Australian Wood Review

Australian Wood Review is Australia’s premier woodworking and woodcraft magazine. Step-by-step projects and articles on technique for all skill levels offer up to date knowledge on designing, joining, carving, turning, decorating and finishing wood. Our stories are authored by Australian master craftspeople and wood artists. Each issue includes reviews of all the essential hand and power tools and machinery, specialist fittings and products that woodworkers need to successfully complete projects. Australian Wood Review also profiles local and international makers, giving an insight into their working methods. Australian Wood Review is a magazine for all woodworkers and people who love wood.

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Australian Wood Review

Measure for Measure • Raf Nathan looks at notions of accuracy and compares three brands of measuring tools.

Metabo LF724S Surface Paint Remover

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High-Impact Eye Protection • David Luckensmeyer presents a convincing argument for selecting the right PPE.

Festool CT-VA-20 Cyclone System

Making the Toni Stool • Lightness of form and woven comfort make this project an ideal build for your home.

Maker of the Year 2023 • Announcing the award winners and the Top 100 entries!

Meet Wei Wu Overall Winner, Maker of the Year 2023

CHESTS, CABINETS & BOXES: TOP 15

TABLES, CHAIRS AND DESKS: TOP 15

WORLD: TOP 25

RECYCLED & RESCUED: TOP 15

ART & OBJECTS: TOP 10

STUDENT: TOP 20

Counting the Costs • Damion Fauser crunches the numbers on the input side of pricing your work.

Wood Diary

The Value of Your Work • Luxury furniture designer David Boucher explains how looking after and understanding your clients is an important part of the bespoke maker’s skillset.

Why We Make • Ben Grieve-Johnson writes about the meaning of hand making furniture in today’s technology-driven world.

‘Waste’ Redesigned • In Melbourne this year, a collection of work by 12 makers was created to demonstrate that with thoughtful and innovative design, materials regarded as waste can be fashioned into fine furniture and objects.

Q&A with Angharad Summers, Maryam Moghadam and Carl Broesen

Intarsia with Wood • John Tucker writes about an open-ended and ‘no rules’ way to create decorative wall art and wood features.

Ancient Arts and Times • Michael Gill illustrates how fashions and perceptions on the use of colour have changed.