JWS Woodshop custom woodworking

Once again, we'll be participating in the Clarksville Commons Farmer's Market. This season the hours will be 9am to 1pm. We'll be there one Saturday each month and when we know our schedule we'll post it here. Make plans to come out and see us! 

I have been working with wood for over 40 years.  

I  started building for family and friends. Since retiring from academia and moving to Maryland I now also build for customers like you who want unique and lovely wood items. 

"Each flitch, each board, each plank can have only one ideal use.  the woodworker, applying a thousand skills, must find that ideal use and then shape the wood to realize it's true potential."

                                                                                                                      ~George Nakashima

Wood is fascinating to work with. The different species all have unique colors, hardness and grain patterns.  Wood "moves" with changes in ambient temperature and humidity. This unpredictability makes working with wood both challenging and joyful in terms of structure and aesthetics. I love the process of deciding which wood species to combine.

If you want a custom piece, I will work closely with you to choose the best wood species and design for your project.  If you want, I will send you pictures as we work through the different stages  of the design and build to make sure you're happy with how it looks.

We can customize most pieces with wood burning.  This would be an additional cost.   We have some pieces in stock and in the gallery that have hand burned artwork and/or lettering.

Over the past two years, I have transitioned to finishes that are every low  VOC, which means they cure (or dry) they aren't harmful to humans or the environment. The ones I use are also food safe.