It’s that time again: the tide slows, the light softens, and I find myself looking back over the year — not just at the pieces I made, but at what this craft has become. 2025 has been a wild ride for Hardwood Tides: creative breakthroughs, new commissions, old slabs given new life, and continued growth as an artist on the Sunshine Coast. Here’s a peek behind the resin gloss and into what the year meant, how it shaped my hands (and heart), and what I’m paddling toward next. Wh