Joan & Henry Rudnick

Ten-Acre Woods----this is the name Henry and Joan Rudnick chose for their wood products venture. The name is descriptive of both their products and their home. When they sold their ranch and dairy herd they kept 10 acres on one corner with pine and cedar trees and set up a wood working shop and wood carving studio. Most of the wood used in their products are harvested from Bone Creek canyon which is a tributary of the Niobrara River. (Some basswood and cedar are purchased from Niobrara Valley sawmills). Henry likes to use his machines and makes a variety of products from cedar, walnut, bur oak, ash, hackberry and other woods. His products include clocks, breadboards, quilt racks, crosses, boxes and trivet baskets. Cedar rocking chairs, stools and pet caskets are some of his larger items. He will also take orders for some items. Joan likes to do woodcarvings. The majority of the carvings are done in basswood, which is harvested locally. Chip carving and relief carvings decorate several sizes of boxes. A life sized turkey tail feather, hummingbird clocks, wheat plaques, chip carved crosses and relief carvings are some of Joan’s items. Rudnick