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Where his work has gone

A look back at pieces that have already found homes, plus Charlie’s booths and workshop. Tap a piece to page through its photos. Nothing here is for sale, it is simply proof of a maker at work.

Cedar Root Bonsai5 photos
Cedar Root BonsaiSold
Cedar root, copper wire & preserved moss. Signed 2024.
Froggo6 photos
FroggoCommissioned
A carved frog and mushrooms in spalted wood. Signed 2024.
Reading Fairies4 photos
Reading FairiesCommission
Two fairies reading beneath a copper wire tree with glass leaves.
Filigree Leaf Tree3 photos
Filigree Leaf TreeSold
Copper wire with brass and copper filigree leaves on a live edge base.
Cedar Mailbox Post4 photos
Cedar Mailbox PostAt his shop
A cedar that came down in Hurricane Helene with a ninety degree bend already in it. After someone ran over his mailbox post, Charlie built this one for himself. It stands at the road outside the shop.
In the shop with the mark
In the shop with the markWoodruff, SC
Market day on Main Street
Market day on Main StreetRustic Roots booth
A gallery showing
A gallery showingDowntown Woodruff
Set up at the farm market
Set up at the farm marketA full table of work
At the bench, mid build
At the bench, mid buildThe shop
The maker
The makerCharles Shill
The Same Hands

What else these hands do

Charlie restores old trucks and hot rods. It is not the art, but it is the same hands, and it asks the same thing of him: patience, and no detail left unfinished. The center console in these photos was mocked up in cardboard first, taped and marked out by hand, before a single piece of metal was cut.

Stripped to the shell
Stripped to the shell
Mocked up in cardboard first
Mocked up in cardboard first
The console, fabricated
The console, fabricated
Finished inside
Finished inside
Back on its wheels
Back on its wheels

Restoration work is taken on by conversation. If you have a project, talk to Charlie.

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Many pieces like these have already found homes, but Charlie is always making more. Browse the collections, or ask him about a commission.

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