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A little about Off The Beam
I love woodworking and am also a big fan of non profit organizations that rescue and rehabilitate wildlife, educate people about marine environments, the threats to them, and contribute valuable research to preserve and protect habitats and species.
I learned to carve just a few years ago, and used the carving as a way to decompress from my real job as an ER nurse. I still do the nurse gig, though I'm in critical care/ICU these days and still love to carve and support the non profits.
Many of the items I make will represent a specific non profit organization. When you purchase the item, all of the proceeds from the sale (minus just the cost of wood and hardware) will be donated to the non profit the item represents.
Everything here is hand carved and finished with food grade mineral oil and beeswax. I use only responsibly harvested lumber from a local source, and am careful to package items for shipment with as little plastic as possible, if any at all.
Thanks for stopping by!
Sheri
I learned to carve just a few years ago, and used the carving as a way to decompress from my real job as an ER nurse. I still do the nurse gig, though I'm in critical care/ICU these days and still love to carve and support the non profits.
Many of the items I make will represent a specific non profit organization. When you purchase the item, all of the proceeds from the sale (minus just the cost of wood and hardware) will be donated to the non profit the item represents.
Everything here is hand carved and finished with food grade mineral oil and beeswax. I use only responsibly harvested lumber from a local source, and am careful to package items for shipment with as little plastic as possible, if any at all.
Thanks for stopping by!
Sheri
newest additions and news
News:
You may not have seen much from me lately. Some of you know when I'm not carving I work as a nurse. I was working in ER/Trauma, now I work at a huge hospital as a Critical Care/ICU nurse. As you can imagine, Covid has made my life lots of fun and incredibly busy. It hasn't stopped me from carving and I plan to get to the shop as often as I can. I moved the shop yet again, this time to a permanent home in the basement of the little house I just bought. The house needed some attention before I could get the shop set up, but now it is done and its time to get back to work. Hang in there everyone. Be kind to each other and stay well.
Sheri
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You may not have seen much from me lately. Some of you know when I'm not carving I work as a nurse. I was working in ER/Trauma, now I work at a huge hospital as a Critical Care/ICU nurse. As you can imagine, Covid has made my life lots of fun and incredibly busy. It hasn't stopped me from carving and I plan to get to the shop as often as I can. I moved the shop yet again, this time to a permanent home in the basement of the little house I just bought. The house needed some attention before I could get the shop set up, but now it is done and its time to get back to work. Hang in there everyone. Be kind to each other and stay well.
Sheri
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