The Woodpeckers Shop

Dave Omley and Bill Cuccaro are the birds who craft the woodpeckers shop-wood lathe creations. 

Bill has turned wood vases, hollow forms and bowls for several years in Hawai'i, New Zealand and now in Oregon. 

Dave has considerable experience at his woodworking shop in Grants Pass, Oregon. 

A few years ago, they combined efforts to establish the Woodpecker Shop. In additional to their wood lathe forms, they also craft free forms of odd, attractive pieces of Oregon wood.

The wood is harvested from native Oregon trees. The harvested trees are always dead, fallen or standing. Dave and Bill always get proper permission or permits to fell these trees and make use of the beautiful Oregon wood. The items worked have been crafted from many different species, including Oak, Cedar, Manzanita, Madrone, Catalpa, Western Juniper, Western Elm, Redwood, Alder and more. 

The Woodpecker's Shop's signature clear, high gloss finish on many of their wood vases brings out the woods character; the depth of character is though one is looking into the wood. The finish often delivers an effect that is found in many gemstones (Tigers Eye for one) by virtue of long grained crystals. This effect is called Chatoyancy. Bill originally coined "Chatoyant Wood" while in Hawai'i. A truly magnificent example of this Chatoyancy is displayed in the Catalpa wood pieces that have been turned.  

On some of their pieces they use electricity to burn intricate designs into the wood called fractal burning. This process is dangerous and takes a great amount of skill to do properly. but the results are breathtaking.