SHORTLISTED! TOP 100 announced for Maker of the Year 2025

We’re thrilled to announce the finalists for Maker of the Year, presented by Carbatec!

Congratulations to our TOP 100 entries which are listed below according to category! Award winners will be announced in the December issue #129 of Wood Review magazine, due out end November. 

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FURNITURE

• Adam Warburton, Desert Tree Writing Desk
• Alastair Teague, UK. Horizon Bay Cabinet
• Ari Itkin, USA. Tea Cabinet
• Beatriz Zuazo, Spain. Bogolan display cabinet
• Bec Evans and Rob Merk, Blackwood Desk
• Ben Tindall, NZ. Corded Chair
• Brian Condran, USA. Quince Cabinet
• Broc Cattley, The Remembrance Lectern
• Burak Gürer, Turkey. Cappadocia table
• Craig Thibodeau, USA. Cracked Ice Puzzle Clock
• Daniel Horne, Golden Horizon console
• Daniel Lacey, UK. Sunburst table and chairs
• Daniel Spielman, Credenza 2
• Dennis Zongker, USA. Art Deco Style Jewellery Cabinet
• Drew Snyder, High Chair No.1
• Dylan Barfield, Marker Chair
• Dylan Moore, Canada. Hyphae Desk
• Eliot Childress, USA. The Next Chapter wall cabinet
• Elliot Gorham, Steambent Blackwood Chair
• Elliot Treacy, Ireland. Tansu Tea Cabinet
• Emanuel Oppliger, Barrel-shaped Bathtub
• Isaac Steele, UK. Moku Dresser
• Isabel Avendaño Hazbun, The Mariner’s Bench
• Jacob de Dassel, Folding Chair
• Joseph Robinson, Gratus Bench
• Judith Nusimovici, Israel. Echoes of Deco
• Lionel Dimant, Spain. Pals cabinet
• Mac Nordman, Prism cabinet
• Manuel Cota, Spain. Orishas wall piece
• Marty Whittle, The Naguri Table
• Matt Sill, USA. Iroko Tambour Credenza
• Matteo Morini, Italy. Lignea cabinet
• Matthew Coutts, Norway. The Alchemist’s Table
• Matthew Crowe, Allison’s Cabinet
• Miles Clifford, UK. Lullaby cabinet
• Rhys Jones, Gesto Armchair
• Riley Hearn, Altar Standing Desk
• Rob Merk, Blackwood Drinks Cabinet
• Ronnie Rozenga, Papilionnes hall table
• Rytis Zaveckas, Lithuania. Barcelona dining table
• Silas Bøcher, Denmark. French walnut tambour cabinet
•  Steven Giannuzzi, Camaroo Corner cabinet
• Timothy Coleman, USA. Full Circle cabinet
• Vincent Zylstra, Oculus
• Vojtech Matejcek, Layla dining table
• Wayne Halabourda, Canada. Deep Dive chair
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See all Furniture category entries here

ART & OBJECTS

• Adam McNamara, Canada. Epiphytic Tradition sculpture
• Blake Weber, USA. Galaxy Box
• Céline Moulin, Trojan ombré
• David Hall, Box 136
• Geoffray Arnould, Belgium. Mister mirror
• George Long-Howell, UK. Backgammon stories box
• Graham McDonald, Art Deco mandolin
• Haiqing Wang, Guitar Butterfly
• Kate Stehr, If I Lift My Eyes to the Horizon, It’s You That I Might Miss sculpture
• Katie Hudnall, USA. The Cabinet of Lost and Found Things
• Konstantinos Chadoulos, Greece. Wavy marquetry divider
• Laël Gordon, USA. Keepsake Box
• Laszlo Tompa, Hungary. Prism gate
• Louis Kwok, Singapore. Top of the World hanging cabinet
• Mark Frith, Wooden Briefcase
• Matthew Johnson, MJ Wandoo Series Guitar
• Olivia O’Connor, Leadbeater’s Possum Trophy
• Paul Joshua, Germany. Masterpiece chess piece box set
• Peter Collins, Cufflink ring and gemstone box
• Peter Cowper, New Zealand. Undulation Pendant light
• Raffaele Piscitelli, Italy. Tempus Fugit box
• Rex Kalehoff, Luxembourg. Lion Rex mask
• Robert Livett, Farout! kumiko panel
• Rytis Zaveckas, Lithuania. Wooden Handbag
• Simon Roy, Canada. BRJOVV vase
• Suzanne Medwell, A Sculpture for a Good Boy
• Trent Palelei, Bella Note – Sona Langi guitar
• Valdas Bručas, Lithuania. Oak violin
• Vincent Zylstra, Embryonic Glow lamp
• Vivian Chiu, USA. Revolving Vase (9 Peaches)
• Yutaka Iwata, Japan. Rosetta & Stand

See all Art & Objects category entries here

STUDENT

• Archie Gould, Newington College, NSW. Oak Sideboard Cabinet
• Benjamin Adams, Newington College, NSW. Minibar sideboard
• Cam Scott, New Zealand. Williams & Cleal Fine Woodworking School, UK. Tusk table
• Charles Fuller, Newington College, NSW. Catho Vanity
• Craig Lind, Sturt School for Wood, Australia. Side table
• Dan Williams, Waters and Acland Furniture School, UK. Coffee table, walnut.
• Dominic Grasso, Chippendale School, Scotland, UK. Rinato, figured eucalypt low table
• Edward Selig, The King’s School, NSW. Bent laminate chair
• Felix Lee, Newington College, NSW. Scandinavian Desk
• Finn Hutchinson, Cranbrook School, NSW. Multifunctional Liquor Cabinet
• Helen Burnip, Waters & Acland, UK. Thorax cabinet
• James Askew, The Anglican School, NSW. Bedside table
• Jingqi Zhou, University of Melbourne, Australia. Atom chair
• Johanna Patricia Rojas Echeverrt, Waters & Acland, UK. Kay-Uku Pacha drawer cabinet
• Kennedy Playford, Sturt School for Wood, Australia. Columnar Cabinet, silky oak
• Kiara Bartlett, Concord High School, NSW. Kumiko Desk
• Matthew Shepherd, St Joseph’s Catholic High School, NSW. Guitar with stand
• Mohamed Elbahaey, Cherrybrook Technology High School, NSW. Presidential Credenza
• Nicholas Macher, St Patrick’s College, NSW. Federal Style Tambour Desk
• Rory Gilmore, Waters & Acland, UK. Barbican Bedsides
• Ted Goldsmith, Newington College, NSW. Tambour TV Cabinet
• William Murray, Victoria University, Australia. Tourve Record Cabinet
• Xin Ze Seah, University of Melbourne, Australia. Pin Chair

See all Student category entries here

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