The Tinkerer's Hoard

Commissions · the studio

Mock it up. Send it to the forge.

Pick the wood, drop in your design, set the char and the colors. You'll see a rough preview and a ballpark price. Then send it, and I'll come back with a real layout and a real quote before any wood gets touched.

  1. Mock it upHere, in about two minutes.
  2. I review and quoteLayout, price, timeline. You approve first.
  3. I burn, you pay, it shipsProgress shots along the way. When it's done, a private Etsy listing to pay.
Live-edge slab · medium Rough digital preview. Real wood has its own say.
Drag on the preview to move:
1 The wood

Size

Stain

The stains I actually keep on the shelf. Screen colors are close, not exact, and every board takes stain its own way. I pick good wood.
2 Your design

No SVG? Start from one of mine, or just describe it in step 6.

How busy is the design?

3 Words optional

Runes are Elder Futhark, spelled by sound (th, ng and all). I'll check the spelling with you before burning.
4 Toning

My burn lines run one depth. Toning is how dark the piece gets around them, and which way the shadow falls.

5 Color

Theme

The theme washes over the whole piece and paints the design. I'll match real paints to it.

Ballpark

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    6 Send it to the forge
    Your design goes only to me. No account needed.

    The fine print

    The preview is rough.

    It's a digital sketch, not a photo. Real wood brings knots, grain, color shifts and its own opinions, and every burn varies a little. That's the point of handmade.

    You pay through Etsy, when it's done.

    Once your piece is finished, I'll make a private listing in my Etsy shop, just for you. You check out through Etsy like any other order: their checkout, their buyer protection, and sales tax handled. You'll need an Etsy account. Nothing ships until it's paid.

    I can say no.

    This is art, not a production line. Not every project fits my bench or my timeline, and if yours doesn't, I'll tell you straight. Nothing is owed until you approve a quote.

    The estimate isn't a quote.

    It's a ballpark range from the size, design and options you picked. The real price, size and timeline come after I see your design, and you approve them before any wood gets touched. Shipping is extra.

    Your design, your rights.

    Only upload art you made, own, or have permission to use. I don't burn other people's trademarks, characters or logos without permission, and I'll say so if that's the snag. I may simplify or rework a design so it burns well; you'll see it first.

    Credits.

    The Valknut sample is "Valknut" by Nyo and Liftarn, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, shown with a burn effect. Every other sample is drawn for the Hoard.

    Where your file goes.

    Your SVG and mockup are stored with your request where only I can see them. I use them to plan and print your stencil, and for nothing else. Ask, and I'll delete them.

    Before you send it

    A note from the Tinkerer

    I'm not an expert. Nor a professional. Just a tinkerer with his cats. I make things simply and as ethically as possible. Yes, I work with AI. I also do a lot of things manually, no machines, if I can help it. I can hold both things as true.

    The pricing is designed to be fair based on materials and my time, not make me huge profits. Still, my cats need to eat.

    Also, this is organic art. Happy little accidents happen. I'm like an angrier Bob Ross. Some paint with oil and canvas; I prefer fire and the blade.

    — Tyler, the Tinkering Catdad