Welcome to Moosup Valley Designs

Moosup Valley Designs is owned by Rachel and Kirk Badeau of Foster, Rhode Island. Their love of animals, nature, and their rural surroundings is reflected in their work. The detail in Rachel’s work captures the deep feelings she has for animals and nature, and the whimsy in her pieces reflects her humor and wit.

Rachel’s work has progressed from scrimshaw jewelry 30 years ago to her 25 years of creating original hand colored, embossed etchings. Her current interests are in creating original hand carvings and engravings in fossilized ivory and antler. She also carves in wax and clay to create the shapes that she uses in creating her original engraved works that are then cast in resin.

Each piece of Rachel’s work is hand carved, engraved, and cast to pick up the fine line detail that is so characteristic of her art form. Each piece is then hand finished.