FINE CRAFTED -WOOD

A Competition for Trainee Furniture Designer/Makers

This competition is for people under instruction at a Training Establishment. The Trust wishes to encourage people to use wood from the New Forest to make the highest quality furniture. To this end it is making available 1”boards of oak,beech and other species to Trainees who will make a commitment to use the wood to make a piece for this Competition. To ensure that commitment is honoured we will require those accepting timber to accept an invoice for any taken from us. That invoice will be presented for payment if the person who took the timber does not submit a piece of furniture in the competition that year.

Prizesfor 2011

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The Trainee Furniture Makers Competition

FIRST PLACE £1,000

SECOND PLACE£400

THIRD PLACE£200

The People’s Choice

FIRST PLACE£500

The Children’s Choice

FIRST PLACE£200

The Trainee Competition is organised in parallel with an Exhibition of Fine-Crafted Wood to be held at the New Forest Show on 26th, 27th and 28th July 2011. The Exhibition will include pieces made by Professional bespoke furniture craftsmen and other examples of woodcrafts. AXMINSTER TOOL CENTREwill demonstrate some of their tools at the Exhibition this year.

The Judges will select pieces by Trainees to take part in final judging at the Exhibition. All pieces selected to take part in the Exhibition will be automatically entered in the competition for the ‘Peoples Choice’ and Children’s Choice’ prize.

The‘Peoples Choice’ winners are chosen by visitors to the Exhibition who complete a voting slip to say which Exhibit they liked best. Experience has shown that this vote was dominated by children either voting directly or by influencing their parents. The Organisers have decided that children should be given a separate voting slip in order to select the ‘Children’s Choice’ winner.

From this it can be seen that Trainee Competitors have the potential to win three prizes; they could win one of the Trainee Competition prizes and the Peoples Choice prize and the Children’s Choice prize.

Note – the Organisers want to having the winning pieces on show at the New Forest Museum and Visitor Centre after the Exhibition – see Rules.
FINE CRAFTED -WOOD

A Competition for Trainee Furniture Designer/Makers

COMPETITION ORGANISERS

Kathy Gulliver, Richard Haydon, Jackie Neylon, Harry Oram, Tony Roberts, Toni Shaw, Donald Thompson, Richard Manley, Emma Rigglesworth.

JUDGESfor 2011

After graduating with an honours degree in Zoology, Matthew Burttrained at Rycotewood College and then as an apprentice to Richard Fyson of Kencot, Oxfordshire. Steeped in the historical resonance of the Arts and Crafts philosophy and manifestations, Kencot was just two villages away from Kelmscott, the home of William Morris, a principal founder of the movement.A bike-ride away was the Cotswold village of Sapperton where Ernest and Sidney Barnsley and Ernest Gimson formed the Cotswold Group of Craftsmen. Matthew has taken their baton, dipped it in modernism and sustainable design values and run with it into the 21st century. Matthew designs in response to a client’s brief in the commissioned work and in response to his own brief in our speculative pieces. The crossover of these journeys is the engine of his creativity. Matthew is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Society of Designer Craftsmen. He is also a Trustee of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen.

James Ryan is the designer-manager at the Edward Barnsley Workshop and he designs all the furniture made there. He has received six Guildmark awards from the Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers for pieces he has designed and his work has been selected for Design Nation. James also works as a free-lance and has designed three ranges of furniture for Ercol. He is a liveryman of The Worshipful Co. and serves on its Guildmark Award Committee.In 2008 and 2009 he organized the annual gathering of the DesignerMakers.org.uk forum members, which were each attended by more than a hundred furniture makers from around the country.

Martin Griersonstudied design and cabinet making at London’s Central School of Arts & Crafts (now Central St.Martins) and then spent 5 years as an assistant to leading architects and designers. This experience has lead to a good understanding of buildings, and architects ideas about design. He started his workshop after 15 years practicing as a free-lance designer to the furniture industry.
Martin set out to make proper pieces of furniture that exploit traditional forms of construction but are, never the less, expressions of today.
He always seeks an appropriate form for eachpiece, relating it to its surroundings, either by contrast or closely related style. He works closely with clients to achieve furniture that will live up to their expectations and aspirations.Their input is a strong influence in helping the creation of a new design for them. He believes the success and beauty of a design lie as much in the consistent attention to detail and choice of materials as in the overall concept.

NEW IN 2011

Practice talking to the public

One facilityoffered to Trainees exhibiting at our Exhibition is to talk to any number of 20,000 visitors. It represents an opportunity to practice telling potential customers about what they have made and why. This is a major part of what a bespoke furniture maker must do. It is a good time to try different ways of speaking to them. To help with this we have negotiated the use of a cabin that sleeps 12, located about 6 miles away for which the charge is only £5/person/night; as you would expect this excludes bedding and food. If you wish to book a bed there, please indicate on your application form.
Rules Governing the New Forest Trust Fine Crafted-Wood

Trainee Furniture Designer/Maker Competition 2011

Qualifications of Entries: Only work by the entrant will be considered in judging. The Entry should be recognisable as a piece of furniture. Entries constructed from kits will not be eligible. Misrepresentation will result in rejection or disqualification, at the discretion of the judges. Preferably the timber used should be from New Forest woodlandsor similar, however, in order to permit craftsmen to fully use their imagination and flair this rule will be interpreted as permitting no more than 10% by volume or surface area of other sources to be used.

