World Wood Day 2025

Updates

WWD 2018 Cambodia March 24th Concert feat. Mezme

29 Aug, 2021
WWD 2018 Cambodia concert held in Siem Reap performed by Mezme.

Return to the Roots - The 2nd "Belt & Road" International Root Carving Cultural Exchange Week

13 Jul, 2020
Organized by the International Wood Culture Society and the Kaihua County People's Government of China, the 2nd “Belt & Road" International Root Carving Cultural Exchange Week was held in Kaihua...

Love for Life — Wood Artists Culture Exchange at Wenzhou School for Special Education (WWD 2018 Regional Event in Wenzhou, China)

02 Jun, 2020
"Chinese and foreign wood artists at Wenzhou School for Special Education" is an extraordinary cultural exchange activity and a caring action. 20 outstanding wood artists from 14 countries gathered together, spending a memorable time with...

Wood is Life

23 Jan, 2019
The idea of wood and life has dynamic relation with human and his life, starting from the seed then trees then wood, which give human benefit. The team worked as a group to give an expression to the meaning of wood and its relation with life in general...

Life Goes On

06 Dec, 2018
It represents a very large elephant with a broken tusk holding a flower. This means that life can be difficult but we should always respect nature. We should move forward with difficult problem and look toward to a bright future.

The 9th China-ASEAN Wood Culture Event

04 Dec, 2018
The 9th China-ASEAN Wood Culture Event was carried out on November 16, 2018 at the International Convention and Exhibition Center in Nanning, Guangxi, China...

The Life of a Couple

14 Nov, 2018
Antoine Bambara, Tomas Franzoi and Senou Anthelme Lokossou collaborate to design different human figures that represent the transmission of life, with raised arms towards the sky, holding fruits and leaves in their hands...

Life

06 Nov, 2018
In the work, Nairi Safaryan, Vladimir Mossin and Pavel Kolodov express how people can choose between exploiting nature and giving back. In the beginning of the development of human, nature is like our mother...

Sun of Life

19 Oct, 2018
Sun is the source of life in our planet. It keeps our warmth and suitable for living. It causes the wind to blow, the rain to fall and the rivers to flow to irrigate plants to feed us all. Without sun there is no life...

Towards Brightness

07 Aug, 2018
The wood is most important part of our Life. We can continue our life generation to generation using wood. In our creation we made a stick holding by an elder’s hand and a baby hand ...

Soul Like A Bird

13 Jul, 2018
The work is called Soul Like a Bird. The human heart is at the center of the design, which represents the origin of life. Life is not only the physical existence but also spiritual. There is a soul in the heart...

Mystery of Life

04 Jul, 2018
Our collaboration centered on the evolution of life. In relation with the reproduction of human being, Ramundas Blazaitis did the segment of the reproduction, Shepherd Ndudzo carved the pregnancy and...

Road of Life

25 Jun, 2018
Our daily road of life is going from roots to the heart. The way is with many curves. We can see sunshine, moon, stars and tree. Inside of our heart is a clock beating in every moment we are alive...

2018 World Wood Day Myanmar - Summarized Report

16 May, 2018
Co-organized by Mandalay Region Forest Products Merchants Association (MRFPMA) and the International Wood Culture Society (IWCS), 2018 World Wood Day in Myanmar successfully took place at the Mandalay City Hall from April 6 - 8...

2018 World Wood Day Laos - Summarized Report

14 May, 2018
The 2018 World Wood Day Celebration in Lao PDR was held on March 29-31 at the International Trade Exhibition and Convention Center (ITECC) in Vientiane Capital City...

2018 World Wood Day Cambodia - Summarized Report

26 Apr, 2018
The World Wood Day (March 21st) observed its sixth celebration and welcomed about 500 participants from more than 90 countries and regions from around the world from March 19-25 at the Angkor Century Resort and Spa Hotel in Siem Reap, Cambodia...

2018-2019 WWDF Research Grant Award Announcement

20 Apr, 2018
WWDF awarded grants to 3 researchers across a broad range of subjects, including wood science and technology on culture, circulation and management of wooden materials and the reconstruction of a historical watermill grinding machinery.

Welcome Video of 2018 World Wood Day

21 Feb, 2018
To mark the 6th annual cultural celebration of wood, our crew documented different aspects of wood use in Cambodia and made this video.

Second Call for Papers: 2018 World Wood Day Symposium & The 1st Forest Products Culture Research Group Colloquium

06 Feb, 2018
Submission deadline is extended to 15th Feburary 2018, PST. Electronic submissions of the registration from Word/PDF must be received by email to program coordinators (symposium@worldwoodday.org)...

Sign up for 2018 World Wood Day International Woodcarving show

29 Dec, 2017
2018 World Wood Day International Woodcarving Show will take place from March 19-25. The focus of this year will be each artist's interpretation of the theme “Life”. We encourage every participant to use native creativity to express their own ...

Call for Papers: 2018 World Wood Day Symposium & The 1st Forest Products Culture Research Group Colloquium

28 Dec, 2017
Electronic submissions of the registration from Word/PDF must be received by the deadline of 23:59 PST, 19 January 2018 by email to program coordinators (symposium@worldwoodday.org). The title and the body of abstracts are limited to 400 words in total...

2018 -2019 WWDF Research Grant Application Announcement

28 Oct, 2017
The World Wood Day Foundation (WWDF) is pleased to announce the Research Grant application is now open for submission and must be submitted by the deadline of 17:00 GMT on Monday, February 12, 2018...

2018 Photo Contest is now open for submissions

25 Oct, 2017
Theme: "Wood and Life" Take a closer look at your daily life and surroundings, show us where and how wood appears in your culture. The contest is looking for photographs that can best present the interrelationship between wood and culture in the three...

2025

Updates

WWD 2018 Cambodia March 24th Concert feat. Mezme

Return to the Roots - The 2nd "Belt & Road" International Root Carving Cultural Exchange Week