
Profile
Watson Springs is a coalition of artists and craftsmen that allows us to incorporate a wide range of diversity in each piece including, but not limited to: design, wood working, blacksmithing, metal castings, plaster molds, polyurethane molds, stone casting and stone carvings.
Our staff is made up of professionals trained at the Atlanta School of Art, with Bachelors of Fine Arts in sculpture from Northern Michigan University, Masters of Fine Arts in sculpture from the University of Georgia and Bachelors of Science in Forestry and Masters of Science in wood utilization from the University of Georgia. Our team of craftsmen has a long history of producing unique pieces in quality homes and businesses throughout the southeast. This experience allows us to provide innovative craftsmanship and solutions to any project.

Principals
Richard Shrader
Landus Bennett
Services
- Carvings
- Custom Furniture
- Architectural Pieces
- Design
- Master Molds
- Moldings
- Stone-castings
- Metal-castings
- Blacksmithing
- Polyurethane Products
- Historical Restoration
- Saw Mill
- Kiln Drying
- Installation

Awards/Publications
- United States Patent 6,772,569
Tongue and groove Panel - United States Patent Application 20040105950
Composite wood board having an alternating tongue and groove arrangement along a pair of edges - United States Patent Application 20040206037
Method for making tongue and groove panel - United States Patent Application 20050246998
Building including a roof manufactured with a plurality of composite wood boards each having alternating tongue and groove arrangements along pairs of edges - United States Patent Application 20080209836
Contained Load Transfer Device for Wood Sheathing Products and Roof Construction Method Therewith - Awarded front cover of Oconee County Art Federation Calendar 1997
- Merit Award 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition Lyndon House Art Center: Athens, Georgia
- Southern Humor Award "Art With A Southern Drawl" University of Mobile: Mobile, Alabama
- First Place, three dimensional division "Georgia Marble Festival": Jasper, Georgia
- Merit Award 20th Annual Juried Exhibition Lyndon House Art Center