Cheshire furniture maker earns top prize in awards
Published Date:
13 October 2008
CHESTER-based furniture maker Suzanne Hodgson has been proclaimed "best of the best" by judges of a touring exhibition showcasing the cream of the North West's sustainable furniture industry.
This summer's Take a Bough roadshow celebrated the beauty of local wood, with all of the exhibition's pieces – from coffee tables to wizards' chairs – made from timber from The Mersey Forest, the network of community woodlands stretching across Merseyside and north Cheshire.
Suzanne's winning entry is an elegant side table produced at her Great Barrow workshop from oak from nearby Manley, earning her the exhibition's £500 first prize, presented by David Hunter of the Northwest Regional Development Agency.
Suzanne said: "It's always exciting to see your work recognised, and I hope the exhibition as a whole will open people's eyes to the
possibilities of local wood and to the great furniture being created with it across the North West."
Over the course of the summer the exhibition has visited Croxteth Country Park, Liverpool John Lennon Airport and Frodsham Castle Park Arts Centre.
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