Hello my name is Earl M. Walker, Jr.  I was raised in Atlanta, GA, and I now live in Leadville, CO. I never planned to be a woodworker.  It just happened.  When I was a kid I used to make a lot of things.  I was given a wood burning kit at the of age 6.  I would spend hours drawing pictures on boards in my grandfather's shop and then tracing the lines with my wood burner.  That experience became the basis for all my science projects through grade school.  I loved working with wood and built bird houses, boxes, picture frames, etc.

In high school my best friend and I bought a 23 foot Century mahogany boat with a hole in it.  That was a real learning experience.  Boats have a lot of screws.  In college, if I needed a table I built one, and anything else I needed.  It seemed to be the easiest way to have what I wanted at an affordable price.  Well that turned into building stuff for friends.  It was just for fun.

At the end of college I took up mountain bike racing and it became my career for the next 10 yrs.  I assumed when I retired from racing I would work in some aspect of the bicycle industry.  That's why I moved to Colorado.  I had the most contacts and friends here.  My friends had seen pictures of things I'd made over the years and many asked me to help make them unique pieces of furniture they couldn't find anywhere else.  Furniture became a part time job that took all my free time.  Everyone said "you should do this for a living."  After a year of not listening to everyone, I decided to hear what they were saying and give it a try. 

In June of 1998, Walker WoodWorks was officially formed in a 200 sq ft garage.  The first year was tough, and the second started the same.  Things then began to pick up.  I got into the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in 2000.  I sold everything I brought in three hours.  I had never talked to that many people in one weekend.  In May of 2001 my wife and I moved to Leadville and put Walker WoodWorks into the John King mercantile building that's about 120 years old.  The business has expanded from furniture to include cabinets and custom wood fabrication.  If you can think it up, I can build it.  From design to delivery I perform all the tasks necessary to complete your custom furniture piece.  I use only tried and true techniques like dovetail, and mortise and tenon joinery.  I create furniture that endears itself to it's owners and helps them establish their legacy.

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