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CRAFTSMANSHIP CtOSE.UPYoung WoodworkersShow Bright FutureFurniture projects designed and built by high-school students prove that young peopte nave a passionfor craftsmanship and are ready to stake their claim as the next qeneration of American woodworrers.f-1-!ake one look at these prqects, and you can rell the biggest woodworking trade shows in the nation.Thethey were creared by woodworkers with first-rate show gives these young people a chance to learn moreI design and building skills. So it might surprise you about woodworking as a hobby, or even a career. So theyto find out all three were built by high-school students. all win big whether or not they take horne a prtze.These talented students were all winners in the 2005 Of course,we can't show you all of the finalists andStudent Design Contest, a compecirion for high-school and winners here. But you can see thent in a book calledpost-secondary woodworking students held every rwo F rc sh Wo o d, Vol ume 2,available at Fresh Woocl2( X )5. cor r r.years by theAssociarion of Woodworking and Furnishings The next Srr.rdent Design Contest will be held in2007.Suppliers (AWFS).This year, 22 high-school students To learn how you can get your student or school involvedexhibited their craftsmanship at the AV7FS Fair. one of in this wonderful program, visit AWFS.org. tMEo1.04John Hamer fronr Prirrceton Day Meredith Smith from Cedar Josiah Whitney f ronr CedarSchool in Princeton, New Jersey, Rrdge High School in HillsboroLrgh, Rrdge High School in Hillsborough,won first prize in the "Creative North Carolina, took frrst prize in North Caroljna, walked away withChair" category wirh this rrnique "Traditional Table. " 5he created tlre an honorable rnentlon in theentry, also shown at fop. The seat colorful tree image in the top using "Creatrve Casework" category withand back are made from edge-glued marquetry Five different species ei this desk lt's made with bendablemaple slabs Walnut strips are bent wood veneer make L.rp the imaqe, wood panels, plywood, solid maple,and laminated to form the curved which she then applied to an MDF and several types of highly figr_rredlegs. The seat detaches from the substrate. The frame and gracef ully veneer. Those include sapelli, birch,legs for easy transport.arched legs are made from maple. Spanrsh cedar, and bubrngaWOIl.KBENCH tr I)ECEMNEA 2OO5