 9, 2026 By Bob Spangler

Save the date: Open Studio Weekend

Please mark your calendars for July 18th-19th. Birgit and I will be having an Open Studio and want to invite you for an afternoon of some new work, a few sale pieces and some fun things too.

Our studio is participating in a first-of-its-kind National Craft Open Studios Weekend. It is a pilot nationwide celebration to invite the public into independent craft artists studios across the country.

National Craft Open Studios is presented by the American Craft Council as a part of “Craft in America Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026″.

Our studio will be open July 18-19, 12pm-5pm on both Saturday and Sunday.

Hope you can join us, bring a friend.

Bob & Birgit

Cherry Dining Table

January 12, 2026 By Bob Spangler

Custom Cherry wood dining table, 52″ dia expanding with a 22″ w leaf.

Cherry Buffet

January 29, 2024 By Bob Spangler

Ready for delivery

Custom Buffet in Cherry and Spalted Western Maple. Cabinet is 88″w x 18″d x 39″ht. Ceramic work by neighbor and friend Jenny Anderson.

Special Projects

July 31, 2021 By Bob Spangler

Sometimes a very special project comes along. We consider a Memorial Project as a special project and below are two recently completed. We worked closely with the families to create a unique piece in memory of a loved one and also is a gift to the public.

One is a table and two chairs to be housed in the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art in the upper gallery. They become a place for the art viewers to sit, relax and read about the current show in the gallery.

The other project is a contemporary outdoor bench at the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum. Also a place to relax, remember and in honor of a dedicated docent at the Historical Museum.

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Cherry Media Table and Reading Chairs

Bainbridge Island Historical Museum, Western Red Cedar and galvanized Steel Bench

Process

December 26, 2020 By Bob Spangler

Work in process is exciting and there are many aspects till the finished piece. Below is a snapshot of two months following through with 8 chairs and a table.

After designs and meetings with clients it all begins with selecting wood. Here at Goby Walnut in Portland, one of our suppliers.

Finally back at the shop the work will begin.

Laying out and cutting parts with joinery and dry fitting

Just Delivered

November 24, 2019 By Bob Spangler

We just delivered a jewel of a cabinet made from locally sourced and salvaged Western Maple from Bainbridge Island. The cabinet with sliding doors will be used for a vinyl record collection.

New Work

December 23, 2018 By Bob Spangler

Studio Chair

We just finished three new chairs. One led to another and the Studio Chair is the second in the series. It is very comfortable and minimal in nature, all solid wood with a back that reminds one of a music sheet and with a contoured seat.

1 x 1

The third chair was a challenge to make a chair entirely from 1″ x 1″ material. There are five identical pieces that make all the pieces for the chair with the spaces between the seat and back pieces also being 1″ wide.

Just Delivered

September 21, 2018 By Bob Spangler

Soglio Table and Soho chairs

We just delivered this Soglio Table and 8 Soho chairs in Claro and Eastern Walnut. The table is 42″w x 84″L in the closed position with a self storing leaf that expands to 107″.

More News:

We have decided to do the Bainbridge Island Studio Tour again this year and will host 5 other artists in our studio as well. We will provide more information as the date approaches the first weekend of December.

Just Finished

February 27, 2018 By Bob Spangler

We just finished these 6 individual Tansu that stack together to form a whole. All of these fit into a 400sf space beneath a sloping ceiling. Complete with through mortices with even a writing desk at the end.

Just Delivered

July 20, 2017 By Bob Spangler

These two unique pieces were just delivered from our shop on the same day. The cabinet was made as a custom piece for an entry way by Birgit Josenhans using salvaged Western Maple and she embedded rocks and other “treasures” provided by the client in the top.

The round Cherry and Maple Table was also a custom order piece. 34″ in diameter with 5 sets of “V” legs. The “V” leg idea is from our good friend Art Grice in another table we built for him earlier.

BARN Reception Desk

June 10, 2017 By Bob Spangler

The reception desk for BARN (Bainbridge Artisans Resource Network) designed and built in our shop using Elm wood salvaged from Bloedel Reserve and metal from the exterior of the new facility on Bainbridge Island. BARN is a 26000 sf building that houses studios for 11 different artisans groups offering open studio times for members of BARN and classes in the various disciplines. Visit bainbridgebarn.org for more info.