We collect with permission from private rivers and beaches all over New England. When we collect a stone, we want to make sure there will always be a replacement for future gatherers. So we purchase stones from a quarry, and for each stone we harvest, we ‘plant’ a new stone in the water. Over the years, the water tumbles the rough ‘seed’ into a smooth, rounded stone.

We salvage landfill-bound granite countertop remnants from local fabricators to create all of our polished stone work. Custom machines we made from used hydraulic industrial tools and mining equipment give these pieces their organic “chomped” edges without water-and-power-intensive edge polishing.

We source hardwoods from sawyers who support the Forest Stewardship Council, an international woodland conservation group. Plus, each year Sea Stones plants ten times the number of trees we use to create our work.

One of the greenest things we can all do is to reduce consumption. Our work is well made with durable materials, robust designs and solid manufacturing methods so it won’t need to be discarded and replaced. Everything we make comes with a lifetime guarantee which backs our commitment to durability.

To reduce our consumption of petroleum, our anti-plastic policy eliminates plastic as a component in all of our products. Any plastic used in our packaging is reused from packing materials we receive, as is the newspaper we use to wrap much of our work. In addition, we gather and shred landfill-bound cardboard from local businesses to make packing material.

• We print exclusively on recycled paper.
• Our Stone-Stemmed Wine Glasses are made with recycled glass.
• We collect and reuse surplus packing materials from local businesses.
• The cores from our Stone Napkin Rings are used to make our On The Rocks drink chillers, and the cores from our Drink Chiller Coasters are used to make our Picture Holders.
• The tools we build and our tradeshow booth make use of countless found and saved items.

The Sea Stones studio is entirely heated and cooled using geothermal heat pumps. Extracting energy from the groundwater in Mother Earth, there is zero combustion, zero use of oil or gas, and zero net water consumption. A relatively small amount of electricity is used to power the water pump and compressors. Ours is the first residential installation of geothermal heat pumps combined with radiant floors in New England.

Our studio is constructed in full compliance with the Energy Crafted Home program, which specifies energy-efficient construction techniques, minimum R-values, and leaktightness enforced with a blower door test. The result is a workspace that uses very little energy.