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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Korean Angojigi Door Joinery • So Joong-Han introduces the intricate angojigi door, an ingenious example of Korean joinery with a dual sliding and swinging action. Achieving the precision required demands an almost meditative care, he explains.

A Guide to 14" Bandsaws • Power, features, construction, price and more are just some of the points you need to look at. Raf Nathan makes comparisons as he shops around.

In the Art Deco Style • US maker Dennis Zongker runs a custom cabinet workshop and also designs and makes individual pieces. Here, he describes the processes employed in making his superb Art Deco Jewellery Cabinet.

The Butterfly Project • A lifelong woodworker, both professionally and at home in the Netherlands, Ronnie Rozenga creates one-off masterpieces. Marquetry often features in his work, and for this he prefers to use thick veneers that are glued rather than taped together.

Made to a Brief • Jono Everett looks at the differences between public and private commissions, and asks other high profile designers for their input as well.

Time Well Spent • The sudden death of Will Matthysen leaves an unfillable space in the woodworking world. As a maker, designer, mentor and active community member, Will’s legacy will however live on. Words by Linda Nathan.

Machines for Thinking • Rhys Jones on design, material intelligence, and the chair as a mediating structure.

In Hand with Technology • ‘Every one of my works is a new challenge and a new story written in wood’, explains Valdas Brucas.

Wood Diary

Wellbeing and Woodwork • Nev Jones writes how woodworking has been instrumental in his own recovery from PTSD and how he now helps others.