Woodworker: Laura Zahn; Los Angeles, California
First Place, Furniture

The OC Fair Fine Woodworking Competition is held every summer in Costa Mesa, Calif. The 13th annual show last July and August, 2012, had more than 275 woodworking entries. This is one that caught our eye.

This “Table for Two” was designed with the tight living spaces of urban dwelling in mind. Made of jatoba, kwila, and apple plywood, the table (33 in. deep by 35 in. wide by 29-1⁄2 in. tall) allowed Zahn to practice the techniques she was learning at the College of the Redwoods, such as veneering, bent lamination, and shaping legs. This was Zahn’s second project at the school. She finished it with varnish.