Maple Walnut Atlas

I really like this with no clip!!! it would be fun to make another and have them side by side…to compare…I bet this one will grow on you…

By the way: how does the auction work…i’ve clicked on the auction link to facebook but i dont see any bidding?? I am just curious how this is going…

congrats on your challenge!! you will need a vacation when done…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

I like it without a clip as well, nice, clean and simple. 23 down and 7 to go, very well done sir.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

Nice Scott, you’re getting closer.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Interesting pen. A nice design.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Matt – the auction,... it’s pretty much just a place for my facebook “friends” (which is pretty much exclusively people I know – Friends, family and old classmates, with a few LJ’s and “internet celebrities” – Matt and Mark of podcast fame, mixed in – but is actually open to any facebook user, to comment under a photo if they so choose and place a bid.
there is another online biz. Pinecones under glass, where they find pinecones, place them in cool frames, display cases and other found glass items, give them clever names and give (or sell) them to the first person to claim them. I took their viral success as a good sign and extended the buying window by letting friends outbid each other – which is pretty much not happening. Typically it’s first come first served, being pretty friendly that way.
I toyed with the idea of doing this on eBay… but was hesitant to have to pay ebay and paypal fees if there was no interest. (I may still, or possibly Etsy. I dunno)
But I’ve also posted the pens here so the rest of may family can see them, and if they’re interested, they can e-mail me too. The ones that aren’t digitally inclined, well, they might be the lucky recipients of anything that I don’t sell. – there’s also the church craft fair next month, I may donate these items if they’re interested.
I’ve done two art shows back in 99 and 2000 in November, selling mostly photographs, cards and art prints of my own at a local country club with several other juried artists and artisans – A fairly high end art (not craft) fair – to modest success, and figured I’d at least break even with this. (which was my hope, I dared not dream or pulling a little profit. But having bought all these pen kits several months ago, any money would be Christmas money – and therefore I woudn’t have to give my wife and little one several pens each.)
The art fair was a heck of a lot of work, this has been significantly less so in the prep regard. Making hundreds of cards was more tiring on my back and fingers than all these hours at the lathe, this challenge has been much more educational for me (a total success in that regard) – and doesn’t require me to stand around all day, smiling and trying not to scare off interested parties by (gasp) talking to them.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

thanks for the explanation!!! its a great idea…I am not on Facebook so I was pretty sure that I was not seeing the page the way a member of Facebook might.

I am glad you are learning a lot…and if you break even financially—-great…I think your work is so nice that it would do well in other venues…but that is my bias…I think you are a great artist…

Ok…will keep watching each night…enjoy!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Beautiful pen. Good luck with the sales.