About Pappy’s Woodwork

Hand crafted Pens and wood-crafted items from Georgia.

Pappy’s Woodwork is owned and operated by John Talipsky

My shop is located at 740 Madison Chase Drive in Lawrenceville, Georgia 30045

I personally turn and create each crafted item individually in a variety of designs and wood types, using various tools not the least of which is a lathe and a CNC Router.

I market most of my creations at ETSY.COM ( http://pappyswoodwork.etsy.com )

Please visit my store there at pappyswoodwork.etsy.com to view and hopefully purchase the following types of crafts.

Hand-turned ball-point mechanical pens and pencils
The wood and acrylic turned pens are turned and accented with Gold, Silver, Gun-Metal, Copper and other accents and accent finishes. Each item is polished to a satin or gloss finish, as described in each listing. The pens start as a 5/8″ X 5/8″ X 5″ block of wood, and are then hand turned on the lathe. After the initial tooled lathe turn, the piece is taken through 6-7 levels of sanding, and polishing, and finished in wax and acrylic polishes designed to last.

Hand-turned calligraphy Dip pens
The calligrapher can get hand turned pens in a variety of artistic design and grips to facilitate the calligraphers writing and drawing. Each item is polished to a satin or gloss finish, as described in each listing. The pens start as a 3/4″ X 3/4″ X 5 – 12 inch lenghth of wood, and are then hand turned on the lathe. After the initial tooled lathe turn and design, the piece is taken through 6-7 levels of sanding, and polishing, and finished in wax and acrylic polishes designed to last. The pen is finished with either a straight holder to hold the pen nib or an oblique flange which hold the nib.

Wood Signs
I create the wood signs offered from layout ideas from customers and other sources, and program the designs into a computer controlled (CNC) router to turn out the unique crafted/carved design.

I hope you will consider purchasing these unique items. Each is one-of-a-kind since each is individually turned or carved, and no two pieces of wood are identical.

Home-friendly Items
We will also offer hand-crafted home items such as bird houses, bird feeders, and lawn and garden accessories.

Other Craft items
We will occasionally offer sewing tools, fabrics and items to craft sewn and quilted handmade items