Kent & Lucy are both retired from the fire service in California. After starting as a volunteer firefighter, Kent then worked 30 years as a professional firefighter. Concurrently, he obtained his contractor’s license and operated as a general contractor for about 20 years. Kent retired as fire chief of Gold Ridge Fire District in Sonoma County.

Lucy also started her fire service career as a volunteer firefighter and retired from Santa Rosa Fire Dept. (Local 1401) as a fire inspector. They now live and work together on their beautiful wooded acreage in Southern Oregon.

In 2003, looking for a way to blend their interests and skills (and for a way Kent could justify a big, new woodworking shop), they decided to build handcrafted wood shadow boxes; resurrecting a small business venture they had conducted years ago.

Although they focus on emergency service personnel, as a way to preserve the honor and traditions of these professions, they also create memory shadow boxes for other professions, for collectibles and to commemorate weddings.

Together they design the layout of each box according to the items to be included. Kent then builds the box, hand finishes the wood & installs the items. Lucy handles sales, shipping and bookkeeping.