For five\u00a0months, nearly 100 woodworkers have been working on custom hand-made wood stools to submit to our woodworking contest. It came due on November 8, and in the end 38 pulled through.<\/p>\n
On Friday November 14, we held reception and awards ceremony at Practical Art in downtown Phoenix. The folks who came got to see the projects up close and personal, talk with the makers, sample the\u00a0seats, and enjoy the experience. It’s not too often that furniture made out of wood gets treated like an art form that can draw the attention of the public. But we try.<\/p>\n
Those who came got to cast their votes for the pieces they admired the most. Below are the winners. We boxed this event up as a contest, but if you’ve seen a room full of custom wood furniture before, you’ll know that it’s nearly impossible to compare one piece to another. How to you grade a sculpted bar stool with arms and a back and put it on the same scale as a short three-leg milking stool? It’s not easy, and that’s why we put the power in the public. A bigger pool of opinions helped us whittle it all down to these top ten projects. But everyone who participated should be proud because they built beautiful furniture with their bare hands.<\/p>\n
Congratulations to these winners, and thanks to our fine sponsors who provided prizes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t