Hand-turned · Ladera Ranch, California

Pens, bowls, and gifts
made one at a time.

Pens, bowls, and gifts — hand-turned for someone specific. The bride, the car enthusiast, the dad who's retiring, the friend who has everything. The wood is the star, and every blank is hand-picked — Amboyna burl from an Instagram supplier in Indonesia, figured walnut from a tree that came down on a Southern California street. Made for someone who'll appreciate the beauty in the wood.

14 hand-turned wood pens on display stands — Crocker's Workshop, Ladera Ranch California
57 sales
5.0★ across 14 reviews
2025 on Etsy

A workshop, not a factory.

I've spent my career in marketing, but my heart has always been in the workshop. Woodworking has been part of my life since my teens — building furniture, cabinets, boxes, and now pens, bowls, and pieces that take their character from the wood itself.

Each piece comes from this workshop in Ladera Ranch, California. Hand-turned on the lathe. Sanded through twelve grits. Finished by hand. The grain decides what the piece becomes — sometimes a pen for the car guy, sometimes a bowl that ends up holding wedding rings on someone's nightstand for fifty years.

Themed pens for someone specific. Premium pens that lead with the wood. Bowls that are one of a kind because the blank was. Pieces meant to be used — and lasted with — every day.

Workshop Notes

For Etsy sellers — notes from the workshop, in marketing form.

Working on the website at night and the lathe on weekends. I'm putting together a small library of AI prompts and templates I use to write listings, plan content, and make this side of the shop run easier. Free, occasional, and only useful if you sell on Etsy too.

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