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AWARDS & RECOGNITION

The Rising Sun, Wood Wall Art, New Zealand Rimu

2025

Judge, Carbatec CrushGrind Competition

Judge, Taranaki Woodcraft Festival

Judge, Hawke's Bay Woodturners Wood Craft Competition

Judge, Golden Chisel - Central District's Woodwork Expo

Woodwork Resource Artist, CollaboratioNZ (Whangarei)

2024

Demonstrator, National Wood Expo (Christchurch)

2023

3rd Place "Son of Footrot", Carving and Sculpture, Taranaki Woodcraft Festival

3rd Place "Blue Lightning", Macrocarpa, Taranaki Woodcraft Festival

Demonstrator, National Wood Expo (North Shore, Auckland)

Judge, The Art of Wood, National Association of Woodworkers New Zealand

Woodwork Resource Artist, CollaboratioNZ (Whangarei)

2022

Highly Commended "Symbiosis", Bowls, The Art of Wood

Demonstrator, National Wood Expo & AGM (Hamilton)

2021

1st Place "Beneath the Crust", Natural, The Art of Wood

3rd Place "Depths of Geldingadalir", Plates / Platters, The Art of Wood

Demonstrator, AGM of the National Association of Woodworkers New Zealand (Tauranga)

Woodwork Resource Artist, CollaboratioNZ (Whangarei)

2019

2nd Place "The Rising Sun", Sculpture, Franklin Arts Festival

Judges Choice Award, Central Districts Woodwork Expo

Demonstrator, AGM of the National Association of Woodworkers New Zealand (Christchurch)

2018

3rd Place, "Childs Cowboy Hat", Open Artistic, Kawerau National Woodskills

Artwork of the day award, "A Collaborative Giant", World of Woodturners

Artwork of the day award, "Dream-Catcher Series 1", World of Woodturners

Treeworkx Competition Winner

Demonstrator, AGM of the National Association of Woodworkers New Zealand (Wellington)

2017

2nd Place, Overall Winner, Manawatu Open Day Interclub Competition

Artwork of the day award, "Rimu Burl Platter", World of Woodturners

Artwork of the day award, "Stacked", World of Woodturners

Treeworkx Competition Winner

2016

2nd Place, "Reont", Woodturning Traditional, Kawerau National Woodskills
Highly Commended, "Red Tide", Woodturning Artistic, Kawerau National Woodskills

Judges Choice Award, Manawatu Open Day Interclub Competition

Treeworkx Competition Winner

2015

Merit Award, "Balance", Open Artistic, Franklin Arts Festival

Treeworkx Competition Winner

 

2014

1st Place, "Trio of Yew", Manawatu Woodworkers Guild Annual Competition

2nd Place, Sycamore Plain Bowl, Manawatu Woodworkers Guild Annual Competition

Merit Award, Irish Yew Winged Box, Manawatu Woodworkers Guild Annual Competition

 

2013

Highly Commended, Pepperwood Winged Bowl, Manawatu Woodworkers Guild Annual Competition

Special Award, "President's Folly", Manawatu Woodworkers Guild Annual Competition

Artwork of the day award, "Quilted Maple Ring Box", World of Woodturners

 

2012

1st Place, "Rustic Rural Easter Basket", Manawatu Woodworkers Guild Annual Competition

5th Place (Merit Award), Oak Natural Edged Bowl with Turned Fruit, Manawatu Woodworkers Guild Annual Competition

The Rising Sun

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