Tech
In the furniture category, the winner was
Craig Thibodeau, CT Fine Furniture,
San Diego, Calif., for Dog wood Cabinet.
For the winning student design,
Georgia Girl, winner of the Craftsman’s
yacht.” Yow is department chair of the Career Technical Education Program at Cedar
Ridge High School, Hillsborough, N.C.
Yacht entry named
winner for cherry sheet
veneer cabinetry, custom
countertops.
In Architectural Woodworking,
Fetzer Architectural Woodwork,
Salt Lake City, Utah, won for
Montage Hotel and Resort.
The Veneer Tech Craftman’s Challenge
named a sportfishing yacht entry from
Paul Mann Custom Boats as the competition’s cabinetry category and grand
prize winner.
The Manns Harbor, N.C., boat builder
received a total of $4,000 in prize winnings for the 81-foot “Georgia Girl.”
Hand-selected, plain-sliced cherry sheet
veneer accented with figured cherry
were used for the custom countertops
and cabinetry throughout the yacht.
Atlantic Veneer Mill Outlet was the
supplier of veneer for the project. Sales
representative Jack King receives $1000
in recognition of his participation in the
supply chain.
“Overall the quality of the work was
remarkable,” said Keith Yow, one of three
competition judges. “The scope of the
projects was tremendous, particularly in
the Specialty Items category. The marquetry in many pieces displays incredible
artistic visions and abilities; it made judging
difficult. The craftsmanship was exceptional, especially in the case of fitting cabinets
with so many radiuses into the cabin of a
Cabinets and bustiers
The other category winners in this
year’s competition, each receiving $1000,
were: Architectural Woodworking, Fetzer
Architectural Woodwork, Salt Lake City,
Utah, for Montage Hotel and Resort; Furniture, Craig Thibodeau, CT Fine Furniture,
San Diego, Calif., for Dogwood Cabinet;
Specialty Items, two winners, Rob Milam of
VeneerImages, Atlanta, Ga., for Self Portrait
3, and Paul Schurch, Schurch Woodwork,
Santa Barbara, Calif., for Bustier de Bois–
The Sassy Zebra; and in Student Design,
Christian Seifert, College of the Redwoods,
for Danish Sideboard.
Armoires and images
Eight entries earned honorable mention: Abdolhay Parnian, Parnian Furniture,
Scottsdale, Ariz., for Custom Kitchen, cabinetry; Chris Boule, Boule LLC, Haddam
Neck, Conn., for Boule Boy, furniture;
Doug Forsha, De La Madera LLC, Scottsdale, Ariz., for Curved Mappa Burl Armoire,
furniture; Gregg Novosad, Click Devine,
Palatine, Ill., for Reception Table with Faux
Magazine, furniture; Dennis Zongker,
Zongkers Custom Woods, Omaha, Neb.,
for Music Box 72 Note Movement, specialty item; Dusan Rakic, Prometheus065,
