tdibiasio
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Well last night I went to my local turners club meeting - Ocean wood turners (RI). Now this is only my second meeting and I am still trying to fit into the group as many have been members for a very long time and know each other well. Part of the regular meeting is a show and tell session where members stand in front of the group and show off their work and describe the technique used and answer questions from the group. Well this being my second meeting I knew the basic agenda and decided to bring some of my segmented pens and a few highly figured wood pens to show. I basically waited until all the other members who had things to show were finished - did this on purpose so that I could gain the nerve to show my stuff. Well after the absolutely beautiful things being displayed by other members I was a little hesitant. The club president noticed I had a box of stuff so I was not getting off the hook. He asked me to present so up in front of the group I went, don't get me wrong I am not shy to speak in front of people - but the talent in this room is just incredible. Many older gentlemen in the group with more time on the lathe then I have on this earth !!! Well I got up there and went through the various segmented pens and the methods for creating the segments, descriptions of painted blanks and tubes to effect the color, glues used, finishes, and they seemed to be most interested in the coke can segments. Well after passing them around to the group to view there were MANY compliments from some of the groups senior members. I was very proud of my work at that point and glad I shared them.
If that was not reason to be proud enough - right after I was done with my show and tell the club president asked me in front of the group if I would do a demonstration at the next club meeting !!!!! Almost all of the members in the room indicated they would love to see a demo by me - MAN was I ever complimented and happy at this request. I obviously said yes and am now in the schedule to present a demo after only attending 2 meetings.
The moral to this story is - Often times we don't give ourselves enough credit with the work we do - take the chance to show off your work - it will make you feel much more confident and can often renew your desire to do even better at this hobby. If you are any thing like me, you are most likely your biggest critic and moments like this make you sit back and really appreciate the time and skill we commit to making pens
Thanks for reading about my proud moment !!!
If that was not reason to be proud enough - right after I was done with my show and tell the club president asked me in front of the group if I would do a demonstration at the next club meeting !!!!! Almost all of the members in the room indicated they would love to see a demo by me - MAN was I ever complimented and happy at this request. I obviously said yes and am now in the schedule to present a demo after only attending 2 meetings.
The moral to this story is - Often times we don't give ourselves enough credit with the work we do - take the chance to show off your work - it will make you feel much more confident and can often renew your desire to do even better at this hobby. If you are any thing like me, you are most likely your biggest critic and moments like this make you sit back and really appreciate the time and skill we commit to making pens
Thanks for reading about my proud moment !!!
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