Design in Wood Exhibition (San Diego County Fair) July 2017

[John Morris]

Where it was

This topic is long over due, my family and I went to the San Diego County Fair this past July 2nd as we do most every year, and we had a blast. Like any county fair, it is chock full of rides, summer crowds, farm animals, monster truck races, and huge portions of the deep fried and barbecued food. It was a neat time.

The San Diego County Fair, formerly known as the Del Mar Fair, is held each summer the three weeks leading up to the 4th of July, then on the 4th of July, they have a grand finale fireworks show. The fair grounds is less than a half mile from the ocean, so we get the wonderful ocean breeze all day and into the night, when it actually chills down a bit to a refreshing summer night.

 

We rolled in around 10 am and we left the fair grounds an hour before sunset. We had planned on having a light lunch at the fair, wife and I split a sausage sandwich, and the kids shared some food too. Our plan was to have dinner after our day at the fair, at some place reasonable in cost. The fair food is expensive! And we did, after the fair, we ended up at Fletcher Cove, and we hit the Subway Sandwich shop and took our sandwiches to go, to the beach, and sat and ate and watched the sun go down. It was a perfect way to end the day, and it was a perfect fresh meal to counteract the grease we ate earlier at the fair.

Me and Mrs. Morris end of day after the fair, our kids took this image, pretty cool, the evening was beautiful.

 

 

At the fair

Of course among all the other activities that go on at the fair, there is one exhibit that I look forward too, each year Fine Woodworkers Association Design in Wood Exhibition features local woodworkers and their work in one big building.

Each year I am in awe of everything that is there. The work is inspiring, humbling, and just flat out fun to see. I'll post the images here, without explanation, and I'll let you all come up with your own captions in your own head.

The following images are a fraction of the work that was actually there, I tried to get an overall collection of images with you all in my mind, I wanted there to be something for everyone here.

 

Have fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following images is from a separate exhibit of wood work by local high school students and the Palomar School of Woodworking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And what fair is complete without the Monster Truck and Pee Wee races!

 

 

 

Hope ya had fun looking at our fair pictures!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Grandpadave52]

WOW!!! I think that tops the Indiana State Fair!! Thanks for taking us along!

[lew]

What?!? No food court???

 

Just kidding, those woodworking pieces were a feast for the eye!

[Gene Howe]

Wow, that's one big woodworking show. Some very nice pieces.  Something for everyone.

Thanks for the eye candy, John.

[HandyDan]

WOW! WOW! WOW!  Thanks for sharing.  Who didn't just love the desk and all the trimmings pictured right before the shop shots? 

[Chips N Dust]

Pretty Cool Work! I liked the students work a little more, but that is just me.

[kmealy]

Impressive.  No, that does not adequately describe it.  Wow.   I have heard that the San Diego Woodworkers Association has some top notch artisans.

 

I've been going to the Ohio State Fair for over 35 years.   They just have a small display case of open class projects there, no where near that caliber.  I'll be there Monday to judge the 4-H woodworking projects.   There's always a few that are really spectacular for being done by a 12 or 13 year old kid.

[Gerald]

Fantastic pic of y'all. It would take me all day just to meander thru all that and the wife would be sitting outside. Thanks for the tour. Good thing Steve was not there to barter on tools.