Holiday Shopping
It isn’t too late to put in a holiday gift order with Ted’s Woodshop. This site’s Store section offers a wide variety of Ted Heuer’s hand-crafted functional turned works of art. Our Store is organized by category. Because the inventory changes frequently, the best place to start is in the New Items section. We try […]
Ted’s Woodshop at Holiday Art and Craft Fairs
We, dba Ted’s Woodshop, are getting ready for holiday craft fairs that will take place over the next two weekends. We look forward to seeing familiar faces and meeting new friends, some of whom we have only met online. The first event is the Peninsula Art Guild’s Kenai Arts and Craft Fair taking place Nov. 28-29 […]
Sputnik Sea Urchin Ornaments
Every year, right about now, Ted starts building up a supply of Sputnik Sea Urchin ornaments for the pre-holiday sales season. We will have them available at Ptarmigan Arts Gallery in Homer, at the Kenai Arts and Crafts Fair (Nov. 28-29), and at the Homer Nutcracker Faire (Dec. 6-7). They are also available year-round through […]
Coffee Scoops with Turned Wooden Handles
October ought to offer a brief respite following the end of the busy summer sales season but no … now we’re getting ready for two holiday bazaars that will take place in late November and early December. Our stock of turned wooden coffee scoops had been depleted over the summer so it was back to […]
Pizza Cutters with Turned Wooden Handles
How does an ordinary kitchen utensil become a work of art? Ted’s line of functional kitchen “art” includes utensils that can be used for everyday and special occasions. Pizza cutters with turned wooden handles and premium-quality stainless cutting wheels are one of our top sellers at holiday craft fairs, as they make great gifts and are also fun […]
Spalted Birch Salt and Peppermills
A few months ago friend and fellow woodturner George Overpeck, who specializes in bowls and hollow forms turned from local woods, gave Ted a spalted birch log. This is the story of that log’s transformation into salt and peppermills. After applying Pentacryl to the log and Anchorseal to the end grain, Ted let the log […]
The Neighborhood Sandhill Cranes
Joanne Thordarson stopped by to photograph the sandhill cranes that are seasonal residents in our neighborhood. Joanne is a professional wildlife photographer and another of the 30-plus member-owners of Ptarmigan Arts gallery in Homer, Alaska. Joanne’s wonderful prints and cards are popular items at Ptarmigan. I am especially fond of her photo of a Long-Tailed […]
Wine Bottle Pepper Mills
What could be more fun than a premium pepper mill styled after a wine bottle? Ted patterned his design for a 12″ mill on a Bogle wine bottle, reducing it to 7/8 scale to accommodate the pepper mill mechanism. Ted turns the bottle mills out a single piece of wood chosen for its elegant figuring or […]