About

Welcome to The Workshop!

Thank you for visiting my online store!

My name is Mike Bates and I'm an artist located in Wilmington, NC, USA

I handcraft jewelry and accessories made from exotic woods, guitar strings, salvaged vinyl records and more!

Most of my work is centered around my own likes and experiences.

Being involved in woodworking in some fashion for the past thirty years, I love creating with wood.  So most of my work is done with various types of wood.  My creations from vinyl records come from my personal record collecting.  Jazz is probably my favorite on vinyl.  Having my own cufflink collection led me to creating my own cufflinks from various exotic woods.  I also make that style of cufflinks from the salvaged wood of the WWII NC Batteship which is docked as a museum in my hometown.  Cigar accessories?  One of my few vices!  And there's so much more that I plan on exploring in my workshop!

My youngest son sometimes joins me in the workshop to design and make his own creations.  So I gave him his own sales space on this website!

You can see his creations here.

Currently only shipping within the US. Apologies to my international friends.

You can contact me here:  mike@theworkshop.biz

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