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This is a personal invitation to: 1) all lurking members who, for whatever reason do not post comments or photos of their work and; 2) all unregistered guests who visit the IAP site regularly but haven't joined.

We would like to get to know you.

Next week, on July 21, sign-ups will begin for the IAP, "PITH". PITH stands for Pen In The Hat. Imagine a bunch of penturners in one room. Each penturner places a pen in a hat. The hat is then passed around the room. Each member draws a pen out of the hat to keep.

The IAP PITH is sort of like that, only the names of participants are placed in hats and drawn out in pairs Once the pairings are posted on the board, partners make and exchange pens with each other. It's a great way to share your work, receive an example of someone else's work, and make some good friends. It would be fantastic if YOU would participate in this years PITH.

Now maybe you are thinking, "I'm not good enough. Any pen I offer to someone would be a big let down to the recipient, and an embarrassment to me". WRONG! This isn't a competition. IAP members really love to make pens, talk about pen making, give pens, receive pens, and help others improve their pen making skills. There will be two groups participating in the PITH. Group 1 = beginner & lower intermediate. Group 2 = upper intermediate & advanced. You can choose the group you feel most comfortable in. Remember, every member of the IAP once turned their very first pen.

So please, consider participating in this year's PITH. We really would like to get to know you. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.

Edit : 7/21/10. PITH has started!!:bananen_smilies051:
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ldb2000 said:
So we still can't sign up yet ??? .... I hope I get paired with you Mike , I'll get even with you for all this waiting :devil::beat-up::tongue::biggrin:
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Maybe we shoud have group 1 start in July and Group 2 start.....................November?
 
I haven't yet even turned my first pen but Im sure willing to participate. Hopefully I'll have something to show by the end of next week.
If I get stuck, this is where I'll be moaning :)
 
Mike, where's the category for the Delusionally Insane?? All this waiting, and now "I see dead pens"!!:eek:
 
Mike,

I'll give this a try. Being relatively new I'm a little aprehensive but what the heck. Wont be the first time I embrassed myself:biggrin:. BTW, I have a closed end FP you made, very nice, use it all the time. This was in a pen swap at the last MPG.

Carl
 
Guys I want to point out that this is great excuse to try something new and different in your pen making. Last year I delved into Polymer Clay for the first time for the PITH, and while successful, the pens weren't what I would normally do. It made it more challenging and exciting at the same time.
 
steeler fan1 said:
Mike,

I'll give this a try. Being relatively new I'm a little aprehensive but what the heck. Wont be the first time I embrassed myself:biggrin:. BTW, I have a closed end FP you made, very nice, use it all the time. This was in a pen swap at the last MPG.

Carl
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terryf said:
I haven't yet even turned my first pen but Im sure willing to participate. Hopefully I'll have something to show by the end of next week.
If I get stuck, this is where I'll be moaning :)
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It will be great to have you aboard. I'm sure you will do just fine.
 
Group 3 is the group that sends all other participants a pen and receives nothing in return.
 
Sure hope the Great White North is included. You can count me in.

I have been waiting to try some segmented brass inlay. I would love to trade across the border or across the globe. I hope our Australian friends are joining us.

Darrin
Timber Elegance
 
Yes. Canadians are definitely included. In fact (and here is another clue to the theme) this year's PITH will be much more successful if a large number of members who live outside the United States participate. After all, this is the International Association of Penturners.:wink:
 
ldb2000 said:
Hey Mike my cat assures me he will be giving it his all to help me with your PITH pen :confused::eek::tongue::biggrin:
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Butch, I tell you what ask the cat to cough up a big hair ball and then you cast it and turn it. I bet you that would be some wild looking pen. I think Curtis tried or still has it, Cat poop casted blank. I think that's a new idea for a change. :rolleyes::biggrin::biggrin: Oh, the other idea is to cast a catnip. That would get stopped at the airport security or border check point as a drug. :eek:
 
That little convo about the cat reminds me of a funny story.

This older lady borrowed a cat from a friend of mine once. The lady had a problem with mice, and this cat was a hunting machine. After about two weeks of having the cat, My friend asked how many mice the cat had caught so far. The lady was upset because the cat hadn't caught a single mouse.My friend was confused, because this cat would hunt mice, rats, birds, whatever.

I told my friend to ask the lady what she was feeding the cat. Her reply was priceless.

"I just give him a bowl of milk for breakfast, and then a can of tuna and 1 cup of dry cat food for lunch, and then a can of tuna and a bowl of milk for supper."

I told my friend to tell the woman that a fat cat won't hunt. She ended up returning the cat and getting mice traps or poison or something. She couldn't stop feeding the cat.
 
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You should have said.....

Everybody PLEASE come sign up for the PITH trade. It is going to be fun, and you will not have to endure much group stuff at all:biggrin:... Just wait till your name is matched with someone, and get with that person and work out the details.

After that, you just gotta post a picture of the pen that you recieve. EASY PEASY! All it takes is a little ole slimline if that is all you wanna do. Sign up, and then decide what you want to make according to who you are matched up with. Naturally it will always be your best possible work, but if your partner can only afford a slimline (or you don't like the trader...:eek:), then trade a slim and have yourself a new computer desk pen at the very least. Or do like most people around here seem to do, Tell your partner you are sending a slim, and send a slim, and two JG's, a Sierra, 4 kits and 8 blanks or whatever you want:biggrin::devil::biggrin:!!! Not to mention, it is a good opportunity to be personally critical of someone elses work:eek:, then wonder what the person that got your work thinks:beat-up:!!

Please don't let any stupid comments that I, or anyone else has said keep you from joining in the reindeer games! Let's all sign up and make it the blowout of all blowouts for JEFF:party::biggrin:!!

I love this site, and all the people on it... even the people that rub me the wrong way:biggrin:.It is those people that challenge my skills the most, So even if you think i am a loudmouth loser... SIGN UP ANYWAY (please)... Hope that you get me as a trade partner so you can blow me away with your amazing pen skills, thereby shutting my big dumb mouth! Let me gain your respect by sending you my best work to date! Or of course, you can always hope to get matched up with Butch, or Steven, or the like and gain a real work of functional art! It is win-win-win if we all sign up!


Hope that's ok.....
 
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