Michael Rrhizae Troyer

Thank you for visiting my woodworking portfolio. I love to bring the living character of wood into our lives through the structures and furniture that shelter and comfort us. I have an appreciation for discovering and crafting the dynamic form of functional things. Something as simple as a bed or a deck might seem to have a given form, but really their form is an expression of our form, and the ways that our bodies, minds, and hearts want to interact with our environment.

I would like to offer my service to anyone in need of a skilled woodworker or carpenter. I have a full wood shop and all of my own on-site carpentry tools. I also enjoy working with reclaimed, salvaged, and custom milled materials when available and desired.

I am available at friendly rates to build anything from custom furniture and permanent installations such as hardwood counter tops, book shelves, tables, decks, fences, and chicken coops to larger projects such as glass greenhouses, creative structures, tiny houses…

Please contact me with any questions at

michaeljtroyer@gmail.com

707-672-4853

Below are some of my creations. Click to scroll through a separate gallery.

This king size bed frame was a custom design based off of a 3.5 inch walnut slab that the client wanted to use. I had the slab resawed into two slabs which were used as the headboard and footboard. The bed features mortise and through-tenon joinery as well as saddle joints for the legs. In a way of thinking, one will sleep 'inside' the tree, cradled between the two slabs.

Local 8/4 tan oak finished with pure tung oil. Installation included the matching trim around the counter and down the edge of the wall.

Custom wall mounted shelving - reclaimed redwood and California white oak.

Custom hardwood countertop from locally milled black oak and reclaimed old growth redwood base. Finished with pure tung oil.

Reclaimed old growth redwood. Mortise & through tenon construction. Finished with Verde rosewood oil

Cedar picket fence.

Salvaged redwood burl, finished with non-toxic Verde rosewood oil

No hardware, raw finish, reclaimed old growth and second growth redwood.

Salvaged redwood burl, split rail & reclaimed fence board, finished with pure tung oil.

Salvaged redwood burl & apple wood legs, no harware, finished with pure tung oil

Salvaged old growth redwood, no hardware, finished with non-toxic Verde rosewood oil. Curiosity cubes crafted from solid pieces of local tan oak.

Made from a small piece of a giant wine barrel made from 10/4 old growth redwood. Each face is a symbol for peace from different traditions of the Earth.

Reclaimed redwood, no hardware Whale Tails are for sale at $60-$100, sliding scale depending on what you can afford. It is cheapest to buy directly from me, but they can also be tried out and purchased at Om Shala Yoga Studio at 858 10th St, Arcata.