Wood Review

30/07/2024

tenSion side table: "I have long thought that some of the natural properties of wood have been under-exploited in furniture making. Properties such as elasticity, tensional and compressive strength. In this piece I sought to realise a structurally sound but demountable bench seat, using pressure, tension, compression and friction to achieve stability. Easily assembled and disassembled, this seat could be scaled bigger or smaller. The dramatic timber is black bean (Castanospermum australe)."

Designer maker / photographer: Jon Gasparini
Tables, Chairs & Desks category
Maker of the Year presented by Carbatec

For info and to enter see
https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.

• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

• World, Recycled & Rescued and Student categories are open to makers all over the world.

• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

Standard entry ends 18 August.

Felder Group Australia WhittleWaxes American Hardwood Export Council ANZ

28/07/2024

Maker of the Year presented by Carbatec is a competition for woodworkers that is open to makers all over the world.

Three of the six categories (shown in the images) are open to international entrants. All categories are open to entrants with an Australian address. Entry is open to amateur, professional and student woodworkers. Student category is open to students all over the world enrolled in full- or part-time secondary or tertiary study in 2023 or 2024.

Work completed after 30 June 2021 is eligible, but not if previously entered. You may enter as many times, in as many categories as you like. You may also enter the same piece in different categories.

Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

Standard entry ends 18 August, 2024

There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000+ including AU$11,000 cash. Includes AU $1500 Jan Pennell Award for Woodturning

Maker of the Year pre sented by Carbatec is a competition for woodworkers that is open to makers all over the world.

Three of the six categories (shown in the images) are open to international entrants. All categories are open to entrants with an Australian address. Entry is open to amateur, professional and student woodworkers. Student category is open to students all over the world enrolled in full- or part-time secondary or tertiary study in 2023 or 2024.

Work completed after 30 June 2021 is eligible, but not if previously entered. You may enter as many times, in as many categories as you like. You may also enter the same piece in different categories.

Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

Standard entry ends 18 August, 2024

There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000+ including AU$11,000 cash. Includes AU $1500 Jan Pennell Award for Woodturning

See bio link to https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

Maker of the Year is presented by Carbatec
See https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

Felder Group Australia WhittleWaxes American Hardwood Export Council ANZ

26/07/2024

Adapt A Bench: "I designed this piece to be more than just a bench. Its functionality is much wider: in addition to being a comfortable two-seater bench, the two removable backrests (stored under the bench seat) convert the bench into a chair, or two chairs, or a chaise lounge. The bench is also wider than usual: ideal to lie back on. Its rounded corners and edges, with matching cylindrical legs, enhance its look of comfort. It is intended to be ideal in an apartment, where space is typically limited and a multi-functional piece of furniture is particularly useful."

Designer maker/ photographer: Claudia Vogel
@.furniture.design
Photos: Lefika Images
Tables, Chairs & Desks category
Maker of the Year presented by Carbatec

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.

• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

• World, Recycled & Rescued and Student categories are open to makers all over the world.

• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

For info and to enter see
https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

Felder Group Australia WhittleWaxes American Hardwood Export Council ANZ

25/07/2024

Five Rivers, turned and carved sheoak form with burnt decoration

Designer maker/ photographer:
Art & Objects category
Maker of the Year presented by Carbatec

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash. Includes AU$1500 Jan Pennell award for woodturning.

• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

• World, Recycled & Rescued and Student categories are open to makers all over the world.

• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

For info and to enter see
https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

Felder Group Australia WhittleWaxes American Hardwood Export Council ANZ

25/07/2024

tenSion side table: "I have always been seduced by the beauty of wood but this piece is the result of a career-long interest in exploring the full potential of wood's other physical properties. I draw inspiration, as do many smitten woodworkers, from Japanese joinery techniques, Quaker sparseness and mid-century modernist line. Whilst some of the individual components of this table rely on modern joinery and epoxy adhesive, the way they are held to each other is purely due to tension, compression and friction. Somewhat like an arch, you release the key piece and the whole thing can come apart. It can be reassembled faster than you can say Ikea. The timber is black bean, (Castanospermum australe) from Queensland. It was milled about 50 years ago, destined for Commonwealth Bank fit-outs before the bank went to its yellow and black branding and Formica interiors."

Designer maker / photographer: Jon Gasparini
Tables, Chairs & Desks category
Maker of the Year presented by Carbatec

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash. Includes AU$1500 Jan Pennell woodturning award.

• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

• World, Recycled & Rescued and Student categories are open to makers all over the world.

• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

For info and to enter see
https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

Felder Group Australia WhittleWaxes American Hardwood Export Council ANZ

24/07/2024

Large hollow forms in camphor laurel: "This year I have really focused on form and design. To me the best way of exploring this is through hollow forms and I love the challenge of larger pieces. The biggest of these is 450mm which was quite a challenge. The tree was a salvaged camphor laurel from a local backyard and the grain was better than I expected."

Maker of the Year presented by Carbatec
Designer maker/ photographer:
Art & Objects category

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash. The awards include the AU$1500 Jan Pennell award for woodturning.

• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

• World, Recycled & Rescued and Student categories are open to makers all over the world.

• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

For info and to enter see
https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

American Hardwood Export Council ANZ Felder Group Australia WhittleWaxes

23/07/2024

Going cordless...

Arbortech announces trademark licensing agreement with Stanley Black & Decker for cordless technology.

23/07/2024

"The Wunderkammer is a glass fronted display cabinet inspired by the works of James Krenov. It was made from a single board of American cherry and finished in linseed oil. The purpose of the piece was to be able to display a multitude of items, this is achieved by a shelf integrated into the stand, internal glass shelving, and a fully lined drawer with removable trays which increase the storage space. I created the door handle, drawer pull and shelf pins from solid brass. I got the idea from seeing the hand carved door pulls and shelf pins in Krenov's "Cabinetmakers Notebook". The piece does not demonstrate any new thinking, but is a reflection and celebration of the history fine wooden furniture updated and applied to a contemporary piece."

Maker of the Year presented by Carbatec
Designer maker/ photographer: Matthew Webb .webb.furniture
Photos: William Acland
Student category, Waters & Acland Furniture School

For info and to enter see
https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.

• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

• World, Recycled & Rescued and Student categories are open to makers all over the world.

• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

WhittleWaxes Felder Group Australia American Hardwood Export Council ANZ

22/07/2024

Maker of the Year presented by Carbatec entry from Claudia Vogel .furniture.design

Tables, Chairs & Desks category
Photos: Daniel Mulheran

"This console typifies my design orientation: functional but unusual. In its simplest form, console is a high table, shallow in depth, with four legs. I have reinterpreted that basic form into a design with two elements that enhance its functionality and make the piece more unusual and memorable. Firstly, the design creates two levels for the table surface by the introduction of a small drawer on one side. This allows for a more stylish display of decorative items placed on the two levels. The drawer is visually balanced by the inclusion of a cubbyhole of the same size at the other end. Secondly, the legs also depart from the “usual”. At one end, a solid slab leg continues the dimensions and grain of the tabletop. On the other end is a trestle leg splayed to the width of the cubbyhole. The two legs are then braced together by a crossbar fixed with visible wedge joints. I’ve called the piece 'Cartagena' after the beautiful city in Colombia, the country of my birth."

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.

• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

• World, Recycled & Rescued and Student categories are open to makers all over the world.

• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

Maker of the Year is presented by Carbatec

For info and to enter see
https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

WhittleWaxes American Hardwood Export Council ANZ Carbatec

21/07/2024

S23 coffee table "Moodlab’s freshly designed studios in Prahran, Melbourne required luxury furniture surfaces that would avoid tonal clashes with their monitors during a colour-grade. We used neutral tones to suit the brief, whilst showcasing the light-play and natural texture of the materials. The different heights and diameters of the circular surfaces allows the user to customise the space, and offers a generous magazine-rack to display reference books for clients to browse"

Designer maker/ photographer: Daniel Tanner
Tables, Chairs & Desks category

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.

• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

• World, Recycled & Rescued and Student categories are open to makers all over the world.

• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

For info and to enter see bio link to
https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

19/07/2024

"In this piece I set out to invoke a Japanese feel in its design. I also wanted the piece to look attractive from all sides. The use of two wood types allows a subtle colour contrast between the various elements of the piece the highlight its structural design. The stacked frames supporting the table top are inspired by the extended bearers and joists seen in the traditional Japanese pavilion structures. Those structures are typically made with cedar and cypress, the two woods I have used in my piece."

Designer maker: Claudia Vogel .furniture.design
Photos: Daniel Mulheran
Tables, Chairs & Desks category

Maker of the Year is presented by Carbatec

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.

• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

• World, Recycled & Rescued and Student categories are open to makers all over the world.

• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

See https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

WhittleWaxes Felder Group Australia American Hardwood Export Council ANZ

19/07/2024

Beyond Tools manager turns the table on a ‘customer’ who ordered $30,000 worth of tools but didn’t pay.

Anthony Mirabile, manager at respected national tool and machinery retailer Beyond Tools, turns the table on a ‘customer’ who ordered $30,000 worth of tools but didn’t pay.

