To my fellow Lumberjocks and Lumberjockettes,
Tommy MacDonald and the WoodExpo 2012 Team have published their ”Call For Entries” for the WoodExpo 2012 juried woodworking competition. By following the link provided below, you can get the news.
http://www.thomasjmacdonald.com/content/woodexpo/
We LJ’s have a lot of gifted woodworkers here who should get involved. There are two competition categories again next year. The Open category allows you to design and build an item of your choice. The Next Step-Interpretive category gives you the opportunity to design and build your concept of the STEP STOOL. There are specific build criteria, so make sure your entry meets all of the requirements.
As always, there is no entry fee and the judges are not eligible for any of the prizes being offered. Last year’s contestants’ projects and the winners can be viewed on the WoodExpo 2011 link on Tommy’s site. If you did not know, Woodcraft, Oneida, Berkshire Veneer and others provided some really great prizes to the winners.
I look forward to seeing what our LJ Community can conjure up and build for the WoodExpo 2012 competitions. Good Luck and be safe in your shops.
-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....
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SwedishIron
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#1 posted 736 days ago
Thanks for spreading the word about the WoodExpo 2012 Call for Entries.. Just so everyone knows FlWoodRat and I are WoodExpo organizers working with Tommy MacDonald and Eli Cleveland. The WoodExpo provides an amazing platform for Woodworkers to get out, show their work, meet with customers, hang out with some of the countries most talented craftsman and learn from each other about personal marketing and the importance of understanding design and selling yourself. Here is a little sampling of some of the technical demonstrations and presentations that just happened this last February at the WoodExpo 2011.
Peter Turner: Facet shaping of shaker legs
Rob Porcaro: Hand cut tenons
Glen Guarino: Stack Lamination / Body of Work Presentation
Tom McLaughlin: Tilt top tea table legs
Glen Guarino: Stack Lamination Demonstration
Daniel Hayes: Dimensioning rough cut boards and laying out dovetails
Rob Bois: Stringing and scratch stock
Mike Korsak: Flattening and Jointing
Ryan Messier: Modern Cabriole Leg
Phil Lowe: Queen Anne Chair Construction
Steve Brown: Queen Anne Chair Shaping
Glen Guarino: Stack Lamination Shaping
Phil Lowe: Body of Work Presentation
Phil Lowe & Glen Guarino: Public Critique of McIntire Carved Game Table
Mark Ferioli: Ladder Back Chair
Matt Hobbs: Townsend China Table Build Play by Play
Allan Breed: Ball and Claw leg carving
Kevin Mack: Marquetry
Glen Guarino: Stack lamination mirror construction
Allen Breed: Body of Work Presentation
Sten Havumaki: Roman Letter Carving
Allan Breed: Personal critique of 4 pieces
Andrew Glenn: Banding Inlay
Michael Morton: Sliding dovetails
Ryan Messier: Windsor chair seat carving
Dr. J. Leko: Furniture design discussion
And next year will be bigger and better! As soon as next years presenters and schedule are known we will make sure to keep all the LumberJocks up-to-date.
Feel free to contact either of us if you have any questions concerning the event.
-- Scott, Colorado
FlWoodRat
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#2 posted 566 days ago
Scott,
Looks like Tommy Mac put out his “Call for Entries” today. You can see it at this link.
http://www.thomasjmacdonald.com/media/video.php?vid=4b373bb03
-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....
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