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Handy Man
Brett Eichmann makes custom furniture, art pieces come to life
Handy Man
Brett Eichmann makes custom furniture, art pieces come to life
By Alison Ballin Batz
Brett Eichmann was born to build. Today, as the general manager of the Scottsdale Airpark’s own Indivisible Hardwoods + Creative Customs, Eichmann leads a team of professional woodworkers and craftsmen in what they like to call a quality revolution. This team of artisans is distinguishing the creative, highly skilled furniture and art pieces they are crafting for homeowners, commercial spaces and business owners across Arizona.
“I owe a lot of my passion for working with my hands to my dad, a mechanic and amateur handyman,” Eichmann said. “I vividly remember him getting me hand tools to use at just 10 years old.”
By high school, he was “on to power tools as well as woodshop, where he made his own cabinetry and then taught himself professional drafting techniques, simply so he could use a little more creativity in his handiwork.”
“While I initially moved to the Valley to study business management at Arizona State University, one day I was walking around campus and my eyes (and ears) latched on the unmistakable sound of a power saw,” Eichmann said. “That day, I learned ASU had a wood sculpture program, and it changed my life.”
Eichmann would later use coursework so he could enroll in the School of Art’s wood sculpture program while continuing with business courses. Soon, Eichmann’s name would become well known across campus and beyond when he collaborated with ASU on its award-winning Common Shop, a combination campus wood shop, metals lab, textiles classroom and screen-printing classroom.
“While at ASU, I was lucky enough to mentor under professor Tom Eckert, who has exhibited in more than 200 national and international exhibitions since 1966. His work is displayed throughout the United States and was part of the ‘Craft in America’ traveling exhibition as well,” Eichmann said, crediting Eckert for helping open his mind to understand that woodworking is as much art as science. “This allowed me to become a true creator of one-of-a-kind and functional art pieces as an adult.”
A degree in hand, not to mention the experience of a lifetime at the Common Shop, Eichmann began his professional career with “every intention of wood and design” before joining together with fellow “wood nerd” Jarod Huston — a fifth-generation master carpenter and entrepreneur — to open Indivisible Hardwoods + Creative Customs in 2021.
While the initial plan was to start small, due to overwhelming demand by designers and architects in the residential and commercial spaces as well as business owners and homeowners alike, in the last year Indivisible Hardwoods found a home in a 6,000-square-foot free-standing building in the Scottsdale Airpark.
“Our team of talented woodworkers excels at making a myriad of custom products, including bookcases, dressers, desks, floating shelves, built-in cabinetry, entertainment centers and more,” Eichmann said. “In addition to working with both interior designers and homeowners themselves to bring their ideas to life, we are a proud dealer of the best woodworking tools in the region for fellow professionals and hobbyists alike.”
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According to Eichmann, their clients in the build space commission a wide variety of furniture, from conference tables to gazebos.
“They come in with a picture in their mind or something from a magazine, and we walk them through the design process until our rendering matches their vision,” Eichmann said.
Beyond custom fabrication, Indivisible Hardwoods has already expanded, now serving as a top-tier retail destination.
“We know good hardwood and have amassed a selection that is not available anywhere else in the Southwest,” Eichmann said, estimating they have more than 80 species of exotic hardwoods from around the world and a large selection of high-quality tools and materials.
Because good products should only be paired with top-of-the-line tools, Indivisible Hardwoods has also grown to carry the largest selection of Festool products in Arizona, and Eichmann reports that they are, at present, the only Woodpecker dealer in the Southwest.
“We also carry SawStop, Hardcore Hammers, Knipex, Amana, Shaper, Sutherland Welles, Kutzall, NovalK, Anest Iwata, Apollo, Blue Spruce and a host of other premium brands,” he said. “It is a builder’s paradise on the grandest scale possible.”
So, what’s next for Eichmann and Indivisible Hardwoods?
“On the professional side, Indivisible has joined forces with Surecrete, a manufacturer of cutting-edge artisan concrete used in a wide range of creative applications,” he said. “As the only carrier of the product in Arizona, the partnership will be a game changer in our work as well as for other professionals on this side of the country. We also have plans to expand our space to take over the entire building by year’s end.”
And on the personal side?
“I am a new dad, so life is all about our little Millie right now,” Eichmann said. “In fact, my wife and I call her our foreman as she is watching us build a dream home by hand in our spare time on some property up north that we’ve invested in for the future.”
For more information, visit indivisiblehardwoods.com.