SDFWA

San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association

Let’s Feature Your Projects!

Amazing woodworking projects are exhibited at Design in Wood. We have renown talent such as Bob Stevenson, Russ Filbeck, Del Cover whose work is widely seen. That leaves the fine work of over 1,000 SDFWA members whose projects are never seen.

Let’s fix that! Let’s give visibility to your woodworking projects.

With our new website, the SDFWA is in a much better position to show off members’ work. There are a variety of ways you can get your projects seen via pictures, words and videos. Review the options, reflect on your woodworking accomplishments and take action.

Here are your options:

  1. Share Pictures: This is easy. Just send us pictures (cropped square) and a brief description. We’ll take care of posting it on Instagram afterwhich is shows up automatically on our home page (red box area). In recent months we’ve showcased over 200 member projects. Why not yours too?
  2. Share Stories: Showcase your work in a written article. Describe a technique in a step-by-step guide. Tell the story behind one particular workpiece. Make it visual by peppering your article with images. We’ll work with you to whip it into shape for publication. Finished articles get scheduled for publication on the website (green box area).
  3. Share Videos: Are you good at showing and telling? Talk us through your work while showing us what you’ve done. Have a woodworking presentation that’s ready for wide viewing? If it’s related to a Special Interest Group then talk with your sSIG leader about presenting and recording it. Send us your idea for consideration. We offer a regular stream of new video content on our homepage (blue box area).

Send in your pictures or words or videos and we get them published.

Showcasing great projects is good for you, your friends and the SDFWA. It’s a wonderful feeling to have your work be seen. Once it’s online you can easily send links to share with friends and family. For the SDFWA, it helps us make the point that we’re focused on our mission: fostering and showcasing great woodworking projects.

Next steps? Where do you learn more? Who do you send your stories to? Until more people volunteer to support the website you can send your email to Editor@sdfwa.org. We’ll do what we can to give your projects visibility!

Craftsman Referral Terms

BACKGROUND
The San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association (SDFWA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to the education, promotion, and execution of the principles of fine woodworking.
The SDFWA frequently receives requests from people seeking the service of a woodworker. Therefore, although custom woodworking for hire is not the purpose of our organization, we offer this referral service to the public so that they might connect with a woodworker.

SCOPE
SDFWA does not screen or warrant the skills or work of any craftsman. The public should use their own discretion and due diligence before hiring any craftsman, from any source, including this one.
The sole role of SDFWA in this referral service is limited to providing our member woodworkers with your completed form. It is up to each craftsman to initiate a contact with the requester.

PROCEDURE
After a requester submits a project, the form will be emailed to our list of participating craftsmen. If a craftsman is interested in the project, they will contact the client directly, and a two-way conversation can begin.

As the craftsmen themselves choose which projects to respond to, this means that it is probable that some project requests will receive no response. If you do not receive a response in a reasonable time, please submit your request again, using the provided referral form.
Note that contacting SDFWA directly will not achieve the desired results.

DISCLAIMER
By agreeing to these Terms, and by continuing to submit this Referral Form, and by utilizing one or more of the services of any of these craftsmen, you are agreeing to contract exclusively with that individual craftsman and to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the SDFWA Organization, its officers, officials, employees and volunteers from any and all claims, injuries, damages, losses or suits including attorney fees, arising out of or in connection with the performance of this agreement, and any and all failures, damages, or otherwise negative outcomes caused directly or indirectly by the craftsmen you employ to do any project initiated by this Form. This does not preclude you from pursuing legal remedies from the individual craftsman that you employ. But any remedy you pursue is restricted to that individual craftsman, and does not include the SDFWA organization or any of its volunteer members.

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