LOCAL WOODWORKERS WIN AWARDS
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Aaron Fedarko
Camden, Maine
Dos Amigos Table
Cherry, Wipe on Poly
Award
Peoples Choice
Presented by
Holt & Bugbee
Tewkesbury,
Massachusetts
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Brian Reid
Rockland, Maine
Hour Glass
Mahogany, Plywood, Various Veneers, Cotton Quilt
71" x 40" x 20"
Award
Best Use of Veneer
Presented by
Certainly Wood
Aurora, New York
Aaron Fedarko of Camden and Brian Reid of Rockland have both won awards at Maine Wood 2008, a statewide, juried exhibition that is currently on display in Rockport’s Messler Gallery.
Fedarko’s Dos Amigos table took top honors, winning the “Peoples Choice Award” at the opening on November 29 by receiving a plurality of the more than 125 votes cast by attendees. The $500 cash prize was sponsored by the Holt & Bugbee lumber company of Tewksbury, Massachusetts.
Reid's Hour Glass bed won the prize for Best Use of Veneer—a $250 gift certificate from sponsor Certainly Wood of Aurora, New York. The bed was inspired by a vintage Depression-era quilt from Missouri that contains approximately 6,000 triangles in hourglass patterns and serves as its canopy. Reid decorated the bed’s platform and valance with marquetry that echoes the quilt’s pattern in thousands of pieces of veneer.
Other winners came from across the state, with work that ranged from a chair and a table to a wall sculpture and a mechanical frog. Lynn Szymanski, from York, won “Jurors Best in Show” and received a $500 gift certificate from Lie-Nielsen Toolworks of Warren, Maine. Alan Bradstreet, from Pownal, won “Most Creative” and received a $400 gift certificate from Highland Hardwoods of Brentwood, New Hampshire. Chris Joyce, from Stonington, won “Best New Maker” and received a $350 gift certificate from Maine Coast Lumber of York, Maine. Steve Burke, from Hermon, won “Best Joinery Techniques” and received a $300 gift certificate from DMT of Marlborough, Massachusetts. Peter Thompson, from Cornville, won “Outstanding Craftsmanship” and received a $250 gift certificate from Fat Andy’s Hardwoods of North Yarmouth, Maine. Wayne Hall, from Bucksport, won “Best in Furniture” and received a $250 gift certificate from Northland Forest Products of Kingston, New Hampshire.
Maine Wood 2008 is co-sponsored by eleven Maine crafts and woodworking organizations and will be on display at the Messler Gallery through March 14.
Gallery hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturdays. The Messler Gallery is located on the campus of the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, at 25 Mill Street in Rockport, Maine. The exhibition can also be viewed on the Center's website: www.woodschool.org.
The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship is a nonprofit school, offering courses in furniture making and related arts such as carving and woodturning. For more information about the Messler Gallery or the Center, please call 207-594-5611 or e-mail gallery@woodschool.org.