Heirloom Urn
Ethan Kroetsch, EK Wood Designs
Materials Used:
I crafted this urn using a variety of woods to reflect Grandpa's love for travel and the many diverse places he visited. The exterior is made from Anigre, with its warm, golden tones, sourced from West Africa, and Wenge, a dark brown wood native to Central Africa, framing the border. For the interior, I chose figured Sapele, which originates from the rainforests of West Africa, including regions like the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, and Tanzania. For the marquetry design I incorporated Maple, Walnut, and Cherry. Woods native to North America and symbolic of the trees found in Grandpa's own backyard.
Hepplewhite influenced card table
Thomas Blevins, The Vermont Woodworking School
Materials Used:
The main wood I used was ribbon stripe sapele, for its stability and exciting interlocking grain pattern. The stringing inlay was done with American holly, the front fan inlay was done with the same, except with sand shaded edges.
Cocktail smoker box
Cameron Harter, Arctic Appalachian
Materials Used:
Walnut. Jatoba. Odies oil
Pipkin Desk
Avery Pipkin, Orange County Schools
Materials Used:
I sourced all of the material for this project from a local sawmill which is owned by the woodworking teacher that I replaced. I used the center cut of the walnut tree for the bookmatched slabs on the top of my desk. The material for the trestle leg was from a mantle that I built for another teacher as a retirement gift. I sourced the Birdseye maple for the inlays from the past instructor who used it for the inlays on his Nakashima desk. The walnut material for the free standing pedestal was lumber that came from the past woodworking teacher as well.
The Diamondback Cigar Humidor
Sammy Higdon, Apache Woodworking
Materials Used:
Wood: Walnut and Spanish Cedar. Hinges: Brusso Brass Stop Hinges. Humidor Supplies: Humidor wet sponge and Hygrometer. Glass insert for top.
Peruvian Walnut and Ambrosia Maple End Table
Liam Ronan, Son of a Carpenter LLC
Materials Used:
Walnut, Ambrosia Maple, Osmo polyx satin
Ellipse Coffee Table
Samuel Block, Block Studio
Materials Used:
White Oak Vesting hard wax oil N3 nano c channels threaded inserts custom steel plates for mounting the top
Fractal Guitar
Kayden Durrant, Self taught
Materials Used:
Swamp ash body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard. Blue epoxy filler, high gloss finish. Custom electronics.
Oak Cabinet
Jared Englert, USAF
Materials Used:
White Oak
Curved Front Liquor Cabinet
Itsuki Langley, Hewes& Co.
Materials Used:
Materials: Solid Walnut Walnut Veneer Curly Maple Birdseye Maple Cherry (used for the adjustable shelf knob) 1/4" Plywood (back panel) 3/4" Plywood (French cleat mounting system) Finish: Shellac Lacquer N3 Nano Coating (for added protection and depth) Brown Dye (to enhance the depth of natural wood figures)
White Oak Bunk Bed
Joseph Hitzel, Barden Home Builders
Materials Used:
4/4 plain sawn white oak 8/4 plain dawn white oak 3/4 mdf white oak veneer 1/4 mdf white oak veneer 2x12 hem fir 2x4 hem fir
Sculpted Rocking Chair
Nick Childers, Old Dominion Fine Furniture
Materials Used:
Cherry with walnut accents.
Stacked Lamination Walnut Table
Hunter Locke, Black Renon Furniture
Materials Used:
Walnut. Lots of walnut.
Cradenza
Sean Redden, Redden Custom Woodworks
Keepsake Memories Box
Braden Mccune
Materials Used:
Walnut and Hard Maple
Swell Tambour Cabinet
Brian Skalaski, Jug End Studio
Materials Used:
Walnut, Ash, Brass, Hardware and LEDs
Hand and Feet stool pair
Janine Wang, Oregon State University (faculty)
Materials Used:
Ash
Cherry Dresser
Matthew Owens, Optimized Woodworks
Materials Used:
Cherry, walnut
Resurrection in Walnut and Flame
Joshua Diatte, Diatte Designs
Materials Used:
Figured walnut and spalted maple.
Container for sketchbooks
Audrey Kasinger, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship
Asa-No-Ha Kumiko Desk
Michael Belcolore, Kickapoo High School
Materials Used:
Black limba Wenge Soft maple Blum hidden rollout slides Blum push to open door hinges Osmo clear satin finish Salice push to open hidden drawer slides
Each year, Woodworking Network's #YoungWoodPro competition recognizes outstanding projects and the young wood pros who create them. Entrants must be between the ages of 18-35, (by year’s end 2025) and be a professional woodworker or student. This year we were able to narrow the submissions down to 21 finalists and one winner will be chosen by our panel of judges based on the overall look/presentation of the project, and complexity of construction and design.
On the subject of this year's finalists, Woodworking Network's Editorial Director Will Sampson remarked, "Not only was there a huge increase in the number of entries this year, but also the quality was simply stunning. As judges, we really had our work cut out for us!"
The 2025 #YoungWoodPro contest winner will receive a $500 monetary award from Woodworking Network and will be featured on WoodworkingNetwork.com and in an upcoming issue of FDMC magazine.
In addition, Grizzly Industrial is generously offering the winner a $2,000 shopping spree, redeemable for any of the tools & machinery or other products sold through their online store at Grizzly.com.
This year’s winning project will be announced at the co-located Closets Conference / Wood Pro Expo June 11-13 in West Palm Beach, FL, and in all of our other channels. #YoungWoodPro is produced by Woodworking Network and sponsored by Grizzly Industrial.
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