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24.01.2022 MullumJoinery Wood & Metal at Woodfest 2018

22.01.2022 Furniture lovers, tree farmers, and master crasftpeople all came together at Federal today, to whittle away some misconceptions of the forestry industry. Woodfest celebrated everything about the sustainable timber industry even issuing attendees an important challenge.

22.01.2022 Sunday April 15, 2018 in Federal, NSW was a picture-perfect day. Blue skies, rolling hills, green and forested, it was the place that around 500 hundred people chose to gather in. The occasion was Woodfest, a celebration of native timbers that marked the creation of a new collective of farm foresters known as Quality Timber Traders (QTT). The main Northern Rivers species currently being harvested and which were displayed at Woodfest were silky oak (Cardwellia sublimis), silve...r quandong (Elaeocarpus grandis), Queensland maple (Flindersia brayleyana). Woodfest is all about celebrating sustainably grown native timber, said Kate Love, events manager for QTT. Its about bringing tree growers and woodworkers together so that we can create a local loop between seed to tree products and really showcase what we can do with our beautiful native timbers. The event was designed to showcase locally grown native timbers and their use through informative displays and a design competition. Panel discussions of makers, growers, architects, interior designers and timber technologists discussed various aspects of the project and took questions from an audience which packed out the chapel adjacent to Federal Hall. A BBQ lunch was hosted by the Bangalow Mens Shed, while local musician Luke Bennett serenaded the visitors who ate under shelter outside. At 2pm winners of the three categories of the Timber Design Competition were announced: Best Use of Sustainable Native Timber (using silver quandong, silky oak or Queensland maple) Art Studio Chair: Max den Exter Surfboard: Anthony Star Most Innovative Mirror: Alby Johnston (Bayspoke Studio) Best Concept Collapsible Timber Basket: Nathan Walker Best in Showcase Sculptures: Grant Vaughan (Designs in Wood)

21.01.2022 A celebration of local native farm grown timber in the Byron hinterland! Photographs with thanks to Kurt Petersen Photography

19.01.2022 Thanks Stan for being a total legend at Woodfest and drawing the crowds!

19.01.2022 Silver quandong products are now being created from timber harvested from well managed sustainable plantations. Grown by our Specialty Timber Growers members. ...If you care about protecting our natural environment, buy locally made from well managed forests. Help us to continue doing the right thing. See more

19.01.2022 Come and grab an amazing slice of cake and coffee from Ron Coffee Man at Woodfest on Sunday!

18.01.2022 A massive CONGRATULATIONS to the Woodfest Design Competition winners! Best Use of Sustainable Native Timber: Art Studio Chair - Max Den Exter English (HSC project) Surfboard - Anthony Star... Most Innovative: Mirror - Alby Johnston Furniture Craftsman (Bayspoke Studio) Best Concept: Collapsible Timber Basket - Nathan Walker Best in Showcase: Sculptures - Grant Vaughan (Designs in Wood)

18.01.2022 FEDERAL Hall will host some of the most talented and home grown artists, makers and craftspeople in the region this Sunday for the annual Woodfest event.

18.01.2022 Read an online review of our 2018 Autumn Farm Tours written by one of the 120+ participants. Hermann, thanks for taking the time to write down your thoughts: ht...tps://joinmefortheride.com//04/11/trees-and-conservation/ There will be more tours later in the year. But, as winter sets in, why not take the opportunity to sit by the fire and take a virtual tour of our 30-years of tree growing by reading Rowan Reids new book: "Heartwood - The Art and Science of Growing Trees for Conservation and Profit" Available in bookshops or you can get a signed copy at: http://agroforestry.org.au/products/products.asp Norwood Portable Sawmills Agroforestry Agroforestry Research Trust Permaculture Magazine Permaculture Association Melliodora Hepburn Permaculture Milkwood Regrarians #agroforestry

