Welcome

Doug Adams Creates: “Distinctive Handmade Wooden Gifts, Wares and Art”

Our aim is to enhance your home with beauty from pieces mostly functional that reflect nature. Nature creates so many amazing colors, patterns and forms. We put things together to accentuate the odd or different knot or grain pattern.
Nature is the artist, we display and bring it to you.

About the Artist

Doug Adams

Fairfield, Iowa

Doug Adams was born in Melrose, Massachusetts. In 1970 he started a leatherwork business, which funded his college education. After graduating from Nasson College in Maine with a B.S. in biology he started a sculpture business in Berkshire County Massachusetts with his brother, Randy.

In 1977 he also began studying woodworking with Master Craftsman Jim Lovejoy of Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Always a man who loved creating 3 dimensional objects, Doug was inspired by Mr. Lovejoy to create beautiful functional designs.

In 1980 Doug moved to Fairfield, Iowa where he established his own custom furniture making business. In 1990 the University (MUM) located in Fairfield, asked him to establish and teach a new program, “Fine Furniture and Woodworking”.

Educating students in a disappearing craft was a huge fulfillment. He continued this for 23 years. Fourteen years were spent teaching a 4 year certificate program and during the next 9 years he taught 1 month woodworking courses through the University’s Art and Sustainable Living Departments so that more students could enjoy this gift.
All the while Doug was building most of the furniture for the University.

Doug continued his own creative pursuits throughout those busy teaching years, and showed his work in private shows and many galleries in Iowa.

In 2013 Doug retired from formal teaching and custom furniture making to put all his attention on his love of less functional works of art be they sculptures or inlaid mosaic wood.

Wire Trees & Woodwork

Wire Trees

Wire Trees

Trees

Man Trays

Man Trays

Man Trays Our man trays are small trays with hardwood sides and hardwood and exotic middles. Many use the man tray for a place to put their pocket things at …

Salt & Pepper Shakers

Salt & Pepper Shakers

Salt & Pepper Shakers My salt and pepper shakers are made from a central piece of wood, sometimes walnut, cherry, poplar, and spalted soft maple. Many have interesting overlays of …

Journal Books

Journal Books

Journal books are small and large, both with blank pages for writing, drawing, inserting photos and many more uses. They are bound with a leather cord. Call or email to …

Contact Information

The Twisted Tree is located in Fairfield, Iowa. 641-919-7614- dadams@mum.edu

Take a look at the Shows and Galleries page. We have 3 galleries our art is found and that page also has a list of the current fairs and shows we are attending.

If you are interested in purchasing something, please email what you are looking for and we will let you know what we have and what shows we will attending or if a gallery near you is carrying that item. Some of the pieces can be mailed.
As everything we create is one of a kind, we may not have the piece that you see in the pictures in the website. If you are interested in a particular piece, email us the item # of the one you like and we will email pictures similar to that piece if we do not that one.