Whiskey Oaks Handmade — sculptural & functional wood art
WOOD,REIMAGINED.
Crimson Horizon
Side elevation
01 — Sculptural wall art
Not a panel.A sculpture.
Each work is drawn, cut layer by layer and stacked by hand, so the surface carries real depth and moves with the light in the room rather than sitting flat on the wall. Grain, curve and shadow are read across the whole piece — made once, signed, never repeated.
Available works and commissions, scaled to the wall they are made for.
View available workAlso in wall art — Scarlet Rhythm
Vertical works,for the narrow wall.
The same layered construction turned upright — for a hallway, a stair return, or the space beside a doorway. Scarlet Rhythm is cut from padauk, whose color is entirely its own.
Scarlet Rhythm
Padauk hardwood
In place
The room changesaround it.
At full scale the work reads as architecture — shadow shifting across the wall through the day.
02 — Functional art
Art, witha job to do.
The same reading of grain, form and material carries into work made to be picked up every day — cut from the same boards, finished to the same standard.
Knife Holder
Maple burl · Walnut · Epoxy
Holds 15–17 knives
End-Grain Board
End-grain construction
One of a kind
Ten Servers
Ten hand-cut servers · Five exotic wood species
Hand-cut
Kept on the counter,not in a drawer.
Holders, boards and serving pieces are built from stock kept back from the sculptural work — so no two ever come out the same, however carefully we plan them.
- Work
- Boards, holders & servers
- Edition
- One of a kind
03 — The making
One pieceat a time.
Boards chosen in person, cut individually, and worked by hand until the form is right.
Choosing stock at the rack — measured, turned over, put back
It starts at the rack,not at the bench.
A family studio — and the next generation already has the tape measure.
Meet the studio
Cutting — every layer sawn one pass at a time, by eye
Cut onelayer at a time.
Nothing is outsourced or pressed out in a run, which is why two pieces never come out the same.
Paring an end-grain board — chisel work, one shaving at a time
Finished witha chisel.
Inlay lines are cleaned up by hand rather than sanded flat — the slowest part of the work.
Available work
The current collection.
Wall sculpture and functional work, each piece made once. Current availability is listed in the shop.
Shop all worksObjects witha longer view.
Contemporary sculptural and functional woodwork, made individually from exceptional hardwoods. Available works ship from the studio; commissions are scaled to the room they are made for.