18/07/2024

How to join the length with dowels if you have no choice.

18/07/2024

Kumiko cabinet is a Japanese-inspired hi-fi cabinet in American walnut that sits atop ebonised curved legs. The aesthetics of this piece were imagined and tested during an artist residency led by Michael Fortune and Lou Fuller at the The Centre for Fine Woodworking NZ in January 2024.

Designer maker/ photographer: Valentin Botcazou
Student category
Maker of the Year presented by Carbatec

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.

• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

• World, Recycled & Rescued and Student categories are open to makers all over the world.

• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

For info and to enter see bio link to https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

American Hardwood Export Council ANZ WhittleWaxes Felder Group Australia

17/07/2024

"Little Frog. Big Climb conveys a serious message whilst being joyfully inspired by the nightly chorus of frogs near my workshop. It celebrates the beauty and fragility of our natural world and symbolises hope amidst climate crisis. Carved with traditional gouges, with some gorgeous undercutting fun (my favourite!). I also used the Japanese ukibori technique for the frog’s raised bumps; carve, compress bumps (with a knitting needle!), carve flush and steam…the bumps pop up as if by magic! Height: 360mm."

Designer maker Olivia O'Connor
Art & Objects category
Maker of the Year presented by Carbatec

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.
• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.
• World, Recycled & Rescued and Student categories are open to makers all over the world.
• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

Enter at https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

Felder Group Australia WhittleWaxes American Hardwood Export Council ANZ

17/07/2024

"The Delta project is designed to be a focal point in any room, showcasing the unique beauty of blackwood timber combined with a stunning epoxy resin ocean themed fold-down door."

Designer maker: Declan Hart
Chests, Cabinets & Boxes category
Maker of the Year presented by Carbatec

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.
• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.
• World, Recycled & Rescued and Student categories are open to makers all over the world.
• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

Enter at https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

American Hardwood Export Council ANZ WhittleWaxes Felder Group Australia

16/07/2024

'“Merging” was made during my year at Sturt. Throughout the year I wanted play around with organic and linear forms, and their relationship. This idea of them merging is expressed in this sculpture made from blackwood and Queensland silver ash.'

Designer maker: Billy Wilkins
Photos: Daniel Mulheran
Art & Objects category
Maker of the Year presented by Carbatec

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.
• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.
• World, Recycled & Rescued and Student categories are open to makers all over the world.
• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

Enter at https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

WhittleWaxes Felder Group Australia American Hardwood Export Council ANZ

11/07/2024

"Not quite fully cooked, Al Dente's inception was noodly at best – take a simple shape and make it cabinet-y. Bent wood appearing effortless, there are many complicated techniques packed into this facile white oak cabinet. A playful examination of function at its breaking (bending) point, limp with possibilities."

Designer maker Miles Gracey .on.woods
World category, USA
Maker of the Year presented by Carbatec

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.

• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

• World, Recycled & Rescued and Student categories are open to makers all over the world.

• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

For info and to enter see bio
https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

WhittleWaxes Felder Group Australia American Hardwood Export Council ANZ

10/07/2024

Applications close soon for three different woodworking scholarships open to younger makers.

Applications close soon for three different woodworking scholarships open to younger makers.

08/07/2024

"Japan has deeply influenced my woodworking journey, which was ignited a few years ago by a visit to a hand-tool museum in Kobe and numerous explorations of wooden temples and shrines. It felt natural to take that approach and aesthetic to the design of a whisky cabinet to capture the reverential, precious, and often intimate act of drinking a beautiful whisky.

Named Oomugi, meaning barley in Japanese, the detailing is inspired by the cultivation of this essential ingredient. Contrasting cherry and sycamore represent the seasons in Japan, which is famous for its cherry blossoms, or ‘sakura’, in spring and red acer leaves, or ‘momiji’, in autumn. This meticulous design transforms whisky drinking into a transcendent experience—an act of worship."

Designer maker: Ed Ryland
World category, UK
Maker of the Year presented by Carbatec

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.

• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

•Three categories are open to makers all over the world: World, Recycled & Rescued, and Student.

• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

Felder Group Australia WhittleWaxes American Hardwood Export Council ANZ

08/07/2024

Now open for entries!
https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

Maker of the Year presented by Carbatec

American Hardwood Export Council ANZ WhittleWaxes Felder Group Australia

Music: The Sun is Out by Simon Parsons

05/07/2024

"How can I possibly squeeze days of carving in a 90 second video???? It's very difficult and sometimes it seems that the whole project is easier than it really is!! But trust me.... custom projects require hours of planning ahead before carving even starts." Video by Michael Bechlivanis

Music: Call Me
Musician: LiQWYD

29/06/2024

Leigh Boek's Windy Washing captures the vibe by means of a combination of carving and intarsia techniques.

