Stone Forest Sinks
15 June 2010
“A Walk in the Stone Forest”
One of the more intriguing concepts I have come across for small bathrooms is the vessel sink. I like it because it is a way of bringing some pizzazz to a small bathroom, and since we have been “blessed” with two five-by-nine beauties with just enough room for shower/tub, toilet and vanity/sink, I am always on the search for something that can be used to spice up those rooms, to make them something, if not endlessly luxurious like some of the bathrooms I often feature here, at least interesting enough so that guests, upon using them for the first time will at least have a compliment or two, as opposed to a polite shrug.
But if we can get a nice vanity, and cabinetmaker me says we can, then a nice vessel sink would do much to enliven the environs. And that brings me back to one of my favorite subjects in these blogs, namely Stone Forest from Santa Fe, New Mexico. I like them for any number of reasons, starting with
the integrity with which they approach both their product line and their business model. I like the fact that they have artisans in their employ; and I especially like the fact that their products are actually made here in the USA by American craftsmen, because so few things are these days.
But, in the end, it’s all about the sinks, because if they aren’t up to scratch, as the British put it, no one’s much going to care where they are made. And that brings us to the selection of vessel sinks the people at Stone Forest have created since I last visited them. And that’s the other thing I find myself so much admiring about this company, the sheer artistic output, one idea after another, all of them gorgeous.
The onyx sink that tops this blog is very much a case in point, but, as always with those who create, their innovation is essentially endless. Their output is such that I have every confidence that I could visit their website every ninety days and come away with enough material for half a dozen blogs. The Onyx Wabi Vessel with its delicate purplish color, to give yet another example, would introduce a wonderfully delicate touch to milady’s bathroom.
And the other fascinating thing, for me 
at least, is that they do not, despite the company name, confine themselves to working only in stone. They have begun to venture out in other materials, such as the bamboo sink we show here. Bamboo, especially with the catastrophe still unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico, is one of the more cutting-edge materials these days, simply because it is so ecologically sound. There are bamboo forests in China that actually grow at a rate of four feet a day!
But again, it still comes back to the design, because regardless of how good it may be for the environment, no one much wants a stodgy item in their home. Well, sir! These sinks would brighten up any bathroom, even ours! And yours too, no doubt. And do so for as long as you want them to, because they’re more than a thing of beauty, you know. They’ve been harvested from a Stone Forest.
Joseph
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