Treen means taken from the tree, a word used in the old days for the wooden things the man of the house would make to use in the home, wooden spoons, dough bowls, rolling pins, spinning wheels and even baby cradles and outside on the homestead he would make handles for his hammers, garden tools, plows, even the signal tree used for the horses to pull the plows. Today treenware is the word used to
describe the wooden things used to cook with in the kitchen. When I started doing craft shows in the spring of 88, that line makes me feel like I’m in a John Wayne movie every time I refer to the 20th century. Back to the subject, when I started doing craft shows I needed a name for my business, so me being the naive person I was then and still am sometimes, I thought I could make anything out of wood, even though I can’t cut two pieces of wood the same length. If I had been making spoons back in the 19th century I would have been known as Karen Davis the spoonmaker from Sunbright, so when I needed to sign my spoons so folks would know they were mine, Charles and I made a brand “KDS”, the “KD” is for Karen Davis and the “S” is for Sunbright. So if you have a spoon with “KDS” branded onto the back of handle, you know I made it. Staying with the idea that I could make anything out of wood, I made the boys a couple baseball bats and in 1989 I decided I would make a Baseball cap, I used buckeye wood which is soft. Being a beginner at woodworking the cap ended up a little heavy but looked like a cap so I was pleased. In 1993 I made the Cowboy hat, it is made out of buckeye as well. When the grandkids were little they wanted to wear them, in these photos they are trying to see which hat fits which one the best.
