Brandywine Builds

"The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it's to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they're valued." -Ken Robinson @ Tempe, Arizona

Brandywine Builds isn't just about building pieces of furniture, we strive to build genuine relationships with our clients everyday.

This is a very special piece requested from us, the client had asked us for a custom letter board to serve not only as a surprise gift for newlyweds, but it will also serve as a prop for the wedding photos! We had a lot of fun making this piece because it allowed us to step out of our comfort zone in the workshop. It was a nice challenge to dive in to more intricate cuts and detail work!

If you enjoy this piece or any of our other pieces and are interested in ordering one for yourself contact us at [email protected] we can't wait to hear from you!

@ Tempe, Arizona

Pyrography is the art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks occurring from the controlled application of a heated object such as a poker. The term means "writing with fire", from the Greek pur (fire) and graphos (writing). It can be practiced using specialized modern pyrography tools, or using a metal implement heated in a fire, or even sunlight concentrated with a magnifying lens.

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One cool thing about these tools are they aren't very expensive either and you can pick one up from most craft stores! I use a small wood burning pen made by that I picked up from a local and it does the job great! I'm still new to the whole pyrography thing, but its amazing what kind of works of art can be created on a wooden canvas and I'm excited to keep learning!

"From a little spark may burst a flame."

One of the tools we use to create unique accents and effects to some of our pieces is a Blowtorch!

A Blowtorch is a fuel burning tool used for applying flame and heat in various applications, you're most likely to see them in metalworking such as welding and cutting. Early blowtorches used liquid fuel in refillable containers attached directly to the lamp. Now a days blowtorches are mostly fueled by gas using disposable or refillable canisters, like the one you see here!

You can see and example of how we use our blowtorch to create an authentic finish on our products by checking out the liquor tap from yesterdays post! Its almost like painting with a flame while trying not to burn the whole place down!