Pacifica Woodwork and Design

Pacifica Woodwork and Design Pacifica Woodwork and Design creates one of a kind furniture, charcuterie boards and kitchen accessor

Up for grabs again is this one of a kind solid hemlock door. Includes custom jamb and Emtek hardware (hardware valued at...
05/24/2025

Up for grabs again is this one of a kind solid hemlock door. Includes custom jamb and Emtek hardware (hardware valued at $1200 alone). Discounted to $1950 from $3900. Checkout our website for details.

Last of the orignal Pacifica Woodwork custom pieces is up for grabs! This mission style figured and spalted claro walnut...
05/24/2025

Last of the orignal Pacifica Woodwork custom pieces is up for grabs! This mission style figured and spalted claro walnut coffee table is constructed with through mortise and tenons, a break board top and inlayed wenge. Significant discounts down to $715 Cad from $2860. Shipping available!

Clearing out some inventory! This unique adze texture front door will be up for sale on my website shortly.2 years ago I...
04/20/2025

Clearing out some inventory! This unique adze texture front door will be up for sale on my website shortly.

2 years ago I took on a project for a trade show to create a door from a more sustainable species of domestic lumber. Hemlock is generally used in construction, but not so much in door making. However, I had just the lot of wood that could bridge the gap, some ancient old growth windfall hemlock from nootka sound!

This door has a nunber of unique elements, solid through mortise and tenon construction, wire brushed for added texture and durability, and finally a adze texture in the infill panels.

Checkout my site if your looking for a unique front door that has been handcrafted in Duncan, BC!

It's been a while since I posted.... Life has gotten busy, the workshop has been busy, but in all this an important part...
04/15/2025

It's been a while since I posted.... Life has gotten busy, the workshop has been busy, but in all this an important part of my life has passed on. Bella, my shop hound took her last breath today, after a short but painful bought with what we believe was bone cancer.

Bella started her life as Balleri at a track in Pensacola Florida, where at the age of three she took the long trip up to Newfoundland where she adopted us. Since then Bella has travelled across the country with us, spent countless late nights at the workshop, attended numerous markets and fairs, and been there for every major event in my life and the life of Pacifica Woodwork.

Life will never be the same without you Bella. Rest easy....

Rare wood Monday!For the past few years I have been collecting unusual, rare, or underutilized woods to include in some ...
02/10/2025

Rare wood Monday!

For the past few years I have been collecting unusual, rare, or underutilized woods to include in some of my pieces. Our last big projected included several unusual woods, coffee wood, pink ivory, laburnum, and verawood. But recently I found a small sample of a rare wood called lead wood, Combretum imberbe. From the name I'm sure you can guess that this is a dense wood, in fact one of the densest woods, nearly twice the weight of walnut, and can range from the image you see above to a silver green color very similar to lead!

Thinking maybe I'll make a mallet out of the sample!

Quite liking the look of elm. American elm/grey elm is such a unique wood to work with. The grain of elm is twisted and ...
02/10/2025

Quite liking the look of elm. American elm/grey elm is such a unique wood to work with. The grain of elm is twisted and interlocked, meaning that the grain can start on one plane at one end of the board and completely flip by the other end, twisting all the way down. This presents a challenge for working with it, but the deep shimmer what occurs because of this is worth the hassle!

Bit of a process to get from a raw slab to a finish piece. You would think that most of the time consuming work is with ...
02/02/2025

Bit of a process to get from a raw slab to a finish piece. You would think that most of the time consuming work is with the rough breakdown of slabs but it's really with a file and a marking knife. Hours of time is involved to layout just a couple joinery aspects.

2024 is nearly over! It's been a bit of a strange year for me. From taking on 5 of the largest projects to date, nearly ...
01/01/2025

2024 is nearly over! It's been a bit of a strange year for me. From taking on 5 of the largest projects to date, nearly doubling sales from last year. To some crazy health issues the put a pretty big halt to work mid year. And back at the end of the year with some unique one a kind pieces.

Here's hoping to another year of success!

#2024 #2025

More progress today. Finalized the Kentucky coffee wood inlay in this grey elm door. Just a bit of finish sanding, and s...
12/29/2024

More progress today. Finalized the Kentucky coffee wood inlay in this grey elm door. Just a bit of finish sanding, and should be ready for glueup tomorrow!

Making a circle is much harder that it first appears. Getting 4 different components to line up is challenging at the be...
12/27/2024

Making a circle is much harder that it first appears. Getting 4 different components to line up is challenging at the best of times, let alone when the 4 pieces is question have no reference surface! One more to go and then lots and lots and lots of hand sanding!

Love how the combo of metal and stained ash came together on this one! Thanks for the opportunity to work on this proje...
08/10/2024

Love how the combo of metal and stained ash came together on this one! Thanks for the opportunity to work on this project with you!

This is what half a year's work looks like for a small shop like mine. 16 tables, with custom wooden bases. 2 solid waln...
04/25/2024

This is what half a year's work looks like for a small shop like mine. 16 tables, with custom wooden bases. 2 solid walnut waiter stations with Italian marble tops. Looking at it all laid out like this doesn't look like much but it's a huge amount of work when your a 1 - 2 person shop.

Im going to be taking a break now. Not sure when I'll be back, but I will be, but things will be different.
I am at a crossroad as to what to do next. Do I grow and take on employees, do I stay small and increase my efficiency? These larger scale projects have taught me a lesson, one person can't do everything, not without taking something from myself in the process. I'll regroup and come back with more changes to the business and how I will work in the future.

I'll be posting on here still, I plan on making some personal projects like a playground for my son, some projects for the house. Also some custom lighting I've been trying to find the time to make for the past 4 years. The shop needs an office, my containers of wood need organizing and the list goes on.....

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About Jake Humphrey and Pacific WoodWorks

My name is Jake Humphrey, I began woodworking at the age of 12 in Powell River, BC. At the time, I used my parents garage as a makeshift workshop where I made walking sticks, candle holders and small pieces of furniture. On the weekends and at Christmas, I spent my time at local craft fairs selling my handmade goods.

​By the time I was 15 I had moved to Shawnigan Lake and started Pacific Woodworks. This allowed me to venture into fine woodwork and wood turning, selling my goods at local craft fairs and art galleries. My passion for wood turning landed me a job at a local fine woodworking shop when I was 17. This gave me valuable experience working as a furniture maker, and gave me a constant source of wood to turn on the weekends.

In the years since, I ventured away from woodworking. Attending college to get a diploma in Environmental Sciences, University for a degree in Geography, and eventually Grad School. I realized that woodworking was something that I enjoyed too much to push to the wayside. In early 2017, I purchased a new lathe and have been turning at every chance I get! This website is my place to share my work, and provide a place to show my passion for woodworking.