About the artist

Jon Pitts loves the possibilities that exist in common materials. He has been a passionate do-it-yourself artist since childhood. What started as a pocket knife and sticks on camping trips has turned into full-time self employment. Believing that something wonderful lies even within pieces of wood that others throw away, Jon seeks to divine the extraordinary locked inside the ordinary.

Woodcrafty is an attempt to bring new life to discarded wood: broken skateboards, furniture beyond repair, and scrap material from other fine woodworkers. The palette is created with different colors of wood, which are cut and assembled by hand to produce patterns and images. In a world dominated by mechanized industry, Woodcrafty’s slow, analog process takes shape one step at a time, over time, by hand.

Woodcrafty's pieces emerge from small blocks of wood in refinement amidst the chaos of noise and saw dust. Jon aspires to invoke the delight of awe with his fine details to everyone who cherishes the infinitesimal beauties of the world around us.