A little bit about me….

In the Foothills of North Carolina, outside of Morganton in rural Burke County, I have a workshop equipped with hand tools and machines necessary to tackle a variety of different projects. These range from solid wood furniture to wooden countertops, from home accessories to personalized cutting boards, from innovative and unique wine bottle displays to children’s toys and even exterior window shutters and bar shelves. I enjoy working with solid wood; my preference are domestic species including walnut, maple, oak, cherry but also lesser known and hard to find types such as pecan, apple, pear, locust or sycamore. 

Being always on the lookout for interesting and unique wood I am known to transport tree logs donated by friends and neighbors to commercial sawmills and pay them to have the logs cut into slabs and boards for future use.

This not only allows me to air-dry the wood carefully, it also reduces my carbon footprint by keeping transport distances to a minimum. And most importantly, it allows me to use a valuable resource that would otherwise end up as firewood or worse, get pushed into a ditch.

When it comes to finishes I try to stay with environmentally sensitive options when possible. My cutting boards are finished with a mixture of food grade Tung (a tree nut) and citrus oil (a safe and vegan-friendly choice) and I use mostly use water-based topcoats or hardwax oils for my other products.

Our three rescued dogs often keep me company in the shop, and shop cat ‘Noodle’ stops by to inspect my work and to make sure I use the right amount of glue.

I hope you find some inspiration checking out the gallery of past projects. Feel free to contact me if you’d like to discuss a particular woodworking project.

Markus J. Hueber