Polhavn Woodfabrik is a Fairbanks, Alaska, atelier designing and creating custom, handcarved wood pieces. Objects crafted range from signs and furniture to artistic decoration and sculpture. Specialties include rustic furniture from the Alaskan forest to foreign-style folkcrafts. Select-quality local white spruce an … Read more Polhavn Woodfabrik is a Fairbanks, Alaska, atelier designing and creating custom, handcarved wood pieces. Objects crafted range from signs and furniture to artistic decoration and sculpture. Specialties include rustic furniture from the Alaskan forest to foreign-style folkcrafts. Select-quality local white spruce and Alaskan birch wood, supplemented with alder, aspen and willow, are featured. Many works are executed in basswood and pine since Philip Marshall, the owner and woodcarver, has been trained in the European tradition using these woods, especially for carving. He uses hand gouges and chisels with a mallet in the Swiss-German style.
We invite you to peruse our image gallery on the website. If you do not see what you want, we welcome inquiries. We can help in the design, choice of materials, size, and finish (and installation, if local), then provide a timeline and price estimate, including shipping.