18.01.2022 At Woodfest yesterday Martin Novack supplied me with some silver quondong.. (eleocarpis grandis...hope the spelling is right..) branch lengths..one was 150mm in... diameter and was reasneably straight in the grain...some kids cross cut it to 850mm length..then with a wedge and back of my axe then a shinglers " Froe " & maul split it in half longitudinally. .a Swedish carving axe was then employed to level the sap tangent off and level...a draw knife and shaving horse was then used to get it pretty smooth and with my eye take any "wind" out of it..a rough copy with a pen off a template was the prelude for axing the shape on and also the thickness for headstock end. Drilled some holes..installed some metal nut and bridge peices..pickup..install the strings. .tune it up and then join Billy Millroy (playing his famous tea chest bass) on stage (beside us ) and play some songs.. All up it probably took half an hour... Im putting some really good strings on it tomorrow and when done will video it being played. Oh..it has insane sustain and sounds incredible ! Thankyou Martin Novak ! See more

16.01.2022 A GROWING buzz around local, sustainable timber filled the air of Federal Hall for Woodfest at the weekend. The Northern Star

16.01.2022 The countdown is over! Wood Review

16.01.2022 Come and join the Quality Timber Network!

15.01.2022 Woodfest in the Echo!

12.01.2022 Reminder to Register

12.01.2022 Check out the pictures from Woodfest 2018!

11.01.2022 Lessons from a second harvest at Eureka, NSW

11.01.2022 Congratulations Woodfest winner, Max! What a great interview for ABC North Coast.

11.01.2022 A big shout out to the Bangalow Mens Shed! You cooked up a storm at the Woodfest BBQ for a way bigger crowd than expected. What an amazing effort by the team. And they raised over $1,000 for the shed so its a win-win all around. Great to team up with you guys!

11.01.2022 This is some of what the visitors to the Woodfest at Federal this Sunday may expect... Stan Ceglinski aims at splitting a sapling tree trunk using a shinglers "froe" & maul..then with a Swedish carving axe carve a lapsteel slide guitar...tune it up...plug it in and play a song using this "still warm"..instrument. ... There will be cross cut sawing for kids...a couple of shaving horses and drawknives for them to have a go of as well...this drawknife bit of work will go to prod...uce a pair of percussive "music sticks"....which the participants can take home ! This inaugural woodfest is gunna be a bewty ! If youre in our shire or looking for something to do this sunday...head to Federal nth NSW..its on from 10 to 3...mention this post to Ron Coffee Man and get a free smile when ordering a "world class " awesome coffee and cake or quality delectable sweet...! Come say hello to us up the back near the rainforest atBillinudgel Woodworks area! The "making the lapsteel" and playing is planned to be at about 12pm. See more

10.01.2022 Congratulations to Max Den Exter English who won first prize in the Best Use of Sustainable Native Timber at Woodfest. Max crafted this chair as part of his Year 12 HSC out of silver quandong. The judges chose his piece for the innovative design and potential for a furniture series. Well done, Max!

09.01.2022 If you missed Patt Gregory at Woodfest, catch her at Maleny this weekend!

08.01.2022 Woodfest winner Max Den Exter English and his curvy chair on ABC North Coast

04.01.2022 Evie Edwards, 8, and brother Louis, 6, from Myocum at Woodfest in Federal on Sunday, April 15. Photo: Liana Turner, Northern Star

04.01.2022 Southern Cross University Forest Research Santa and her daughters have fun with wood sawing at Woodfest 2018!

03.01.2022 Congratulations to the Woodfest winners!

02.01.2022 WOODFEST PROMOTES SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Furniture lovers, tree farmers, and master crasftpeople all came together at Federal today, to whittle away some misconceptions of the forestry industry. Woodfest celebrated everything about the sustainable timber industry even issuing attendees an important challenge. NBN Australia

02.01.2022 Thanks to Farming Together Program for making Woodfest possible!

01.01.2022 Safe to say Woodfest was a resounding success! Thanks for the great video Wood Review.