MOUNT VERNON — Dazzling and delectable were the words of the day at the second annual Wood Challenge and Kiwanis Pie auction at Saturday’s Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival.
Twelve artisans created 29 hand-crafted wood products ranging from a snowman to wall hangings to benches and tables for the wood challenge.
Scott Waters’ Knox Theatre table won the “Best of the Wood Challenge” award. The table includes authentic tickets inlaid on the top and a movie reel underneath.
Debbie Ruggles paid $575 to take home Waters’ tribute to the Memorial Theatre.
The wood challenge auction brought in $3,115. Half of the proceeds go to the artisan; half goes to support the music & arts festival.
The Mount Vernon Rotary Club also donated $250.
Eleven buyers paid $1,985 for 13 exquisite-looking pies ranging from mixed berry to peanut butter to Dutch apple.
The Knox County Career Center’s pecan pie was the highest seller, with Gary Keesee paying $500.
Proceeds benefit the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
Wood challenge auction
•Terry Fraizer, maple bowl: Brian Carlisle, $45
•Joseph Bell, animated 3D “I Love Kokosing Gap Trail”: Auctioneer John Sperry, $85
•Carrie Haver, “Art & Music Melt Together,” a 4.5-foot-long table crafted from Osage Orange featuring a musical path filled with melted crayons: Anthony Puskarich, $155
•Adam Estes, “Cedar Haven” bench of red cedar: Gary Keesee, $80
•Nate Smith, epoxy charcuterie board: Bethann Craddick, $60
•Carrie Haver, “Love of Music Takes Flight,” old piano keys re-envisioned in the form of wings with a carved walnut heart in the center: Gary Keesee, $375
•Kim Hammond, “Visitors from Heaven” wall hanging made from red grandis wood from Australia: William Montgomery, $35
•Brian Carlisle, walnut vase: Bethann Craddick, $100
•Mark Haver, charcuterie board made from flaming box elder featuring a treble clef: Bethann Craddick, $85
•Nate Smith, epoxy board featuring the Grateful Dead: Ryan Francis, $50
•Scott Waters, Knox Theatre table featuring inlaid tickets and a movie reel: Debbie Ruggles, $575
•Jesse Ryals, treasure chest: Laurie Stickley, $70
•Jerad VanRhoden, cheese slicer made from curly maple and engraved with a measurement guide and the Mount Vernon Music & Arts Festival logo: Chris and Noelle Walton, $65
•Adam Estes, Heartwood Mosaic made from ash, walnut, birch, and purple heart on a round pine background: Joe & Marcy Rinehart, $70
•Terry Frazier, walnut bowl: Trina Trainor, $50
•Joseph Bell, “Love the Arts,” a 3D animated piece: Trina Trainor, $125
•Kim Hammond, “Beautiful Music” made from purple heart wood from a tropical rain forest of Central/South America: Laurie Stickley, $25
•Mark Haver, maple bowl with “Nightmare Before Christmas” design in the center: Chris and Noelle Walton, $70
•Matt Haver, “Music and History” depicting maple notes, wood-burnt music staff, and copies of original early 1900s postcards on locally sourced pine (original postcards included): Gary Keesee, $35
•Terry Frazier, snowman: William Montgomery, $55
•Nate Smith, epoxy board with MVMAF logo: Laurie Stickley, $25
•Jerad VanRhoden, hallway table from Osage orange with legs from Buffalo Trace bourbon barrel staves: Debbie Ruggles, $100
•Kim Hammond, “Go Jackets” made from black limba wood from West Africa tropics: Laurie Stickley, $25
•Mark Haver, walnut and pine wall hanging: Anthony Puskarich, $75
•Brian Carlisle, red maple fruit bowl: Melissa Francis, $225
•Jerad VanRhoden, US Post Office Box door bank: Melissa Francis, $170
•Terry Frazier, red bowl: Diane Henwood, $55
•Adam Estes, “Essence of Wood,” three wooden flowers out of red cedar, walnut, and purple heart in a poplar vase: Bethann Craddick, $80
•Nate Smith, two Osage orange end tables: Debbie Ruggles, $150
Kiwanis pie auction
•CES Credit Union, Mike Copley, Cookies & Cream: Bethann Craddick, $100
•Central Ohio Technical College, Dr. John Berry, mixed berry: Bethann Craddick, $50
•Centerburg schools, Ryan Gallwitz, Dutch apple: Kathy Greenich, $35
•Danville schools, Jason Snively, chocolate chip cake with buttercream icing: Michael Copley, $25
•Mount Vernon schools, Bill Seder, peanut butter: Lory Neely, $55
•Knox County Career Center, Kathy Greenich/Crystal Browning, pecan: Gary Keesee, $500
•United Way of Knox County, Katie Ellis, key lime with chocolate icing: Joe and Marcy Rinehart, $75
•Kenyon College, Alyssa Gomez-Lawrence/Kenyon’s AVI Food Services’ Pastry Chef, peanut butter with dish included: Gary Keesee, $250
•Key Club, Jackelyn LeMaster, chocolate chip with carrier, chocolate syrup, and $20 Round Hill coupon included: Wendy Fowler, $225
•Park National Bank, Laurie Gallwitz, blueberry: John Ruckman, $325
•Knox Community Hospital, Alice Hutzel, premier peach pie: Kathy White, $200
•ACS Title, Cindy McDowell, Apple Crumble: David McDowell Auctioneer, $100
•Ohio Eastern Star Home, apple caramel crumble: Diane Henwood, $45
(Below are photos from the auction.)
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