Our Story

Toquer Wood Works started small — pieces built by hand, one at a time, in Toquerville, Utah. The name comes from Chief Toquer, the Native American leader for whom this town was named. It felt right to carry that name forward into work meant to last.

Before starting the shop in 2015, I spent years building cabinets and wood stair components — work that leaves no room for a joint that doesn’t sit right. That same standard carried straight into this.

For a while, the work here was pet urns — pieces made for families saying goodbye to a companion, in partnership with a local pet cremation business. Every one was built the same way the larger pieces are now: by hand, one board or slab at a time, with real attention to grain and joinery rather than speed.

That changed with a piece called The Aaron — built for a brother-in-law who passed away unexpectedly. It wasn’t made to be sold. It was made because a family needed something that felt right to hold someone in. Building it changed how I thought about this work, and what it could be.

Since then, that same approach has gone into full-size memorial urns — each one built at its own pace, from a single board or slab, finished by hand. Nothing here is made in batches or to a template. Every piece you see is the actual piece you’d receive — its own grain, its own history, built once.

That’s still how every piece leaves this shop today — one at a time, built to be trusted with something that matters.