Recycled Timber Gifts for Everyone on Your Christmas List
December 2024
How often do recycled timber gifts show up under your Christmas tree? Probably not too often! Recycling timber isn’t easy—it’s time-consuming, labour-intensive work, and there aren’t many makers who choose to use it in their products.
For us, though, recycling timber is what we do best (alongside designing and making beautiful custom furniture and joinery, of course). Reducing waste has always been at the heart of our work.
Our range of gifts is one way we’re tackling timber waste. By creating smaller designs, we’re able to use shorter offcuts that might otherwise end up as firewood. These thoughtful pieces make for special Christmas gifts that are built to last—and, with any luck, might even spark a few conversations about recycling, waste, and the circular economy.
Here’s a rundown of our recycled timber gifts—shop online or pop into our workshop to purchase.
NOTE: Order by December 17 and we can post it out to you, or come into our workshop in Canberra on or before Saturday December 21 and pick up a special Chrissy gift.
SOMETHING FOR THE GARDEN-LOVER…
POLLEN PLANTER & SEAT TOP
[$251.00 - $576.00]
The Pollen Planter is part of the newly released Urban Sanctuary range—a collection of modular garden elements made from recycled and remilled Australian hardwoods, designed around a distinctive hexagonal footprint. Pair it with a Pollen Seat Top and Tesserae Decking Tiles to create cosy seating arrangements, perfect for transforming your space into an intimate garden sanctuary.
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TESSERAE DECKING TILES
[$61.88]
Our Tesserae Decking Tiles are parallelogram-shaped tiles that tessellate into a hexagon, forming intriguing honeycomb-like patterns. Combine them with Pollen Planters and Seat Tops to create unique landscaping infrastructure and seating in an intimate garden sanctuary. Tesserae Tiles can be easily laid on hard surfaces using our recycled plastic Tesserae Connectors to join and support.
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SOMETHING FOR THE CREATIVE SOUL…
SMALL MEMORIES - 50% off!!
[$470.00 - $755.00]
The Small Memories sculptural series is an investigation by designer Geoff Farquhar-Still into low carbon creativity. Made using a plant-based additive 3D printing system and finished with a fine metal powder on the surface, the carbon impact is dramatically lowered when compared to traditional metal casting processes.
50% OFF THE FOLLOWING PIECES NOW: Casuarina Seed Pod (iron), Spotted Gum Seed Pod (bronze), Blackbutt Seed Pod (iron), and Tassie Oak Leaf (iron).
Use code ‘SmallMemories50’ at checkout or click the link below which will automatically apply the discount.
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SPIN PIN
[$120.00]
Showcasing the recycled nails painstakingly extracted from demolition timbers in the Thor's Hammer workshop, each Spin Pin brooch has its own allure, with unique bends and twists. Designed and made by Australian public art sculptor and stainless steel fabricator Geoff Farquhar-Still in his Launceston studio.
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SOMETHING FOR THE Adventurous…
SKYLARK HANGBOARD
[$230.00]
Made in close consultation with the Canberra climbing community, the Skylark Hangboard is the ultimate training board, with everything from jugs to slopers, pockets, monos and crimps — all made in recycled timber. All holds are generously sized to suit large and small hands. The in-cut shaping and sloped face give inspiration for those gnarly overhangs and steep climbs.
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BOX OF BRIQUETTES
[$20.00]
Our briquettes are made from recycled hardwood sawdust, collected by dust extraction from all the machines in our workshop and compressed using an RUF Briquetting Press from Germany. They burn efficiently in both home fireplaces and outdoor campfires too! Briquette Boxes include 12 briquettes per box—a great option if you want to test out the briquettes to see if they’re right for you before ordering a half or full pallet.
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NB. We only offer shipping for Briquette Boxes within the ACT, to avoid an unnecessarily large carbon footprint.
