Innovation Rules!

Innovation rules! We worked and worked to try to find a way to create hand forged bamboo. It's tricky though because bamboo has these interesting double ring hump things every so many inches up the stalk. Anyway...Tiny (who isn't) one of our master blacksmiths figured out how to do it and it looks so realistic! A lot of what we do replicates nature...not all...but a lot. Pine, Sequoia, Aspen and Birch, Sassafras, Vineyard...These are all very organic looks and we have a large market for that style of forge iron. But bamboo? Who would have thunk it? Anyway we built several items. A beautiful bamboo bed using iron lashing to wrap the joints. An incredible bamboo lamp with delicate bamboo leaves that look so realistic. I'm not sure what to do with it yet. I would love to get your feedback. The look is really different from anything we produce today. Its hip and kind of sophisticated in an elegant way. I like it a lot. It really looks rich in hand rubbed bronze with 24k gold accents on the leaves. I hope you like it too. If you have some creative ideas as to how we might make use of this very distinct look...Let us know!

Corky Baker
President and Chief Feeder of Koala