Judges named for AWFS student competition

Six professionals from the woodworking and furniture industry were selected as judges for the AWFS 2015 Fresh Wood student woodworking competition. The judges are Bob Barone, sales manager at Benz…

Six professionals
from the woodworking and furniture industry were selected as judges for the
AWFS 2015 Fresh Wood student woodworking competition.

The judges are Bob
Barone, sales manager at Benz Inc.; Martin Goebel, owner of Goebel & Co.
Furniture; Daniel Hellman, co-owner of Hellman-Chang; Saúl Martín, shop
superintendent at Architectural Woodworking Co.; Richard Schroeder, vice president
of design at Stanley Furniture Co., and Davide Tonizzo, owner of Design D.

Fresh Wood is a
student woodworking competition open to full-time students in an accredited
high school or post-secondary woodworking or related program and part-time
students in an accredited post-secondary woodworking or related program who are
transitioning into a career in woodworking or design within North America.

The competition has
six categories at both school levels: case goods, seating, open, design for production,
tables, and musical instruments.

The AWFS fair is
scheduled for July 22-25 in Las Vegas.

For information,
visit www.awfsfair.org.