Our successful Winter 2007 LumberJocks Woodworking Awards are over and the winners have been announced. The winning projects were selected from 89 submissions total in a democratic online voting held from Feb 1 to Feb 7. 96 votes by 49 voters were casted during this period.
And the winners are:
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Best Creativity Winner

The Shroud by CarverRog (74 points)
Best Creativity Runner Up

Sculpting a Walking Cane for my Father by Mark DeCou (50 points)
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Best Craftsmanship Winner

Rolltop Electronic Sound Equipment Storage Cabinet by Mark DeCou (59 points)
Best Craftsmanship Runner Up

Inlaid Jewelry Box by Marc Spagnuolo (58 points)
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You can see the results in each category (top five entries) here.
And here are ten lucky winners of the stylish LJ shirt (selected randomly from the voters):
- jpw1995
- Muzhik
- cranbrook2 – john
- frank
- thewoodwhisperer
- Max
- Duane – Duane Kohles
- dennis – Dennis Mitchell
- Terdy
- GuitarFreak
Congratulations, everyone! Prize winners will be contacted by email shortly to claim their prizes.
Thank you for participating. Let’s hope these Woodworking Awards will become our LumberJocks tradition!
-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka






















30 comments so far
Don
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posted 1004 days ago
Congratulations all! You are all most worth winners!
-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/
MsDebbieP
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posted 1004 days ago
how exciting!! :)
Congratulations to everyone. (including Martin!!)
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
john
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posted 1004 days ago
Congratulations everyone
There sure is a lot of talent on this site.
-- John in Belgrave http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2
frank
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posted 1004 days ago
Congratulations to all!!!
—-wow! ....and looks like I get one of those stylish LumberJock Logo T-Shirts.
Thank you Martin for all your time and effort!
GODSPEED,
Frank
-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/
Karson
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posted 1004 days ago
Congratulations to all of the winners and those who participated.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 1004 days ago
I’d like to personally congratulate all of the winners, & all of you who participated.
I also wish to thank everyone who gave my project their support.
-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1
buli
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posted 1004 days ago
Congratulations to all winners, hope next time i’ll win the stylish t-shirt :)
-- Buli, Brezno
Mark A. DeCou
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posted 1004 days ago
I must say that I am surprised and humbled, seriously. I want to thank all of those people that voted for my two projects, and participating in the competition. Eventhough some of us won prizes, all of us are winners for such a well run contest with such great projects.
Thanks Martin for putting this whole concept together,
Mark
-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com
jockmike2
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posted 1004 days ago
Congratulations guys, you all deserve a bigg at a boy. I’m happy for you all, you earned it, each and every one of you. mike
-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com
MsDebbieP
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posted 1004 days ago
I think Martin is grinning ear to ear, again !! :)
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
thewoodwhisperer
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posted 1004 days ago
Really nice job guys. I thought everyone’s collective effort was inspiring! Congrats to the winners!!! When do I get my T-shirt? :)
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Obi
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posted 1004 days ago
Congratulations Everyone. Beautiful Work. Great privilege to be able to participate in such a competition. Way to Go Martin, and all the t-shirt winners.
-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/
dennis mitchell
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posted 1004 days ago
Congratulations!
-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com
Max
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posted 1004 days ago
I believe that congratulations are in order of all who entered the contest, all were winning worthy projects and a special congratulations for the winners. It was exciting to be in the contest and to see the winners. I would also like to thank Martin for the T-shirt that I won.
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
Bill
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posted 1004 days ago
Congratulations to all the winners. It was amazing at the quality and creativity of all the works involved. It was difficult to choose one particular entry over another.
Looks like I have to step up my game if I want to compete next year.
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
dmath
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posted 1004 days ago
Congratulations, first and foremost, to Martin for a job well done. And to the winners, PHBBBBBBTTT! ;) Great job everyone.
-- David, Central Ohio
MsDebbieP
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posted 1004 days ago
Well Bill… you’re up to the CHALLENGE, now, aren’t you??? :) :)
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
scottb
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posted 1004 days ago
Congratulations to all! There was plenty of fantastic work to pick from. I was sure we’d have a 47 way tie for first place!
So Martin… about the top ten…. (I think I want to know how I placed creativity-wise. I know my box left a lot to be desired as far as craftsmanship goes… (I’ve come a long way in the few years since I made it)... but I need to know how much to step up the game to have a fighting chance. (now that all these projects are disqualified from future contests, I just might.)...
If you look in the ring for the next contest, you’ll see Debbie’s hat (stylish one that it is), mine’s underneath it (a dingy denim ballcap I got at the Hard Rock Cafe in Paris, Easter Sunday 1998)
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/
MsDebbieP
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posted 1004 days ago
uh oh.. I can feel the weight of the competition already…
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Obi
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posted 1004 days ago
I just saw that the craftsmanship was 59 points for Mark and 58 points for Marc … I’m suprised there hasn’t been a call for a recount.
-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/
Roger Strautman
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posted 1004 days ago
First off I want to thank Martin for making this great contest even possible. I also want to thank everyone for the quality of projects that were submitted. Everyone that took part in this contest has set the bar just a little higher and for that many thanks. A special thank you for all of those that voted for my, The Shroud, linen and cross.
-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"
scottb
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posted 1004 days ago
well deserved Rog… people just don’t believe at first (second or third) glance that The Shroud is all wood. Amazing.
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/
David
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posted 1004 days ago
Congratulations to the winners and everyone that entered the Winter 2007 contest. Awesome entries. Can not wait to see entries for the Spring contest. Thanks to Martin for all his hard work.
-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com
TonyWard
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posted 1004 days ago
Winter 2007 has brought out the best from the L.J.’s, congratulations to all winners, you’ve raised the bar and will have to do better for the subsequent competitions.
The success of this competition can be attributed to Martin whose ambition for the Forum inspires us ordinary people to aspire to do better! Well done Martin!
-- Bandsaw Box Plans
Martin Sojka
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posted 1003 days ago
THANK YOU ALL for such a positive feedback! It was quite difficult to prepare everything on time but now I’m happy and grinning ear to ear, as Debbie said ;)
-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka
Martin Sojka
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posted 993 days ago
Hey shirt winners, let us know whether you like the shirt or not (I’m getting notifications that the orders have been delivered). I’m sure that each LumberJock would love to see some photos as well ;)
-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka
Max
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posted 993 days ago
Martin,
Got my Lumberjock T-shirt the other day that I won, I really like it. Don’t know about the photo’s though, not to photogenic…...
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
Martin Sojka
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posted 993 days ago
No problem, Max.. I’m happy you like it ;)
-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka
Bill
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posted 987 days ago
With all the great entry’s this year, I feel the performance pressure as well. But, I will enter mainly to get feedback from everyone on my work.
When are the next awards scheduled? I better start building something now.
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
Sawhorse
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posted 985 days ago
Congrats to all the Winners, the Runner-ups and to all who entered…
-- Sawhorse - Sulphur Springs, TX - www.sawhorseworkshop.com