J. Eisenhauer Woodworks

Almost every year as a young boy, I would carve my dad his birthday and Christmas presents out of firewood on summer camping trips. At around the age of 8, my dad bought me a simple carving tool set, and I would carve out little canoes that looked exactly the same as our Greenwood cedar and canvas canoe, or so I thought. I have loved the smells, the grain and the texture from that time on.

As time has passed, my love for woodworking has been equally matched with a love of simple living. I still work with wood for the love of the textures and smells, but I also love making things that people will use. This utilitarian constitution allows balance of beauty and usefulness, and it's in this balance that I feel the most at home.

If you're looking for the most unique and cutting edge modern furniture, you may not find it here. If you're looking for woodwork that's beautiful, simple and painstakingly well made, than you've likely found a good option.
I work on my own and generally work on single projects at a time. I have made all kinds of furniture and have done a plethora of different types of woodworking projects. Wild edge bed frames, coopered front cabinets, skin on frame kayaks, timber frame structures and fences - almost anything you can think of. I can also shovel holes with dexterity and lift heavy objects with proficiency.

In the STORE section of this website, you'll find items that I make when I don't have commissions on the go. Goods for your home that are useful and showcase the beauty of shape and wood.

I really, really, really (really) like using a wooden smoothing hand plane that I made when I did my training at Inside Passage School of Fine Woodworking.


I have three young children, Henry, Lucia, and Anna Rose to keep myself and my wife Sheree busy enough. About 2 years ago, in an effort to slow life down a little (or, a lot!), we moved from the east side of Vancouver, to Kaslo BC, a beautiful little mountain village in the Kootenays. Our little family has spent an abundance of time touring around Canada and the USA playing music as well. But now mostly we spend time with the kids, walking in the woods, building fires, lake swimming, canoeing, picking berries, and gazing up at the mystical towering mountains as much as possible.