J & S TURNINGS

We have taken workshops, private lessons, network with other wood workers and continue to evolve our style and work by experimenting with different creative methods to make our pieces artistically unique. We mix and mold a lot of the resin blanks that we turn on the lathe. A distinctive pen design of ours uses authentic vintage postage stamps (purchased from a local stamp collector) that we wrap on a pen tube. We then clear caste mold over the stamps to create the blanks that we turn on the lathe for the pen body. We use exotic imported woods from around the world as well as local repurposed Missouri woods. In addition, we segment wood to make creative wood blanks, unique segmented wood bookmarks with hand turned beads leather laced through the ends of the bookmarks, fine family heirloom wood cutting boards, wood serving/charcuterie boards and wood wine bottle/wine glass holders. The bookmarks have a quote lasered on them that famous people have said. We also create custom pieces and..