Janet Scott from Ocean Shores triumphs at the completion of her woodwork project, a plan chest with lapped dovetailed drawers made partially from recycled materials and from cedar, rosewood and silky oak, at Woodwork for Women in Mullumbimby.
Janet is a committed and prolific woodworker who uses her practical sense combined with her creative talents as an artist to create exactly what furniture she needs in her home.
She says, 'I get enormous pleasure and satisfaction out of making good furniture myself, instead of sticking things together in a slapdash fashion like I have done in the past.
'Woodwork is the most satisfying thing I can think of doing, mostly because I make things that I can use and keep using, that become part of my life.
'Apart from the friendships formed and a strong bond with Patt (she runs the courses) and each other, woodwork is very important to all of us.
'I learned and achieved what I was hoping to in just a few short months and once I knew that, it was just a matter of looking around my home and making what I wanted.'

The Echo, February 2004