Respectful Transitions

14/12/2018

LAST CALL 2018 Pricing/Investment.
Short Story:
Investment for TreeArt Tripling

Long Story:
Triple your price and offer a discount - sage advice?

In 2009 an artist representative saw me at my first public display and exhorted: "triple your price is immediately and offer a discount".
(Unbeknownst to me “some” people like discounts....)

She was right - for what I was creating in 2009 at the $395 investment level, artist were selling then, and now, for multiples of what I have been asking - not even considering that I harvest and custom create from YOUR TREE!

From that wisdom, and the possible continuance of what I do as an artist, this is my path for 2019 - my beginning investment will be $1,200 (and no discounts).

If that aligns with your path as an “custom/original art” appreciator, feel free to contact me after the first of the year to open discussions about what’s possible for you and your trees.

If you’ll end up feeling “left in the dust” (and then Really can’t afford it) connect with me before December 24th to lock in one my last $595s of my career.

Notes
1. Send Replies/Request to: [email protected]

2. If you’re new to my work, and haven’t seen any of my media exposure, please feel free to check out the links below - or scroll back through my posts.

3. If you don’t have a tree that wants to gift you a branch for transformation, I have the following species lined up for removal and can take them down (harvest) anytime:
Red Cedar
Black Cherry
Boxelder
Aspen
Cottonwood
Mulberry
Buckthorn

Recently Harvested and available:
White Birch
River Birch
Oak
Apple
Ginko

4. Media Links:
CBS/WCCO News
Easing Transitions From Home With Tree Art
CBS News Story: http://youtu.be/i98B_rYgG0Y
Printed version: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2010/11/25/easing-transitions-from-home-with-tree-art/

Augsburg College Article
ARTIST TOM PETER GIVES AUGSBURG ELMS NEW LIFE
www.augsburg.edu/alumni/tag/trees/

Los Angeles County Arboretum
A 150-year-old tree is getting new life in Arboretum event
http://www.sgvtribune.com/2017/11/28/a-150-year-old-tree-is-getting-new-life-in-arboretum-event/

Woodworkers Journal
TOM PETER: ARBORIST WOODTURNER CREATES PIECES RICH WITH EMOTIONAL MEANING



Website with testimonials:
http://www.RespectfulTransitions.com

5. My Deepest Gratitude for my fb friends today and always.....

I am - Respectfully yours,

Thomas A. Peter
Arborist/Artist
www.RespectfulTransitions.com
CBS News Story: http://youtu.be/i98B_rYgG0Y
952-250-0115

Respectful Transitions creates art as unique as the trees from which they come.  

26/11/2018

The Jury is Out, The Winner is IN
My 2018 Design/Image of the Year

On the delicate underside of a one-in-a-lifetime commission vessel, this image captures the essence of a tree's journey into expansion.
At the point of bifurcation, or branching-out, a new branch "sends back" it's magic in a way that can only be wondered about.....
Why not shoot straight away?
Why linger and conjoin?
As if to "reach back in" to the original branch, the new branch leaves a sign for us to witness, that at the point of departure, there is sweet and utter magic that lives on.....

Only Mother Nature can create such magic, and I....
I am blessed enough to reveal it.

30/11/2017

30/11/2017

30/11/2017

Amazing.....

03/12/2016

Galleria Weekend ! Hey Twin City Friends - I will be showing my new TreeArt Selection this weekend at the Galleria Pottery Barn. Several current commission projects, some new designs, my CBS/WCCO pieces: http://youtu.be/i98B_rYgG0Y , and a few personal favorites. Stop on by Sat. 10-8 or Sun. 11-6 if you are out and about !!

The channel 4 video from Thanksgiving day 2010 about Tom Peter, and Respectful Transitions. Used with Permission.

08/10/2015

Exciting News! I was chosen to honor the "Augsburg Elms" as they were moved-on due to disease. Along with my "First Fruits Vessel" I've found utter magic and transformed it into 15 vessels for Auggie Alumni and others.
AND - will be taking orders for additional "custom creations" at Saturday's "Taste of Augsburg" Homecoming event in Murphy Park. Stop by if you'd like to see them or order your own "Piece of History"

http://www.augsburg.edu/alumni/2015/10/06/artist-tom-peter-gives-augsburg-elms-new-life/

11/02/2015

In THE RIGHT PLACE !

09/02/2015

From Tree to Art in 4 Days

06/02/2015

CBS/WCCO News Story "How it's Done"

04/02/2015

Vessel 3 Ready to Hollow out - love the smell of fresh cut Cedar !

04/02/2015

1st 3 SweetHearts !
Spinning & Finishing Today

03/02/2015

Cedar Down, Oaks Breathing....

03/02/2015

Red Cedar down
Beauty Up !
52 growth rings counted..
(what were you d**g in 1963 when this was a seedling?)

03/02/2015

Red Cedar Down...(yet still standing)
3 (very) Large pieces ready to transform.

Note all Space for the Oaks to Grow Into !

Another Respectful Transition....

03/02/2015

SweetHeart Series Vessels available for Valentine’s Day !
(Anniversaries, Weddings, and other Lovely Events too)
Email me: [email protected]

In the case you’d like to give your “Sweetheart” something singularly unique for Valentine’s Day, I will be creating several of my “Sweetheart Series” Vessels next week for delivery by Valentine’s Day.
They will be created from a Red Cedar Tree growing near the confluence of the Mississippi and St Croix Rivers at the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

I create these vessels in “pairs” to represent “togetherness” by crafting both from a single log (which you see in the pictures below from V-Day 2014)

Literally coming from “The One”, being created together and individually at the same time, they model the highest form of relationship: Individuals Together as One.

My initial vision for them was to nurture the concept “When Two Become One” as gift ideas for Weddings and Anniversaries,

While “pairs” are popular for SweetHearts, so are individual pieces from the Red Cedar

My favorite customer story to date is about friend wanting to celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary. They’d planted a hawthorne tree at their new home, only for it to die 10 years later. After “saving a piece" of the special tree in the garage for 5 years, he connected with me and asked if I could make a custom creation - which I was honored to do.
When I delivered the vessel a couple weeks later, he pulled out a small gem bag, slid 15 red crystal hearts into the vessel, held it up and said “what do you think?”. Through tears of inspired joy I could only say “That’s one in a million - just like you”

If you’d like to have a single or a pair for your Sweetheart or yourself:
Please email me at [email protected]
(do not reply here or private message)
I will be happy to send you details.

10/01/2015

On my Way to Arizona and California for some Respectful Transitions!
I will be transforming trees in/from Sedona, Phoenix, SanDiego, Encinitas, San Luis Obispo, and San Francisco.

If you have a favorite AZ or CA City you'd like a custom vessel created from, let me know - we can arrange it.
I will be going through Oklahoma City, Amarillo TX, Albuquerque NM, & Flagstaff as well.
(connect with me @ [email protected])

12/12/2014

Hello Friends! Please be sure to check out my Etsy store to see a few of the items available for sale.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/BranchThrough?ref=ss_profile

Welcome to Branch Through! We are proud to offer these museum quality, natural-edge, lathe-turned vessels to you. As a Certified Arborist, the

05/07/2014

26 Species at The Party !