Eligibility: For the purposes of the Competition ‘Trainee’ means someone enrolled in a full time or part time training course with a recognised supervisor.

Entries: Only one entry is permitted for each competitor. The Organisers’ decision on whether an application is accepted as an entry is absolute and final. A preliminary round of judging may be undertaken to determine which pieces should be judged at the Exhibition. Competitors will receive a receipt for their application and if accepted, an Official Entry Number.

Application Form: A separate Application form must be completed by each competitor. An Application form is attached to this document. An Application form can be downloaded from . Applications must be accompanied by a signed document from a supervising person at the Training establishment attended (eg Supervisor, Teacher, Lecturer, Head of Department).

Photographs: The Organisers would like to have a photograph of the entry item included with the Application form. If the Application form is submitted by email then a jpeg file should be attached. If this is not possible, please send us your Application form noting “photograph to follow”. The photographs help us determine the best display space for exhibiting and judging it but more importantly we need very good studio photographs when publishing the results of the Competition and the Exhibition. The Organisers reserve the right to use these photographs and any taken by them at the Show to publicise the Competition and its results. We regret that we will be unable to return any hard copies of photographs.

The Organisers will provide a display sign for each item at the Exhibition. There will be space on each sign for a picture of the Exhibitor. If Exhibitors would like their photograph included on this sign please send a digital or hard copy with your application.

Description of the Entry: A description of each entry must be submitted on the Application Form.

Entry Fee: An Entry Fee of £5 is required for each Competitor. All Competitors will receive a plan of the Showground, a Vehicle Pass and one ‘any day’ admission ticket to the Showground.

Deadline for sending Application Forms: To facilitate proper preparation for the Competition applications should be made as early as possiblebut no later than midnight on 31st May 2011.

Submission of Entries at the Exhibition Those Entries selected for judging at the Exhibition must be received by the Competition Organisers at the New Forest Show between 1200 and 1500 on Monday July 25th 2011. TheseCompetitors or theirnominated designee must present entries in person. The Competition Organisers will provide each entrant with a receipt upon delivery of the entry to the contest. This receipt must be returned to the Organisers in order to retrieve the entry at or after 1600 on 28th July 2011. Entrants are expected to insure their entries while they are on the Showground.

Sales: Competitors are permitted to offer their entries for sale while at the Exhibition. The terms of any sale are the responsibility of the Competitor and not the Organisers. Entries shall stay on show at the Exhibition until 1600 hours on 28thJuly 2011.

Judging: The Judges will assess entries for artistic design, makeability and craftsmanship, ergonomics in use, and sustainable use of timber in any preliminary heat and a final to be judged on 25th July 2011. They will determine which entries shall be placed in a first, second or third position. They may determine that no entry can be awarded a particular position. The Judges decision will be final. There will also be a ‘Peoples Choice’ class and ‘Children’s Choice class to be determined by visitors to the Exhibition; the winner of these classes will be the entry receiving the most votes from the public.

After the Exhibition: Arrangements have been made for the winning pieces to be displayed at the New Forest Museum and Visitor Centre at Lyndhurst, Hampshire, for two months, from the beginning of August to September 2011. This will expose the work to visitors to the New Forest many of whom call in at the Visitor Centre. Only in exceptional circumstances will the Organisers accept that the winning pieces cannot be displayed as indicated.
APPLICATION FORM

FOR THE NEW FORESTTRUST’S

TRAINEE FINE CRAFTED-WOOD FURNITURE COMPETITION 2011

New Forest Show 26th27th and 28th July 2011

Entrants name…………………………………………………………………………

Address…………………………………………………………………………………...

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Post Code…………….Tel. No………………Email ………………………………

Description of the entry – Please include any special features, especially those that might not be apparent in a photograph. A good description helps the judges with their determination. On a separate sheet please explain the concept you have adopted for making this piece. The concept is a great help to the judges in assessing the work. A photograph should be attached to this entry form and it is helpful in determining display space requirements.

Description / Photograph
Attached(√) / Photograph
To Follow(√)

ENTRANT

“I confirm that I have read the rules of the Trainee Fine Crafted-Wood Competition 2011and agree to be bound by them. I confirm that the information I have provided is true and correct. I also agree that the Competition Organisers may freely publish pictures and text describing my entry.

The entry fee of £5 is submitted by Paypal/enclosed with this form(delete as appropriate).”

Signed ……………………………………………… Date ……………………

I would like to reserve a bed (£5/night) for 25, 26, 27 July 2011 – Yes

SUPERVISOR

“I certify that this person is in training and that this is his or her own work”

Signed ………………………………………………

Position ………………………………………… College/School/Organisation …………………….

Date …………………..

Complete this form and email (or mail it) with a picture of your entry to arrive no later than 31st May 2011 to:

Or to :The New Forest Trust, New Park Farm, Brockenhurst, Hampshire SO42 7QH

Entry Fees can be paid via Paypal Donation buttons on the Trust’s website or by cheque. Cheques, etc. should be made out to ‘New Forest Trust Ltd’