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CollinsWood Millennium awards highlight exceptional craftsmanship using Forest Stewardship Council certified wood products.
Environmental consciousness and attention to fine design all came together when The Collins Companies announced winners of their International CollinsWood Millenium awards. The awards honor fine craftsmanship using Forest Stewardship Council certified CollinsWood.
“This year’s winners represent the best of the environmentally responsible products available on the market today. They are beautiful, masterfully crafted and made from a well-managed, renewable resource,” said Kristin Ralff Douglas, one of the two judges and publisher and editor of Environmental Design and Construction magazine.
“It is gratifying to see that furniture and cabinetmakers who are using FSC-certified wood are as concerned about good design as they are about protecting a sustainable forest environment,” says William Sampson, editor of CabinetMaker and the other judge for the awards.
In the Kitchen & Bath category, ShackletonThomas Furniture and Pottery of Bridgewater, Vermont, won with its "Kitchen Dresser," and heirloom piece using 100 percent CollinsWood rough-sawn cherry and poplar. Their design featured sliding dovetail case joinery, dado and tenon face-frame construction, hand-carved dentil moulding in the crown, half-blind dovetail drawer joinery, solid cherry adjustable shelves, door fronts with floating raised panels and tongue-and-groove backing.
“The more you look at this piece, the more you are fascinated by the intriguing moulding details and fine workmanship,” says Sampson.
All the winning pieces are available for purchase either directly through the designer/builder or through The Collins Companies. For more information contact Collins at (800) 329-1219 or www.collinswood.com
“The Collins Companies should be congratulated for their leadership in the marketplace. They not only make environmentally responsible products, but they are trying to create demand and educate the industry,” says Ralff Douglas.
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