Comulada wins Fair Theme award for Design in Wood contest

Fallbrook craftsman Jeffrey Comulada received the Fair Theme award in the San Diego County Fair's Design in Wood contest.

Comulada was given the award for the work he called "Time Machine Desk" and entered in the Art Furniture category. The desk made of recycled pine and recycled plywood includes a chair on a platform, a steampunk wheel on the back of the chair, and a train cow catcher and smokestack in the front of the desk. This year's fair theme was "Mad About the Fair" and paid tribute to Alice in Wonderland, including the steampunk technology.

"I was very happy," said Comulada.

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