About — BackScratch Art

It began with a worn corner

BackScratch Art began with paint rubbed off a doorway molding — years of shoulders pressed against the same spot. The ritual is ancient. People have always scratched their backs on the corners of their homes. The walls carry the proof.

Our founder decided the wall deserved better. Not a gadget bolted to a doorframe — a sculpture. Something guests would admire before they understood it. Something shaped like a tree trunk, finished like fine art, and claiming the one wall no painting can hang on: the outside corner.

That became a collection of five trunk sculptures — pinecone, squirrel, and evergreen forms — each made with attention to texture, proportion, and the quiet dignity of a well-made object. The need is folk. The form is fine. That is the oldest story in American craft.

Save your corners

Your walls already tell the story

Paint worn off a doorway molding corner from years of back scratching — **Before:** paint worn off the molding — the corner everyone scratches on.

Pinecone trunk sculpture mounted on a white archway corner — **After:** the same kind of corner, wearing sculpture instead of scratches.

Philosophy

Function without apology

Most art has one rule: do not touch. Ours has the opposite rule. It sits in the corner, catches the lamplight, and waits for your back. Art you use every day becomes part of the ritual of the house.

“The best objects in a home are the ones that make you pause — and then make you smile when you learn their secret.”— BackScratch Art

Process

Artwork, finished by hand

Each trunk is sculpted and finished individually — bark texture, pinecones, carvings, or evergreen toppers built by hand. Five finishes are five moods of the same idea. No two pieces leave the studio identical.

We can discuss finish tone and series choice during your inquiry. Your corner, your reach height, your room's palette.

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Whether you are browsing the collection or ready to discuss your corner, reach out.