Spring Challenge – 2021
Meat Tenderizers
Don Urquhart
Constructed from Hickory, Eastern maple and Garry oak. The hickory and Garry oak are from the VIWG Wood Recovery. The finish is pure Tung oil.
Trivet-Cutting Board
Bruce Thomson
Constructed from Sapele, Black Walnut and Eastern Maple. The finished is walnut oil.
Sushi Boards
Wayne Halabourda
The lighter one is made from rift-cut white oak, the darker from Indian rosewood. The finish is a shopmade cocktail of beeswax and mineral oil.
Segmented Celtic Knot Rolling Pin
Brain McLaurin
Constructed of black walnut, Guild Garry oak, light walnut from the Fraser Valley and local Ladysmith dogwood, dimensions 17 ¾” long x 2 5/16” diameter. The finish is four coats of Tried & True Danish oil
Sturdy Cutting Board
Rein Rungas
Constructed from Guild elm. The finished is Osmo.
Kitchen Spoon
John Magwood and Rick Lloyd
Made from fir and finished with mineral oil
Salt and Pepper Mills with Banana Hook
Don Gray
Salt & Pepper Mill’s ,Holly and Walnut, Banana hook Walnut and Maple , all local woods. Both finished with Polyurethane.
Kitchen Canisters
Michael Harvey
All from Wood Guild lumber — Garry oak, London plane, arbutus and paulinia. The inlays are poplar, bloodwood, padauk, purple heart and amerillo set into holly ellipses, each set in to thin slices of each box wood. The lids have inset grips so the boxes could stack. The finish is shellac, resulting in a yellowish colour
Cook Book Stand
Wally Slobodan
red cedar burl finished with Osmo
Cheese Knives and Pickle Fork
Graham Dragushan
Two cheese knives (and the design inspiration) and a wee pickle fork, both in Arbutus heartwood, finished with Ozmo (one of two projects)
Salad Spoons
Graham Dragushan
A pair of salad spoons in western maple also finished with Ozmo
Knife Block
Dany Coulombe
The knife block fits into a drawer, or it can stay on the counter top.The wood is maple from the Mid Island woodworkers Guild. It measure 14 1/4 in long by 6 in wide.
Kitchen Spoon
Frank Letchford
A simple kitchen spoon, about 12 inches long. Made of cherry finished in mineral oil.
