Well, well, well. Some of y’all have a vastly different idea of what belongs in a living room than I do. 🙂
You folks really knocked it out of the park this time with a record-setting 199 entered projects, and everything from traditional end tables to abstract wall hangings. What an awesome collection handcrafted woodwork in one spot!
We had a great evening with a live awards event and a live jazz band to set the mood for a chill happy hour of food, drink, and admiration of almost 200 wood projects under one roof.
We’re really thrilled when so many of you marshal what it takes to submit a project to our contest. I know that it’s more than a little nerve-wracking to share a wood project with total strangers because you’ve poured a lot of love, energy and time into making it happen.
But because you did, you’ve played a big part in what makes this event so fun and unique.
So here are a few photos of the top voted projects and a couple others that I think deserve a nod.
Give these folks a good old fashioned “congrats” for a job well done.
– Mark
How Did The Voting Work?
Voting, Not Judging
Voting is open to anyone who comes to browse the projects in person
Pick 5
The vote ballot simply asks for your personal favorite 5 projects. You decide what you like for your own reasons
Rank By Count
We add up the number of votes for each project, and sort them for the top 10 voted projects
1st Place – $500 “Tribute to Music” by Bill Raymond
This sophisticated wall sculpture has it all: a one-of-a-kind design that fuses the sinuous shapes found in a harp, piano and guitar, brass inlays, wild angles, delightful contours, beautiful wood selections, and a perfect polish.
Sapele, curly maple, ebony & bubinga
2nd Place – $300 “1951 Ford Pickup Truck” by Kerry Jackson
The amount of detail work involved in making a replica 50’s-era truck captured the attention of a lot of people who visited the show. Kerry made one amazing piece of art.
Birch, walnut
1951 Ford
1951 Ford
1951 Ford
3rd Place – $100 “Elk on The Mountain” by Dawn Martin
And the great state of Arizona gets a little nod in the top 3! Life in Flagstaff, AZ inspired Dawn to craft this 330-piece intarsia scene of snow-capped San Francisco Peaks (Humphrey’s, Agassiz, and Fremont) and some of the critters you might get to see in the area.
Mid Century Modern Coffee Table (Zebrawood, Sapele, Walnut) Jason Forsythe
Vase with Flowers (Purple Heart, Padauk, Ash) Bryan Pratt
Tambour-Side Table (Maple, Red Oak) Dan Smalley
Cowboy Table Irwin Olfert
Angry Tiger (Wenge, African Padauk, Maple, Canarywood) Linda Siefken
Art Deco Cup Holder (Maple, Wenge, Bubinga) Dan DeZinno
Indian Blanket Bowl (Purple Heart, Maple, Walnut) Bill Call
Baby Crib with Carved Headboard (Walnut) Don Adamaviah
Decorative Canister (Maple, Wenge, Bloodwood) Brian Lensink
Chest (Red Oak, Hickory) Wallace Burney
Mark’s Mentions
There are always a few projects that I want to call out because, for one reason or another, they resonated with me. We’ve all got our own ideas of what is or isn’t living room art…. I’m going with something like these.
"Indiana Jones" Liquor Tap (Curly Maple, Padauk, Spalted Tamarind, Zebrawood, Maple Burl) Tom Clarke
Vice President of Operations – Woodworkers Source
We’re a family-owned lumber & woodworking supply retailer with 3 delightful stores in Arizona, and 35 friendly employees.
Mark oversees the company and creates tutorials on wood finishing and woodworking tips for hardwood lumber.
Woodworkers Source is a division of MacBeath Hardwood Co.
