He Specialies In Carved Stone Furniture

He Specialies In Carved Stone Furniture FARM HOME Furniture 34-5-32 Looking for a little different dÚcor? How about these tables, chairs and sinks carved out of solid stone. The pieces are hand-carved on the Indonesian island of Java and imported to North America by Rusty Davidson at Black Diamond Gallery in Alberta. "My prices for sinks start at around $450 while chairs or tables start at $1,900," says Davidson. Due to the weight of the merchandise, Davidson says customers must pick up orders. His gallery is actually more well-known for intricately-carved teak wood tables, chairs, benches and other carvings, which he also imports in larger volumes from Indonesia. For example, some of the teak carvings such as horse statues can take up to ten months to carve. "All the pieces, including both the stone furniture and the teak wood can be put outside on the deck, gardens, around the yard. They're also functional to use in the house along with being nice art work for your home," Davidson says. "Teak doesn't rot and if it's buried in the ground, it would, after thousands of years, eventually turn into petrified wood, which is like stone." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Black Diamond Gallery, Rusty Davidson, P.O. Box 970, Black Diamond, Alta., Canada T0L 0H0 (ph 403 933-5356; cell ph 208 265-9985; rustyteakroots@hotmail.com; www.blackdiamondgallery.com).

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