Did you know that sometimes life comes through devastation? This is true of the Sequoia pinecone and can also be seen in the troubles of life.

My guest for this conversation - Vince Black of Blackcone - shares his personal experience with finding beauty and life in the midst of devastation. After losing his oldest son to leukemia in 2022, Vince had to fight to learn that beauty can indeed come from what only feels like death and loss. Whereas lathe-turning started as an outlet for his grief, it has become a source of redemptive creativity.

Blackcone works primarily with wood that has been discarded or devastated by Colorado wildfires and beetle kill. Each piece is transformed into a striking and beautiful work of art. The wood is given new life and, in this, each piece is a marker of hope.

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