Let's improve our relationship with material goods. The world has designed itself into a corner with cheap materials and questionable labour markets. All media is an infinite scrolling feed with addiction engines deciding what to show you, accelerating our worst habits, including waste culture. Our material possessions should be made better, last longer, and mean more to us. Let's move the needle toward change for the better.
To us, that means ethically-crafting useful goods that impact their owners on multiple levels, suggesting there's more to material goods than a couple years of use and a trip to the landfill.
what we do
Anything that can be made from wood, should be made from wood. Our addiction to injection molded plastic profit margins has killed our ability to repair our stuff, and nearly evaporated skillful crafting jobs. Fine woodworking is slow, and if you couldn’t tell; we think that’s kinda the point. Plenty of time to ensure we’re responsibly turning raw materials into something valuable, influencing every part from design to packaging.
Using raw kiln-dried hardwood and a process of timeless fine woodworking skills, modern machinery, and modern design, we craft useful goods that will last longer than you.
when it started
Wood is an ancient carbon capture technology. When you make something from wood, the carbon is stored inside for as long as the product exists. People have been building sustainable goods from it forever, but lately it's a dying medium for products. We're changing that!
Brent started Biglow Woodcraft in 2015 to pursue his own need to create. He rented the back of an upholstery shop which turned out to be the perfect starting point. With access to proper machinery and a constant stream of luxury furniture, it laid the groundwork for the future of his business.
Biglow Woodcraft has since grown to a team of six people. We operate out of an old car wash building in Winnipeg, with our own big machines, and we make our own fine products.
