Get Out of Your Head. Into Your Hands.
The easiest premium experience you can book for retreats, corporate groups, destinations and tour operators.
We provide the experience.
We bring everything needed for a memorable, fully facilitated soapstone sculpting experience— then set it up, run it and clean it up.
Book an Experience → ▶ Watch the Experience You Have the People.
We Provide the Experience.
Your team shouldn't have to become activity coordinators. Your guests shouldn't have to bring anything. And your staff shouldn't have to worry about what happens before, during or after the experience.
We handle it all.
We Set It Up.
Everything arrives with us.
We Run It.
Professional facilitation from start to finish.
We Clean It Up.
Then we're out of your way.
You Already Have the People.
We Add the Experience.
A premium hands-on experience designed to fit seamlessly into your existing program.
Retreats
Give participants something meaningful to do with their hands, with room for deeper reflection and connection.
Explore Retreats →Destinations
Add an experience that gives visitors something they can't simply see from the sidelines.
Explore Destinations →Tour Operators
A premium, easy-to-integrate experience for itineraries, incentive programs and conferences.
Explore Tour Operators →Corporate Groups
Build connection, focus and creativity with a screen-free experience your team will remember.
Explore Corporate →A Premium Experience Without the Premium Hassle.
Location Independent
Your location or ours—indoors or outdoors.
Weather Independent
Rain doesn't have to ruin the plan.
Fully Managed
You don't facilitate. We do.
Self-Contained
We bring what we need.
Beginner Friendly
No artistic experience required.
Rapidly Deployable
Available on short notice when we have capacity.
A Piece of Stone.
A Few Tools.
Something They'll Remember.
At the centre of every USE experience is something wonderfully simple: the opportunity to create something with your own hands.
- No artistic ability required.
- No previous experience.
- No pressure to "be creative."
- A tactile, engaging experience.
- Something tangible to take home.
One Experience.
Different Ways to Deliver It.
Whether you have an hour between conference sessions or several days at a retreat, we have a format that can fit your program.
Worry Stone
The fast-entry USE experience when time is the critical constraint.
Learn More →GOACE
More time. A larger project. More room to explore and reflect.
Learn More →Studio
A progressive, recurring experience designed primarily for private schools.
Learn More →Retreats
Deeper experiential programming for retreat centres and leadership groups.
Learn More →Trusted by Leading Organizations
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We Also Work With Organizations
Outside Our Primary Markets.
Schools
Educational, hands-on experiences delivered directly to students.
Libraries & Community
Public programming and accessible creative experiences.
Public Workshops
Opportunities for individuals and families to experience USE directly.
Agencies & Organizations
Custom programming where a fully facilitated experience is the right fit.
Michael Emery
Michael combines facilitation, creativity and experiential learning to create experiences that people remember.
USE isn't designed around simply teaching people to carve. It's designed around creating an experience that works for the organization booking it—and is meaningful for the people participating.
Meet Michael → Give Your People
Something They'll Remember.
You already have the group. We provide the experience.
Book an Experience →Tell us about your group, your location and your timing. We'll take it from there.