SOMETHING FOR THE STUDIOUS…
ZAG STACK
[$120.00]
Versatile recycled timber blocks with a striking zigzag detail. The Zag Stack is a functional and playful office companion, designed for raising your monitor screen to an ergonomic height. Also useful as a bookend, or for organising desk and drawer items - pens fit perfectly in the zags. Comes as a set of three different thickness blocks for ultimate adaptability.
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SIT/ STAND DESK
[from $2,390.00.00]
Recycled hardwood top, adjustable sit / stand desks; perfect for continuing healthy movement throughout the day, reducing fatigue, back pain and even stress. The adjustable height electric base comes with 3 programmable height settings, and you can choose your desktop from any of our 100% recycled Australian timbers.
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SOMETHING FOR THE HOMEBODY…
SPROUT COAT STAND
[$884.00]
A collaborative creation between SKEEHAN Studio and Thor's Hammer, Sprout is a freestanding coat stand with an arboreal inspiration. Seamless lap joints emphasise the elegant interplay of grain direction with sprout-like coat holders effortlessly nestling into the uprights — a fusion of modern design and fine joinery.
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DRY VASE
[$275.00]
The Dry Vase is perfect for displaying arrangements of dry native flowers, grasses and twigs. Thor originally designed this vase for an exhibition inspired by Enrico Taglietti's architecture. The half lapped mitre joint refers to a recurring form in Enrico's work.
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GREEN WOOD PLANT STAND
[$200.00 - $220.00]
The natural hand shaped timbers of the Green Wood Plant Stand are a perfect complement for indoor plants, and the tripodal design makes it a stable and sturdy support. Made by master bodger Jan Saltet at his Tharwa workshop, using minimal materials with minimal fuss. Jan also makes our Green Wood Dining Chairs.
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SOMETHING FOR THE FOODIE…
CLOVER CHEESEBOARD & KNIFE SET
[$225.00 - $540.00]
Designed to complement a set of three cheese knives made by local metalsmiths Ferro Forma, the three leaves of the Clover Cheeseboard can be separated to easily pass around the table, or kept together for a stunning centrepiece. The sculpted curves mirror the playfully folded metal of the Ferro Forma knives.
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MAHLZEIT PLATTER
[$390.00 - $590.00]
Communal platters for celebrating life’s special occasions with friends and family – extra long for extravagant cheese, fruit and nut arrangements. Similar to a table runner or charcuterie board. Mahlzeit is the Austro-Germanic greeting used around meal times to convey anticipation for and enjoyment of the meal ahead.
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B&T BOARDS & PLANKS
[$108.00 - $130.00]
Our B&T Boards are a design collaboration between Brian Tunks from Bisonhome & our founder and owner, Thor Diesendorf. Ideal for serving your favourite cheese or slicing fresh bread, they’re available in either the shorter breadboard option, or in its longer iteration, the Plank, in recycled Mixed Ash and Blackbutt. Finished with food safe grapeseed oil.
UPCYCLED BREADBOARDS
[$65.00 - $130.00]
Our signature range of upcycled timber breadboards are made from high-quality recycled Australian hardwood offcuts, saved from the projects and pieces we make here at Thor’s Hammer. We make new offcuts breadboards and cheeseboards regularly.
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Can’t decide? How about a Gift Card?
Give the gift of timber and divert some beautiful Australian hardwood from landfill. Eligible for:
Anything from our online store - SHOP NOW
High quality dressed timber offcuts from the rack (great for woodworkers and makers wanting high quality timber that’s dressed and ready to use), or stunning natural edge slabs - LEARN MORE
A contribution to any of our custom furniture or joinery, or timber supplies (such as flooring, cladding or decking), to help out a loved one with a home renovation or high quality furniture purchase - EXPLORE ALL PRODUCTS
Or a contribution to your loved one's dream piece of furniture, or home renovation - click to see more
Whether you’re after something big or small, our gifts are made right here in Canberra by local craftspeople who know their stuff. They’re built to last and come with a story—recycled timber saved from landfill and turned into something special. Who knows, it might even get the family talking at Christmas lunch and thinking about supporting local, sustainable businesses next time they’re gift shopping.
Photos by Rohan Thomson.