A chair that speaks of tradition and also modernity A is the piece that has propelled Jess Humpston into the limelight as this year’s Maker of the Year 2022. Her winning entry, Ch-air, not only looks back to Windsor peg and mortise technology, but through the use of monofilament also connects to an Australian ‘tradition’ as it recalls the influence of George Ingham, a designer and educator who had a huge influence on Australian woodworkers from the early 80s onwards.
Although categories were individually judged, Jess’s work was shortlisted in three of the four categories she
