So many things can be made from the beauty of wood, and wood comes in so many colors.  All of our products are presented with the natural color of the wood - no paint.  We also use only sustainable wood, some of it found locally.  Below are some of Rick's creations.

Clocks make an excellent wedding gift with the symbol of time being significant in longevity of the marriage.

Rick specializes in mixing different woods for his original designs.  Here is the current inventory of our products.  Click on a thumbnail to see a larger image.

The frames take some explanation.  They are unique, gorgeous and clever.  The frames are all 5 x 7, and one of the 4 sides is attached with strong magnets.  No more fumbling with the awkward clips on the backs of frames.  You pop off the frame bar on the front, slide your photo in with acrylic cover, and snap the piece back on.  Rick says it's almost as fast as the digital kind ;-)  They also come with an L-shaped base for displaying the picture the tall way or long way, and the base is also attached with magnets.  When placed the long way, you can also raise it to look like a pedistal.  You have to see them in person to believe it.  PATENT PENDING

This is what the back looks like:

Each frame is $53 including the wood base, acrylic sheet and instructions.  Buy a mirror tile for an additional $3.  Also, pictures are not included - you will have to provide your own.  If you really want ours, that is an additional $5.

3395 - Walnut on Curly Maple		3722 - Holly on Red Oak		3942 - Holly		4085 - Curly Maple & Spalted Sycamore on Walnut
4357 - Curly Maple on Maple		4360s - SOLD Satinwood & Osage Orange on Makore		4370 - Curly Maple & Locust on English Walnut		4383 - White Oak & Makore on Walnut
4386 - Curly Maple & Lacewood on Curly Maple		4392 - White Oak, Makore, Walnut & Locust on Walnut		4402 - Curly Maple & Lacewood on Curly Maple		4409 - Osage Orange on English Walnut
4417 - Purpleheart, Lacewood, Padauk & Satinwood on English Walnut		4449 - Curly Maple on Walnut		4451 - Curly Maple on Walnut

We have many more frames with different wood combinations.  Please contact us or visit us at an upcoming shows for more choices.

The 8 x 10 frames are the same clever design as the 5x7 frames.  One of the 4 sides is attached with strong magnets.  No more fumbling with the awkward clips on the backs of frames.  You pop off the frame bar on the front, slide your photo in with acrylic cover, and snap the piece back on.  The L-shaped base is wider at the bottom for added strength.  The frame still allows displaying the picture the tall way or long way, and the base is also attached with magnets.  Each frame is $75 including the wood base, acrylic sheet and instructions.  Also, pictures are not included - you will have to provide your own.  If you really want ours, that is an additional $8.
You have to see them in person to believe it.  PATENT PENDING

4481 - Curly Maple on Red Oak		4483 - Curly Maple and Curly Cherry on Red Oak		4487 - Curly Cherry on Red Oak		4491 - English Walnut on Red Oak
4499 - Walnut on Red Oak		4745 - Canarywood on Cherry		4748 - Lacewood on Spalted Maple		4750 - Bubinga on Cherry
4752 - Canarywood on Spalted Maple		4756 - Bubinga on Spalted Maple		4758 - Zebrawood on Cherry

The pencil holders (or pen cups) are hexagonal in shape and 4 inches high.  The corner ties are for artistic accent and strength.  Some have different woods on each face and some have the same.

3158 - Maple with Walnut		3515s - SOLD Western Red Cedar		3559s - SOLD Western Red Cedar & White Oak		3561s - SOLD Walnut
3567 - Cherry, Philippine Mahogany, Poplar, Wenge, Cedar & Oak		3582 - Curly Maple, Poplar, Walnut, Cedar & Oak		3595 - Philippine Mahogany and White Oak		3953 - White Oak and Coffeewood
3961 - Coffeewood		4280 - Curly Maple and Lacewood		4295s - SOLD Walnut and Birds Eye Maple
4301 - Curly Maple		4304s - SOLD Bubinga, Cherry, Purpleheart, Zebra, Butternut, Holly		4309 - Philippine Mahogany and Ash		4312 - Red Oak, White Oak, Coffewood
4313s - SOLD Padauk and Walnut		4316 - Philippine Mahogany and Holly		4317 - Cherry, Curly Maple, Poplar, White Oak, Coffewood, Sycamore		4320 - Cherry and Purpleheart
4324 - Curly Maple and Butternut

We have many more pencil cups with different wood combinations.  Please contact us or visit us at an upcoming show for more choices.

The letter holders have 3 slots for mail or papers.  Each setion has graduated heights, the top being 4.5 inches high.  Front measurement is 5.5 inches across and it is 3.25 inches deep.

4192p - Maple with Green Granite		4458s - SOLD Curly Maple with Lapis Lazuli		4461 - Maple, White Oak, Spanish Cedar & Walnut with Green Granite		4462 - Curly Maple and Lacewood with Rainforest Jasper
4465 - Curly Maple and Lacewood with Red Jasper		4469 - Curly Maple and Lacewood with Tree Moss Agate		4474 - Curly Maple and Lacewood with Petrified Wood		4509 - Curly Maple and Lacewood with Red Jasper
4525 - Curly Maple and Lacewood with Petrified Wood		4533 - Curly Maple and Lacewood with Snowflake Obsidian

These exquisite wall clocks are pieces of art.  They represent quilt-like patterns and are not surface laminates.  They are pieced as varieties of wood strips with constrasting natural colors.  These are the only three left in the collection, and the Bubinga one will be on display at the Thread Count exhibit at the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen gallery in Lancaster, PA from May 1 - June 6, 2009. 

