Rossr Report post Posted June 11, 2019 20 hours ago, YinTx said: Haha no surprise for the recipient then? YinTx P.S., well done. went all out with the backing and braiding I see...didn't occur to me to do that... Thanks sir. Not sure why I did that just struck me as I was doing it. I do like the lacing on it. 12 hours ago, KAY9 said: Mine is finished & ready to mail in the morning. I will be sending to Rockoboy. P.S. The oak leaf coaster is beautiful Rossr. Thanks Kay...I'm learning! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sperrier Report post Posted June 11, 2019 I hope I can get involved in the next round. The rounder looks great btw. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HaloJones Report post Posted June 11, 2019 I shall post mine on Monday as I a still in Germany; currently drinking mead & eating damn fine sausages Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ColoradoGirl Report post Posted June 11, 2019 I am sorry to the participating group. I had agreed to complete this challenge but was called out of state for a family emergency. I have notified Halo of my situation and advised I believe Yintx should received her coaster. If I'm incorrect, please let us know. Again, I am sorry. Tammy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rossr Report post Posted June 11, 2019 On 6/10/2019 at 8:39 AM, Rossr said: Ok Folks Drum Roll please......... Based on response on this thread here is the list of who to send to and receive from...if you did not complete please let me know and I will adjust the list. The selection process was a arduous one involving slips of paper upside down on my desk and picking them up at random to build the list Please send a private message to your person to supply address etc. Also please post your complete pictures on this thread. I hope everyone had some fun and learned a thing or two. Enjoy the work of others and remember how special it is to receive someone elses efforts celebrate that!! Kay9 sends to Rockoboy Rockoboy sends to Rossr Rossr sends to Smartee Smartee sends to HaloJones HaloJones sends to ColoradoGirl ColoradoGirl sends to Yintx Yintx sends to Kay9 Thanks everyone and please post those pics! Ross If Halo hasn't sent yet we can just have Halo send to yintx. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rossr Report post Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, ColoradoGirl said: I am sorry to the participating group. I had agreed to complete this challenge but was called out of state for a family emergency. I have notified Halo of my situation and advised I believe Yintx should received her coaster. If I'm incorrect, please let us know. Again, I am sorry. Tammy Tammy no worries I'm sure we all understand hope everything is better on your end! If halo can just send to yintx that will solve it with no worries . Long as he comes back from sausage and beer land ie germany Edited June 11, 2019 by Rossr Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HaloJones Report post Posted June 12, 2019 This is not a problem, currently heading homeward: today I will be in the Netherlands Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smartee Report post Posted June 18, 2019 Love the coaster Rossr! Thank you! I didn't do nearly the work to mine that you did - hope my recipient doesn't feel slighted. I'll be posting mine out to HaloJones in the next couple days (when I can get out to the post office). It's the first time I've ever attempted to carve so with that in mind - I'm happy with how it turned out. Looking forward to everyone sharing what to do to better/further my skills Also looking forward to the next swap! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KAY9 Report post Posted June 18, 2019 I received these today from YinTx & I am blown away! The detail is wonderful, especially the hair on the bear! I am very pleased. Well done & THANK YOU! Rockoboy, yours is on the way! It may take a little longer to get to Australia, but you should be receiving it soon! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smartee Report post Posted June 18, 2019 Nice YinTx! They look like belt buckles! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredk Report post Posted June 18, 2019 N I C E Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rockoboy Report post Posted June 19, 2019 17 hours ago, KAY9 said: Rockoboy, yours is on the way! Thank you @KAY9. I am waiting patiently ... so far, but that might change! @Rossr yours is on its way, posted Monday, so hopefully you will get it before the Easter Bunny arrives! One thing I learned, I need to think more about the design I choose. "Sometimes simple is better". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YinTx Report post Posted June 20, 2019 On 6/18/2019 at 1:39 PM, KAY9 said: I received these today from YinTx & I am blown away! The detail is wonderful, especially the hair on the bear! I am very pleased. Well done & THANK YOU! Glad you liked it. Couldn't decide which to send, so you got both. Third one I did got ruled out. For the bear I was going for a gritty, rough look, with a lot of texture. For the ram, I tried for simple, minimal tool marks, flowing lines. I hemmed and hawed a bit on using a shader for the petals/leaves/sticker burrs, whatever you like to call them, and opted not to. Wreckerative cuts were probably a bit timid and could be much bolder. Open to suggestions on both, both were new techniques for me. On 6/18/2019 at 3:01 PM, Smartee said: Nice YinTx! They look like belt buckles! Thank you. Just the shape of a clicker die I had, and I thought it would make a unique coaster - not square, not round. On 6/18/2019 at 3:09 PM, fredk said: N I C E Thanks! YinTx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smartee Report post Posted June 25, 2019 On 6/18/2019 at 9:41 AM, Smartee said: Love the coaster Rossr! Thank you! I didn't do nearly the work to mine that you did - hope my recipient doesn't feel slighted. I'll be posting mine out to HaloJones in the next couple days (when I can get out to the post office). It's the first time I've ever attempted to carve so with that in mind - I'm happy with how it turned out. Looking forward to everyone sharing what to do to better/further my skills Also looking forward to the next swap! Rossr ~ I forgot to also thank you for the key chain! Nice bonus HaloJones ~ yours is on its way! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rossr Report post Posted June 26, 2019 On 6/18/2019 at 9:41 AM, Smartee said: Love the coaster Rossr! Thank you! I didn't do nearly the work to mine that you did - hope my recipient doesn't feel slighted. I'll be posting mine out to HaloJones in the next couple days (when I can get out to the post office). It's the first time I've ever attempted to carve so with that in mind - I'm happy with how it turned out. Looking forward to everyone sharing what to do to better/further my skills Also looking forward to the next swap! Glad you liked it and the key chain too! On 6/19/2019 at 8:34 AM, Rockoboy said: Thank you @KAY9. I am waiting patiently ... so far, but that might change! @Rossr yours is on its way, posted Monday, so hopefully you will get it before the Easter Bunny arrives! One thing I learned, I need to think more about the design I choose. "Sometimes simple is better". Rockoboy. Got yours in the mail today. Thank you and all the way from Australia no less. Really like the dog and oak leaf motif! On 6/18/2019 at 2:39 PM, KAY9 said: I received these today from YinTx & I am blown away! The detail is wonderful, especially the hair on the bear! I am very pleased. Well done & THANK YOU! Rockoboy, yours is on the way! It may take a little longer to get to Australia, but you should be receiving it soon! Nice looking stuff yintx. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smartee Report post Posted June 28, 2019 Morning a good friends sudden death. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rockoboy Report post Posted June 29, 2019 On 6/26/2019 at 10:36 AM, Rossr said: Rockoboy. Got yours in the mail today. So glad you like it. It did not come out as good as I had hoped, but it was a learning experience. On 6/19/2019 at 8:34 PM, Rockoboy said: @KAY9. I am waiting patiently ... so far, but that might change! Still waiting for our postal service to do their thing, but they are notoriously s. l.. o... w.... ZZZZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YinTx Report post Posted July 1, 2019 Okay, finally getting my eyes above the water here, so I can finally put this together. I received my coaster! Awesome!!! I really like this coaster. Cool color combinations, challenging knot pattern, and braided with a liner to boot. Here it is in it's glory: and here it is hard at work protecting my morning cup-of-joe: Thank you so much, and sorry it took me so long to get the photos posted! YinTx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smartee Report post Posted July 1, 2019 Turned out awesome! I'm definitely going to have to step up my game on the next swap! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HaloJones Report post Posted July 1, 2019 Glad you got it & are happy with it & good to see it hard at work:) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YinTx Report post Posted July 2, 2019 6 hours ago, Smartee said: Turned out awesome! I'm definitely going to have to step up my game on the next swap! Agreed. Mine are looking low rent after seeing the others, lol. At least I made up for it with quantity? YinTx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rockoboy Report post Posted July 3, 2019 Still waiting for the "slowest-postal-service-in-the-world" to deliver mine! Any ideas on what we are getting into for the next project? Or do we do more of the same, because we all learnt something from our 1st efforts? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HaloJones Report post Posted July 4, 2019 Well this arrived in the post & if that's your first ever attempt at carving @Smartee then I'm impressed The coaster is now on my work desk where it has already had many compliments - so hats off & thanks x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Smartee Report post Posted July 8, 2019 On 7/4/2019 at 3:41 PM, HaloJones said: Well this arrived in the post & if that's your first ever attempt at carving @Smartee then I'm impressed The coaster is now on my work desk where it has already had many compliments - so hats off & thanks x Thank you HaloJones! I'm glad you liked it! I actually had 3 or 4 of these lined up and did each step going from one to the next. Pattern was out of an Al Stohlman book. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rockoboy Report post Posted July 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Smartee said: I actually had 3 or 4 of these lined up I did the same, except I had 2 on the go. One got a stain from an errant metal fragment, so I sent the one without. Still waiting for mine to arrive from @KAY9. (Not the fault of @KAY9, it's just Auspost doing what they do!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