Maker of the Year is presented by Carbatec
• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.
• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.
• Student category is open to makers all over the world.
• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

For info and to enter see bio link to
https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

Carbatec

American Hardwood Export Council WhittleWaxes Felder Group Australia

26/06/2024

More fabulous work from the Chippendale School in Scotland, UK. Maker of the Year Awards presented by Carbatec are open to students of woodworking all over the world.

"The FitzRoy Chair features a full cantilever design crafted from American black walnut, reinforced with four layers of carbon fibre throughout the frame to create an exceptionally strong composite. Its seat is elegantly upholstered with British wool for added comfort and style."

Designer maker: Michiel Vrenegoor
Student category, Chippendale School of Furniture, UK. Photographer: Anna Paxtot

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.

• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

• Student category is open to makers all over the world.

• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

For info and to enter see bio link to
https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

Carbatec

American Hardwood Export Council ANZ WhittleWaxes Felder Group Australia

24/06/2024

The June issue of Wood Review magazine features work shown by Australia's peak body for professional designer makers and artists in wood.

The Art of Making is the association’s annual exhibition for accredited members of and, once again in 2024, was curated and presented by in Sydney. In the ADC’s words, the exhibition is ‘a snapshot of Australia’s finest designer makers and artists working in wood today’.

In 2024, the exhibition showed works by Rolf Barfoed, Ian Bell, Richard Coles, Phoebe Everill, Lou Harriss, Gray Hawk, Alby Johnston, Tony Kenway, Will Matthysen, Eliza Maunsell, David Muston, Darren Oates, Nick Pedulla, Ruth Thompson, David Upfill-Brown, Grant Vaughan, Warwick Wright and Peter Young.

Shown are just a few examples of the amazing work shown.

Nick Pedulla with his Vigne bench

Ruth Thompson with Searush lamp

Darren Oates

David Muston and Adam Stewart with Chaise longue

Drinks cabinet by @

Photos by Amy Piddington

Wood Review is a quarterly print and digital magazine for fine woodworkers and wood artists.
See the bio link to get our 20% off subscription offer to Australian addresses, which ends June 30.

24/06/2024

More fabulous work from the Chippendale School in Scotland, UK. Maker of the Year Awards presented by Carbatec are open to students of woodworking all over the world.

For info and to enter see
https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

"The Ligérienne is designed to elegantly showcase and store a record collection along with a turntable. I have always cherished listening to my vinyl records but struggled to find a piece of furniture that combines functionality and distinctive design, specifically tailored to accommodate a turntable, an amplifier, and suitable storage for records. These shelves are perfect for displaying decorative objects, photo frames, or small bookcase speakers." Made from European oak with fumed accents.

Designer maker: Kevin Tronel
Student category, Chippendale School of Furniture, UK. Tutor and photographer: Anna Paxtot

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.

• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

• Student category is open to makers all over the world.

• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

Carbatec

Felder Group AustraliaWhittleWaxes American Hardwood Export Council ANZ

23/06/2024

The Sonus Radiogram: "Inheriting the original 1967 HMV radiogram from my grandfather, I wanted to repurpose it, giving it a new lease of life. As this is my first piece of furniture I tried to incorporate as many techniques of woodworking into the player as possible, thereby giving me the most rounded education from my course here at Chippendale. This includes CNC, lasering, veneering, laminations, turning, waterfalled mitred edges and introducing fuming to half of the spiral design whilst leaving the other side natural. The electrical components were in need of repair so I found an expert, delivered the radiogram along with a reverse jig to be retrofitted to in order to make sure that any alterations would accommodate the new carcase. The laminated speaker horns are both functional and aesthetic considering the grain direction to mimic sound leaving the unit and also to actually project the sound out. The spiral design consists of 24 individual pieces of American white oak that have been CNC cut, routed and meticulously sanded. half of which were fumed to give the contrasting colour and were then glued together, shaped and mitred to give the waterfall continuing spiral effect."

Designer maker: Barney Hagger
Student category, Chippendale School of Furniture, UK. Tutor: Ben Dawson
Photos: Anna Paxtot

Maker of the Year is presented by Carbatec

• There are 13 awards and a prize pool of AU$18,000 including AU$11,000 cash.

• Entry is easy, upload five images, a description of your piece and your details.

• Student category is open to makers all over the world.

• Work made after 30 June 2021 is eligible.

For info and to enter see bio link to
https://www.woodreview.com.au/moty

American Hardwood Export Council ANZWhittleWaxesFelder Group Australia