IFoLG 2009 Competition Room Pics

[Johanna]

Here you go, folks- 5 pages of the competition room. Click on a thumbnail to see a larger picture or scroll through with the arrows. I will put up the people pics and the guild display pics tomorrw.

Johanna

http://leatherworker...olg09/index.htm

[King's X]

Hey thanks for the pictures, but I have a question if you can remember. In the master level, the first place winner was a standing eagle feather statute. I am interested in knowing what if anything different was on the other side? Appreciate it.

I hope to have a whole lotta pictures from the boot show this next weekend in the Pandhandle. I have a friend competing in the novice saddle class. I saw one of the fenders and WOW. I cannot wait to see the whole thing completed.

Thanks again

[DCKNIVES]

Thanks for the great Pics, Johanna.Dave

[Mike Craw]

Johanna,

Thanks for the photos from the Competition Room. Really outstanding stuff! I just wish whoever hands out those little ID cards would make the print BIGGER!! I'd love to be able to read who made some of that stuff.

Mike

[yaklady]

That was one of the best shows I have ever attended! The people who go to those shows are the absolute greatest! I want to hug each and every one of them. I did hug alot of them, and some got more than their fair share. I wish we had a show 4 times a year . . . or more! I will miss all those people until I see them again.

Johanna, you did one awesome job on the pictures! Thank you for doing that. I just got home after 17 hours of driving, and that was just the thing I needed to cheer up this lonely, cold house.

The two-sided eagle has a bald eagle on one side and a golden eagle on the other. It's a Robb Barr thing. I was in the last full class that Robb ever taught, and that was the project we made. I miss that wonderful man.

Now I'm going to bed!

Kathy

Edited September 29, 2009 by yaklady

[Clay]

Kathy,

Thank you for taking my stuff to the show. I am excited that I got a couple of ribbons. The pictures are great Johanna, thanks for sharing. It looks like it was a tough competition. All of the leatherwork is impressive.

ClayM.

[rawhide1]

Johanna

Thank you for taking the time to take and post these pictures. I really enjoyed looking at them.

Mike

[ClayB]

Kathy,

Thank you for taking my stuff to the show. I am excited that I got a couple of ribbons. The pictures are great Johanna, thanks for sharing. It looks like it was a tough competition. All of the leatherwork is impressive.

ClayM.

Hey Bert, ditto all that for me!

I saw several entries in the show that looked like they came straight out of Kathy's classes. That's pretty neat. I also saw some pictures from another member here of Kathy with a really neat plaque. Dave Smith and Jim Linnell had cool plaques too. I hope those pictures get posted here too, along with a story. Congrats to everyone that entered the show. As Bert said, all the leatherwork is impressive!

[yaklady]

Hey Bert, ditto all that for me!

I saw several entries in the show that looked like they came straight out of Kathy's classes. That's pretty neat. I also saw some pictures from another member here of Kathy with a really neat plaque. Dave Smith and Jim Linnell had cool plaques too. I hope those pictures get posted here too, along with a story. Congrats to everyone that entered the show. As Bert said, all the leatherwork is impressive!

Clay and Clay, it was a privelge to take such fine pieces of work into the show. I did take a few other pieces from Columbine members, too. That's the advantage of driving. All this leather looks great in my house! You don't want any of it back, do you?

Those placques in the pictures are something very special, especially to Dave and me. Jim Linnell presented the one to Dave. The award was called "Heart and Spirit in Leathercraft". Mine looked about the same, but was called "Pathway to Masters", presented by George Gross. It was to reward me for the way I have climbed the ladder in the tooling department. I was a nervous wreck when they gave me that! It was the most special honor I have ever received, and will cherish it forever. I'll have to take a picture of the award and post it, as it is a magnificent piece of work.

As long as I'm bragging here, I may as well brag about what I got to do while I was there. I was invited to go to the speedway, you know, Inidanapolis 500, by a small group of Texans, Dave Smith, John Karnes, Jane Hurst and Randy Gustovson (spelling?). I love picking on Texans. They are a loveable bunch. We hopped in the car and went to the track, which was 3 miles from the show. When we drove right past the museum, I got to wondering. Next thing I knew, we were following an official car of the speedway, heading into the middle of everything. I still wasn't catching on. We parked where no one else was and the man in the car greated us cheerfully. He didn't yell at us for driving where we shouldn't. It turns out, he was a friend of John Karnes, and he was there to give us a personal tour of things that no one else gets to see or do! Awe spred over my body as we walked into the Pagoda to see where the controllers sit during a race. We got pictures on the Winner's Circle and in front of Gasoline Alley, and got to hunker down and touch the brick finish line! I didn't take my camera, so I am depending on Dave to send me the pictures. When he does, I'll share them with all of you!

Kathy

[ClayB]

I cant think of anyone more deserving of those awards than you and Dave, Kathy!!

There's actually something at these shows that's better than the leatherwork. It's the people!! You're never gonna find a better bunch of people anywhere.

Here are a couple more really great photos, all courtesy of Danielle Martin.

I can think of so many great captions for this photo, but I'm gonna let you all come up with your own )