Maybe someone here will be interested in this. Not much time to enter. It would be nice to visit and see the items after the winners are chosen. A list of where they will be displayed is at the end.

The deadline for entry to Good Wood has been extended to January 31, 2005. See below for more details and go to http://www.woodguildsocal.com for complete information and an application.

The Woodworkers’ Guild of Southern California (WGSC) and TreePeople are hosting an exhibition titled GOOD WOOD: Furniture and Objects from Sustainable Materials.

This exhibition seeks to explore the use of salvaged, recycled and certified well-managed lumber as an alternative to conventional wood sources. The purpose of the show is to offer an opportunity for fine woodworkers to exhibit work made with environmentally sound materials and methods, and to address the issue of sustainability through design.

Jurors:
Sam Maloof, woodworker; Jo Lauria, freelance craft curator and writer; Hal Nelson, director, Long Beach Museum of Art.

Locations and schedule:
April 7 - 24, 2005: Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
April 9 - 24, 2005: Urban Forest Gallery (The WGSC Gallery), San Pedro, CA
May 1 - 29, 2005: TreePeople Center, Beverly Hills, CA
June 4 - 30, 2005: Trios Gallery (in conjunction with The Furniture Society Conference), Solana Beach, CA

For more information see the WGSC website: