Veneer Woodworking Award Winners Named at IWF 2014
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2014 Grand Prize Winner “Transitional Cabinets” Keith Morgan/Aaron Nash Bespoke Minneapolis Certainly Wood, distributor Greg Engle, Sales Representative
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Honorable Mention Architectural Woodworking Rustic Urban Living Room Thomas Daniels Wood Interiors Unlimited
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Honorable Mention Architectural Woodworking Kriton & McConkie Fetzer Architectural Woodwork
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Honorable Mention Architectural Woodworking Business School Fetzer Architectural Woodwork
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Category Winner Architectural Woodworking Master Closet Kirk Coryn Kirk Kreations
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Category Winner Cabinetry Royal Crescent Kitchen Keith Morgan and Aaron Nash Bespoke Minneapolis
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Category Winner Furniture Jewelry Armoire Richard Hubbs Richard Hubbs Furniture and Design
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Category Winner Specialty Items Bringer of Peace Spider Johnson/Lora Hunt
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Category Winner Student Design Frank Olof Jondelius, University of Washington
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Category Winner Wearable Veneer Solar Eyewear-Buckeye/Maple Burl Split Arc-Iris
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Honorable Mention Furniture King Bed Kirk Coryn Kirk Kreations
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Honorable Mention Furniture Lamp Table Richard Hubbs Richard Hubbs Furniture and Design
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Honorable Mention Furniture Fine Line Hall Table Alfons Laicher Alfons Laicher Custom Furniture & Woodworking
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Honorable Mention Furniture Chapel Altar Joel McCoy Redwood Ecotectural
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Honorable Mention Furniture Pedestal Dining Table Joel Shepard Joel Shepard Furniture
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Honorable Mention Furniture Chippendale Marquetry Table Tops Tony Smith Tony Smith Fine Furniture and Conservation
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Honorable Mention Specialty Items Mechanics Tool Box Danny Birnbaum Saco Birnbaum Fine Woodworking
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Honorable Mention Specialty Items Morning Contemplation Robert Bodzan Just Marquertry Studio
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Honorable Mention Specialty Items Pidium Jeff Cruzan
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Honorable Mention Specialty Items Inner Sanctum Ray Jones, Ray Jones Woodcrafts
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Honorable Mention Student Design Alfred Bar Cabinet Kristopher Chan University of Washington
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Honorable Mention Student Design Contemporary Desk Erik Lutz Cedar Ridge High School
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Honorable Mention Student Design Pare Abigail Smith Appalachian State University
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Honorable Mention Wearable Veneer The Garter Sunglasses Altare Designs, LLC
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Honorable Mention Wearable Veneer Arborglass 2014 Designs Coby Unger Philadelphia University
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Honorable Mention Specialty Items Gorilla Rodney Pike, Pike Design

ATLANTA - More than 100 entries tried for the grand prize winning entry of the Tenth Annual Veneer Tech Craftsman’s Challenge. “Transitional Cabinets” by Keith Morgan and Aaron Nash of Bespoke Minneapolis, Larchwood, IA, took home the honor and the $3,000 prize in veneer woodworking. The work features herringbone parquetry on the lower deck and ceiling, curved interior corners, perpendicular veneer door edges flanked by walnut piping, teak micro reeding on both the vertical and horizontal matching of the ziricote exteriors, and Burmese teak interiors.

Certainly Wood is the materials supplier for the grand prize winning project and receives $2,000. Sales representative Greg Engle receives $1,000 in recognition of his participation in the supply chain.

The category winners in this year’s competition, each receiving $1000 are: Architectural Woodworking, Kirk Coryn, Kirk Kreations, Sapulpa, OK, for “Master Closet;” Cabinetry, Keith Morgan and Aaron Nash, Bespoke Minneapolis, Larchwood, IA, for "Royal Crescent Kitchen;” Furniture, Richard Hubbs, Richard Hubbs Furniture and Design, Ferdinand, IN, for “Jewelry Armoire;” Special Items, Spider Johnson and Lora Hunt, Mason, TX, for marquetry pictorial “Bringer of Peace;” Student Design, Olof Jondelius, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, for chair entry “Frank;” and in a judges’ special category, Wearable Veneer, Arc-Iris, Pocatello, ID, for “Solar Eyewear, Buckeye/Maple Burl Split.”

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