Australian Wood Review

Leading The Way

The 95 entries for Australian Wood Review’s Student Awards 2019 that you can see on our website and Facebook page are as many reasons why we can have faith in the passing on of traditional hand skills. It’s now our pleasure to present and congratulate the award winners and all entrants.

The awards were independently judged by Bryan Cush and Kelly Parker (USA) both professional furniture designer makers who share a passion for supporting younger woodworkers. ‘What a process!’, Kelly commented. ‘We considered the level of technical difficulty, technical execution, design, originality and risk. We read every word,

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