Joel Lockridge Is An Alabama Maker Of Wooden Writing Wonders

By Tommy Black

Bourbon and Bog Oak Pens

The Maker: Joel Lockridge

Joel Lockridge loves wood that tells a good story. And the master woodworker shares that passion for pieces of wood — and the stories behind them — in the finely crafted items he creates at his Alabaster workshop. “I’ve made wooden pens from pieces of Oxford’s Christ Church College Great Hall (that frequently appears in the Harry Potter movies) and from bleachers that were once in Lambeau Field (home to the Green Bay Packers),” Lockridge says. “I started my Bourbon Barrel pen website a few years ago after a Kentucky friend sent me a stave from a barrel used to age the bourbon in a distillery.”

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