Triple Crown
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I'm trying something new by showing full size images instead of thumbnails. I learned how to do this in the IAP Library! I am going to make a few posts in case this doesn't fit on one page.
I loved the BASH both years that I have participated! Last year I had just joined IAP and I really really enjoyed searching for the answers to the trivia contest and I entered one pen contest (Frankenpen). Even though my pen didn't win, it was so cool participating! (and, I did end up winning a great prize for being the random drawing winner of the non-winning participants in that contest).
That was so fun last year that this year I knew that I wanted to play in more of the contests, and I did! The first one I did was the Modified Pen Contest (Frankenpen). Mine was a little similar to my last year's entry, but I thought that it could still have a chance. This is the skinniest pen that I have ever made. All of my slimlines from the past have had more of an hour glass profile. My description for pen was "This is the SKINNY WHISTLER! Blank is Bubblegum Dymondwood. Works great as a safety pen (but not so not so great as a safety pin).
An optional name is the 'Whistle While You Work' Pen."
My son, Garrett, saw that I was getting to play in the workshop and said that he wanted to make a pen too. I told him that he should enter the Youth Beautiful Pen contest. Well, he was all for that and picked out his blank and went to it. He's made several pens and has gained a lot of expertise. He did all of the work. I used to do the ends of his pens for him near the bushings, but he is confident enough now that he did it. As he said in his description, 'all Dad did was take pictures.' So, here are some pics.
Garrett was especially excited to enter this pen as being his own IAP member, Farlok. (He just turned 13.) His beautiful cigar pen ended up taking second place!
I then got to work on my Berea Hardwoods Intermediate Beautiful Pen Contest entry. For this one, I made a Majestic Junior roller ball pen using a beautiful Mexican Agate blank that I got from Exotic Blanks. This is my third non-ball point pen and I really like the junior size. My other two were full size fountain pens. I think that it came out beautifully but when I saw all of the other entries, I wasn't really surprised that it didn't make the finals. There was a good array of segmented, cast, and polymer pens where people did some really artistic blank making in addition to their very fine craftsmanship. Anyway, here is my entry!
To be continued...
Greg
I loved the BASH both years that I have participated! Last year I had just joined IAP and I really really enjoyed searching for the answers to the trivia contest and I entered one pen contest (Frankenpen). Even though my pen didn't win, it was so cool participating! (and, I did end up winning a great prize for being the random drawing winner of the non-winning participants in that contest).
That was so fun last year that this year I knew that I wanted to play in more of the contests, and I did! The first one I did was the Modified Pen Contest (Frankenpen). Mine was a little similar to my last year's entry, but I thought that it could still have a chance. This is the skinniest pen that I have ever made. All of my slimlines from the past have had more of an hour glass profile. My description for pen was "This is the SKINNY WHISTLER! Blank is Bubblegum Dymondwood. Works great as a safety pen (but not so not so great as a safety pin).
An optional name is the 'Whistle While You Work' Pen."My son, Garrett, saw that I was getting to play in the workshop and said that he wanted to make a pen too. I told him that he should enter the Youth Beautiful Pen contest. Well, he was all for that and picked out his blank and went to it. He's made several pens and has gained a lot of expertise. He did all of the work. I used to do the ends of his pens for him near the bushings, but he is confident enough now that he did it. As he said in his description, 'all Dad did was take pictures.' So, here are some pics.
Garrett was especially excited to enter this pen as being his own IAP member, Farlok. (He just turned 13.) His beautiful cigar pen ended up taking second place!
I then got to work on my Berea Hardwoods Intermediate Beautiful Pen Contest entry. For this one, I made a Majestic Junior roller ball pen using a beautiful Mexican Agate blank that I got from Exotic Blanks. This is my third non-ball point pen and I really like the junior size. My other two were full size fountain pens. I think that it came out beautifully but when I saw all of the other entries, I wasn't really surprised that it didn't make the finals. There was a good array of segmented, cast, and polymer pens where people did some really artistic blank making in addition to their very fine craftsmanship. Anyway, here is my entry!
To be continued...
Greg
