| Blog series by Martin Sojka | updated 649 days ago | 4 parts | 12972 reads | 57 comments total |
Part 1: Announcement
How does a $500 cash prize sound?! It’s time to get busy again. The LumberJocks Woodworking Awards Summer 2011 are officially here and this time we again have a very creative theme that should result in many amazing entries. As always, the goal is to highlight the creativity of all of our members (regardless of skill level). Here is the theme: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Birds of a Feather – Yes, we are talking birdhouses. Build a birdhouse, any birdh...
Part 2: Call For Entries
Entry period of the LJ Woodworking Awards Summer 2011 is now officially open and will close on July 31st. Here’s the theme again: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Birds of a Feather – Yes, we are talking birdhouses. Build a birdhouse, any birdhouse. It can be a decorative style suitable for indoors only or constructed for the birds to use. It can be big, small, chip-carved, scrollsawed, painted, and the list goes on. It can be made by (or assisted by) little hand...
Part 3: Cast Your Votes!
Awards entry period is over and we ended up with 53 great entries in the Birds of a Feather category. Now it’s time to pick your top 5 list and cast your votes. Voting deadline is on August 7th at 3 PM CDT. Note that if you submitted an Awards entry, you will notice that your project is not listed when you make your selections. (You are not allowed to vote for yourself.) So don’t panic when you do not see your entry in the voting list – others can pick your entry with...
Part 4: WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
The results are in and it’s time to officially announce the winners of the LumberJocks Woodworking Awards. The winning projects were selected from the 53 “Birds of a Feather” submissions in an online voting held from August 1 to August 7. 119 votes were cast during this period. And here are the winning projects… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Winner – 180 points – $500 Cash Prize Runner-Up – 161 points – $200 Cash Prize F...
