Bespoke woodwork — South Africa
Made from wood.
Made for you.
Wooden lighting, handmade objects and a few commissioned statement pieces, designed and made by hand in Jeffreys Bay.
Selected work
Pieces with a purpose.
A selection of recent pieces from the workshop — lighting, furniture and turned objects, each made by hand.
Portfolio
Lighting first. Then the objects and pieces around it.
01
Lighting Collection
Our signature work. Wooden lamps designed and made by hand, from geometric shades that throw patterned light to jointed floor lamps.
02
Handcrafted Objects
Smaller pieces made to be used every day or given as gifts: turned bowls, coffee tampers, boards, rings and keepsakes.
Candle bases and other small objects can also be made on request.
03
Furniture & Commissions
A few selected statement pieces, each made for one particular brief.
What we make
Wooden lighting
Our signature work: table, bedside and floor lamps with geometric and jointed timber forms.
Handcrafted objects
Turned bowls, coffee tampers, cutting boards, rings and personalised keepsakes.
Statement commissions
A select number of one-off furniture pieces, made for a specific brief.
The maker
One workshop, one pair of hands, one project at a time.
Mokkou Woodcraft is run by Nick Frauenstein from a small workshop in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. Every project starts as a conversation about a room, a measurement, a habit — and ends as a piece made to sit in that exact space.
The work is careful and meticulous. Timber is selected board by board, joints are cut for strength as much as for looks, and finishes are built up by hand so surfaces feel right years later, not just on delivery day.
Nothing here is off the shelf. Design, drawing, making and finishing happen under one roof, which keeps detail, honesty and accountability in the same place.
Craft
Hand-cut joinery
Materials
Solid & veneered timber
Design
Drawn to your space
Made in
South Africa
From idea to object
Four stages, kept simple and transparent from the first message to the final fitting.
- 01
Talk
We start with the space, the brief and the budget. Photographs, rough dimensions and a clear sense of what the piece needs to do.
- 02
Design
Drawings, timber options and finishes, refined until the detail, proportion and price all sit right.
- 03
Make
Boards are selected, machined and joined in the workshop, then finished by hand and checked at every stage.
- 04
Deliver
Each piece is checked, wrapped and handed over or delivered with care, ready to use.
Made with intention.
We'd rather make one piece that belongs in a space than ten that simply fill it. Considered proportions, honest materials and joinery that holds — a lamp, a bowl or a table made to be lived with.
Have something
in mind?
Let's make it.