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Infrequent Posts from Paper Bird Studio
A Personal Update
I wanted to share a personal update about the shop. I’ve been navigating some ongoing health challenges that have made it harder than usual to keep pace with orders. The work still matters to me — I’m still in the shop most days…
Making Wall Easels, Autumn 2025
I’m back in the woodworking shop, building a small number of Tueller Wall Easels. This won’t be a full return—just a limited run of Model 266, Model 366, and Model 250 Wall Easels.
Burnout, Making Time for Art
After a decade of making wall easels, I’m at a crossroads. Burnout and physical strain have led me to a difficult decision: Taking an indefinite hiatus from easel making to give me some time to recover and to focus on my own art projects.
Back to Into the Woodworking Shop
I’m presently nearing completion on a large batch of model 266 wall easels. I’ll follow that with another batch of model 366 wall easels.
Update: The Roadmap for Fall 2020
This Summer, I built and shipped more wall easels than ever. Over several months of working overtime, I had produced the largest batch of parts yet. Feeling fairly confident that I had a few months worth of inventory, I resumed taking orders…
COVID-19 Update: Still Making Easels
Paper Bird Studio & Design remains open for online business at this time. Because I produce my products by myself and have no physical retail location, adherence to the social distancing, sanitation, and other relevant workplace guidelines…
Personal Struggles, Hope and Gratitude
I want to thank everyone who has sent me well wishes throughout my recent health problems. I really appreciate the many messages of good health, kindness, and understanding. Thank you. It’s been a challenging and uncertain time…
Adjustable Tension Canvas Holders
Because I’m always testing out new ideas for my own studio, I set out to develop an improved canvas holder design that would work with the Tueller Wall Easels. I’m pleased to introduce the new adjustable tension canvas holders.
Presenting Our Newest Wall Easel Designs
After many months of brainstorming, countless drawings, experiments, building and testing numerous prototypes, we have developed a couple of new wall-mounted artist easel designs that we are excited to show off…
Our New Brand – The Tueller Easel Company
When we started the Paper Bird Studio & Design website, we didn’t know we would end up making and selling easels. While a perfectly suitable name for our personal portfolio website, the name occasionally caused some confusion…
What’s New at Paper Bird Studio & Design
It’s been far too long since I’ve posted any updates. Here’s a brief overview of what’s new here at Paper Bird Studio & Design. I spent much of Summer/Fall 2017 recovering from an injury with a wood shaper that very nearly resulted in me losing fingers…
New Finish – Ebonized Oak Tueller Wall Easels
After much experimentation, I’ve settled on a process for finishing some wall easels with a deep, lustrous black finish. This is called ebonizing and is the result of a chemical reaction between iron acetate and tannins naturally present in some species of wood…