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22452 – Phone Holder from New England Fieldstone
$30.00
This Anything Holder is made from fieldstone end pieces. It was initially designed to hold a kitchen sponge on its side while the sunlight sanitizes. However, many customers enjoy using them to hold up a phone or tablet, for example while cooking. Others like to use for holding cards or printed documents.
1 in stock
This stone sponge holder was handcrafted from a fieldstone that we gathered at a farm in New England.
Each rock is unique in shape and color, comprised of metamorphic granite. Artisans craft each Sponge Holder from scratch in our Massachusetts studio using custom tools.
NOTE
Fieldstones being natural, have minor, non-structural fissures, pocks, scratches, chips, and other superficial flaws that we affectionately call beauty marks.
THE FARM–TO–TABLE STORY
About 8,000 years ago, icy glaciers pushed boulders into the soil of America’s Northeast. As a result, a fresh crop of rocks ‘grow’ each spring when the winter’s freeze-thaw cycles force buried stones upward, a process called granular convection.
In the 1890s, before the railroads opened up rock-free farmlands in other parts of the United States, farmers removing stones from their fields piled them into what eventually became 215,000 miles of stonewalls, a distance greater than from the earth to the moon!
These stonewalls became the folklore of poets like Robert Frost, and the landscape of the Northeast United States. Because clearing rocks is never complete, American Stonecraft partners with working farms to sustainably harvest their fresh rocks and transform them into functional heirlooms. Not only does this endeavor share geology that has never been seen before, but it helps support working farms, preserving open space and protecting the stonewalls that are so iconic to this region.
Like many of us, the founder of American Stonecraft, Gerald Croteau, fell in love with these archaeological stone ruins as a youth. However, he became an economist and founded American Stonecraft in his late 20s after seeing the inside of a fieldstone for the first time. He was amazed at what he had overlooked for so long, and realized that there was a sustainable supply of these rocks that farmers could share at their farmstands. Diamond tools (being a relatively modern invention) revealed amazing colors, patterns, and geologies in the humble New England farm-gathered fieldstone that he wanted to help share with others!
Gerald rolled up his sleeves, spent several years as an independent craftsman touring at local arts and crafts shows, and taught himself how to make a number of fascinating products. We are now a small team of artisans, and each piece is signed by its maker(s), and produced under Gerald’s direct supervision.
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- Hand wash a Food Slab with warm water and dish soap
- Use as a serving platter, trivet, or bucolic accent
- Safe (and recommended for!) chilling in fridge or freezer
- Not designed for microwave, dishwasher, or oven use
- Use as a serving platter, trivet, or bucolic accent
- Safe (and recommended for!) chilling in fridge or freezer
- Not designed for microwave, dishwasher, or oven use
- Orders $40 and up ship free. Otherwise shipping is a flat $10 for addresses in the contiguous U.S., with no limits on the number of items per order for either option.
- Orders arrive safely, and we pack your orders with care and attention. Pricing information is never included in the package, and receipts are only sent to the purchaser.
- We aim to process orders received by 10 am EST Monday - Friday by the following day. We strive to ship your order fast so you get it ASAP but we do this by hand, but Gerald (also the person writing this) is the person doing the shipping too.
- Orders ship from Lowell, MA either USPS or UPS. Transit time via USPS is typically 1-2 business days, and occasionally 3 business days for destinations farther from our Massachusetts studio. UPS shipments, typically heavier items or orders going across the country, may take 4-5 days.
- You will receive a tracking number for your package via email when we ship the item. Check your spam folder if this email is missing.
- We use recyclable green packaging and kraft paper void fill. This does not sacrifice the safety of your item. You can also compost the boxes once you remove any plastic tape. Boxes are branded by hand with a hot iron. Smell them!
- International Shipping is available. Please email the product Serial Number you would like to purchase and your destination address so we can quote the cost.
- If you wish to make a return or exchange from a website purchase, please contact us within two weeks of your purchase to initiate the process. Exchanges are no charge, we will send you a return shipping label, so save your packaging. Returns must be approved prior to shipping and are subject to a $20 fee. We will email your return shipping label and all items must be packaged in original packaging for safe transit back to Massachusetts.