2296 - Curly Maple Frame		2299 - Walnut Frame

These beautiful 9.5" clocks are fresh out of the studio.  They are made in the same design as the small wall clocks, but are much larger for better visibility across a large room.  There is a limited number right now, but more in the works.  Please click on the thumbnails to see the true beauty of these clocks.  They are also an excellent candidate for custom clocks to match your furniture.

4584s- SOLD 12 Woods in order: Satinwood, Bubinga, Poplar, Zebra, EnglishWalnut, Padauk, Ash, AfricanMahogany, Purpleheart, RedOak, Cherry, CurlyMaple		4586 - 12 Woods in order: Padauk, CurlyMaple, AfricanMahogany, Zebra, BlackWalnut, Ash, Bubinga, RedOak, CurlyCherry,Poplar,  Purpleheart, Satinwood
4588 - 12 Woods in order: Satinwood, BlackWalnut, Zebra, Padauk, WhiteOak, Bubinga, Ash, AfricanMahogany, RedOak, Purpleheart, Poplar, CurlyCherry		4602 - 6 Woods in order: Purpleheart, Red Oak, Black Walnut, Satinwood, Padauk, and English Walnut

These clocks are Rick's favorites.  They mix his woodworking talents with his lapidary skill.  Each rock is cut and polished to represent a number on the clock.  The wood is matched, shaped and polished to a sheen.  These are the last two we have right now.

2286 - Mexican Lace Agate and Petrified Wood on Walnut		3691s - SOLD Lapis Lazuli and Granite on Curly Maple with a Walnut base		4106 - Walnut with Granite and Lemon-Lime Dolomite
4107 - Curly Maple with Snowflake Obsidian and Bloodstone		4110 - Curly Maple with Sodalite and Kabamba with Walnut base

These desk clock are all made with Rick's original design of 12 wood pie slices so no numbers are required.  They come in round or hexagonal faces, with round or rectangular bases.  They stand 6 inches high.  Custom orders are welcome with either shape and any mix of wood.

2208s - SOLD Cherry and Koa with Maple Lines		2218 - Cherry and Curly Maple w/ Walnut Lines		2231 - Black Oak and Walnut		2233 - Red Oak, Black Oak and Walnut
2272s - SOLD Six different Woods		2277 - Oak and Cherry		2284 - Cherry and Curly Maple		2289m - Cherry and Curly Maple
2294m - Cherry and Curly Maple		2581 - Padauk and Koa		2585s - SOLD Wenge and Zebrawood		2591 - Purple Heart and Curly Maple
2594 - Red Oak and Black Oak		2595p - Red Oak and Zebra wood		2599 - Padauk and Purple Heart		2602s - SOLD Curly Maple and Zebra wood
4505 - Walnut, Curly Maple, Koa & White Oak		4515 - Curly Maple & Lacewood		4517- Curly Maple & Lacewood		4518- Curly Maple & Lacewood

These wall clock are all made with Rick's original design of 12 wood pie slices so no numbers are required.  They come in round or hexagonal faces.  They are 6 inches high.  Custom orders are welcome with either shape and any mix of wood.

2304 - Walnut and Koa		2308 - Curly Maple and Koa		2311m - Cherry and Curly Maple		2313 - Koa and Curly Maple
2320 - Koa and Cherry on Maple		2323m - Walnut and Curly Maple		2326m - Curly Maple and Koa		2705m - Curly Maple, Cherry and Walnut

2268
Assorted Wood Letter Openers
$25 each

When he started making clocks, Rick purchased a commercial clock face with painted numbers – he still hasn’t used it.  He designed a number of different techniques for showing clock segments including 12 separate pieces of wood.

The process of building a 12-segment clock starts with the selection of the woods to be used. There are a number of combinations that work well, but he’s always ready to try a new wood combination.  Once selected, the first steps in the process are making big wood into smaller wood, and then maybe back into bigger wood.  The back (and base for desk clocks) is made from a thicker piece of wood that may be smaller pieces laminated together to make the piece large enough. The face is made from thinner wood.

The construction of the face is the most complex part of one of these clocks.  After getting the wood to the right thickness, the individual segments need to be cut with a homemade jig that is calibrated to get a 30-degree segment.  Each segment must then be trimmed on both ends to get a hole in the middle for alignment and also to be exactly the same length with another homemade jig.  Once all of the pieces are ready, the pattern is selected for the individual pieces and the face pieces are glued to the back and clamped.

The resulting piece is trimmed to a 6-inch circle ready for the lathe.  The form of the face is cut in on the lathe.  For the round desk clocks, the base is also cut to match the form of the face. Initial sanding of the face is done on the lathe.  For desk clocks, the resulting piece is then drilled to fit another jig whose job is to line up the piece to cut a 15-degree angle on the base.

The back hole for the clock works is routered out using another jig, and face holes and back offsets are drilled for the bezel.  For desk clocks, the base holes are drilled for mounting pegs. Finishing involves sanding, sanding, coating, more sanding, more coating, more sanding, and polishing.  One final gluing step and the clock is ready for assembly with the works, hands, and bezel.