NZ MASTER JOINERS APPRENTICE AWARDS Open to all NZ joinery apprentices to present a project with at least 80% completed entirely by the apprentice.The awards are sponsored by JOINERS Magazine and the NZ Panels Group.
Best Fitment over 2 years Logan van der Meer - Molloy Joinery, Napier
Best Timber Project over 2 years Mathew McLellan - Firman Joinery, Oamaru
This project looks simple which shows the skill of a good craftsman with a high level of accuracy required for the alignment of material faces and all the mitres junctions, there is no room for error there.
A project that displays an array of traditional skills performed at a high level of complexity and workmanship.This totally represents what a joiner is, great to see it is not a totally a lost art. also winner ofHighest Judged for Workmanship and Skill Gordon CaulďŹ eld Trophy
Best Fitment under 2 Years
Best Timber Project under 2 years
Tyler Burgess - Kitchen Zone, Gisborne
Nikolay Kidik - Total Timba Joinery, Auckland
Great achievement for under 2 year apprentice. This project involved complexities that have been overcome highlighting the importance of accuracy.
JOINERS Magazine September 2019 page 74
No room for error with this project where a curved window is fitted into an existing building opening, highlighting the high level of skill and workmanship required.