1Introducing Providence Antiquary

One maker, five trades and a stubborn regard for how it was done before.

I learned these trades one at a time, from people who still practice them, and I keep them together on one bench because a good object often needs more than one of them.

Weathered craftsman hands holding a graver over a copper plate
Small craft workshop with benches, kiln, and anvil
Open antique book beside brass dividers on a worn oak desk

The name is not decoration.
Providence means the work is not mine alone —
the hands, the materials, the hours
were given.

Worked and shipped from a small shop in Bentonville, Arkansas.


Silhouetted craftsman at an anvil with sparks in a dark forge