TINA HOFFER

By blending two of nature’s alluring elements, wood and Stone, tina creates functional, culinary accessories. Her Cutting boards, serving platters, dipping trays and spinning gathering boards will elevate your daily or special OCCASIONS.

Tina METICULOUSLY searches through arborists’ woodlots looking for the perfectly flawed, cracked and knot filled hardwoods that other WOODWORKERS pass by because of these deficits. She chooses manageable pieces of wood that will be enhanced with Stone like Turquoise, Malachite, Lapis and CHRYSOCOLLA and inlays these into the cracks and voids. Following a similar method to the japanese art of Kintsugi, where broken and fractured pottery is mended with gold or silver dust, thereby restoring the fragments to a functional and more beautiful piece.

tina grew up in Ontario, Canada. As a child, she discovered a passion for woodworking by watching her dad in his own shop. in 1990 she moved to Colorado and started a family. While her children were young, Tina turned her garage into a wood shop where she could escape and explore the beauty of woodworking.

Tina currently lives in Lafayette, Colorado where she spends her time wood working, playing with her dog and enjoying live arts with her close friends. Her work can be found at various fine art craft Festivals and Farmers Markets in Boulder Valley, denver, vail valley and the front range.

retail locations throughout the Colorado include:

-Mountain Kind

308A South Main St., Breckenridge, CO. 917-309-7837

-William and Tulaire

2359 Main St., Littleton, CO 80120 303-730-8521