MARK / PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON

About the Maker

I’m Mark, the maker behind MWJ Wood Turning in Port Orchard, Washington.

Woodworking has long been a hobby of mine. After moving to Port Orchard, I wanted to return to working with wood and explore a more artistic approach. Woodturning gave me that opportunity.

Much of my earlier woodworking involved buying lumber and carefully shaping it to exact dimensions. Now, I work with reclaimed wood and let its grain, features, and irregularities suggest what it might become. The wood shows me possibilities; my part is to recognize them and help them shine.

ROOTED IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

I love the Pacific Northwest and the trees that surround us. We live at the end of a wooded dirt road, where that connection is part of everyday life. Working with reclaimed logs lets me carry something of those trees into pieces that can be used and enjoyed.

This site is a place to share that work, along with the discoveries that happen between the log and the finished turning.