Beaver Chew Furniture makes contemporary, artistic, furniture and accessories.

Entry Table      14" x 42" top x 30" high

Working with wood, carving, and building functional, one-of-a-kind items has been my creative outlet for the past 30 years.  “A unique and natural furniture item in your home can only enhance your comfort, and provide a connection to nature.”

“My most recent work, Beaver Chew Furniture, is a collaboration between the beaver and me, along with some design input from my wife Martha.”  Beaver Chew Furniture is made from the sticks left behind after the beaver has eaten the leaves and bark. 

“Many works actually begin in the canoe in some remote area of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.  As I collect the sticks, I am visualizing how they will create my next piece.”

         Desk and Chair    24" x 48" top x 30" high desk

Our furniture is made from the wood the beaver leaves when he has finished chewing the bark and leaves off.  The beaver leaves a variety of woods, typically aspen, poplar, beech, birch, white pine and maple.  We collect the wood on lakes and rivers in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.  The beaver is our major collaborator and source of material.  He/she determines the shape and texture of each stick.  The tabletop material is circular cut white pine from a local sawmill.  

All of the furniture is finished with a modified waterborne urethane and can be cleaned the same as any fine furniture.  The wood is the natural color and has no stain applied.

All images exhibited at this world wide web site are for public viewing only.  No reproduction rights are granted, licensed or sanctioned in any form or manner and are hereby exclusively reserved by the artist.  Copyright 2009 by Leonard Fieber

This page was last updated on 01/10/09.