pilkguns
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Plans are really swinging for this event on JUNE 11th. Party will start Sunday evening the 10th as people get up here from the Blade show , with campfire and conversation under the stars. I suspect Sam and Abby might do a little picking and singing as well. Monday morning, not too early depending on how late the previous night went we will have some short seminars put on by myself , Ray Cover, Sam Alfano, and a banjo engraver named Joyce Carroll .
Beginners, Experts, Wannabes, Patrons, Customers if you are interested in engraving, please come. Spouses and or significant others of any of the above are also welcome. We will have engraving systems from GRS, Ngraver, and Lindsay set up for people to try. My bench and Ray Covers will be set up to observe and try. I will have some of my engraved items that I have collected from around the world on display for discussion as well as scroll samples from various art forms. We will have smoked chicken dinner on the grounds for lunch on Monday. That’s worth coming for believe me. If you want to bring something to eat that’s fine, or just bring yourself that’s fine too.
We will have some short seminars, 30-40 minutes in length, with time for questions. Probably we will do two before lunch and two after.
Joyce Carroll will be giving a talk about banjo engraving, showing some traditional styles and techniques. I happen to know that she is also an excellent ventriloquist, and rumor has it she may have a friend with her that wants to learn engraving but is afraid of sharp points.
Ray Cover will speak about Principles and Elements of Design as applied to Engraving. If you understand the basic principles of design, you don’t need a systemic set of rules to follow to achieve stunning pieces. Using the overall layout and placement of objects lead your mind to travel from one point to another.
Sam Alfano will give a demonstration about photographing engraving that gives a nice even lighting and makes the engraving pop.
I will give talk about……. Well, we can take show of hands and see which is more interesting to the attendees. I can do one on Ergonomics, which is a fancy word for bench design and theory for most efficient work process or I can do one on Design Parameters, using shapes or patterns present on the object itself as the basis for scroll design.
Of course, there will lots of unstructured time to mingle, ask questions, try techniques. BRING YOUR STUFF, bring your tools, bring your work, bring your questions… BRING YOUR BENCH if you want . I would love to have 3 or 4 benches set up besides mine and Ray’s . This is an Engrave-In…. so bring your stuff to engrave if you can.
Some beautiful views here as well, a 10 minute walk will bring you the bluffs on our property, where you can see some 70 mile vistas. Another bonus, if you want to try a world class airgun or two, we can let you give that a whirl as well.
For the wives in attendance, maybe Rhonda will consider new applicants for WOSEM, Wives Of Self-Employed Men, a club she formed some years ago when three of us guys, a wood carver, a knifemaker and myself, all went into the backyard to work everyday while the wives all drove an hour to work each day. Of course, Rhonda has long since joined the self-employed category, but believe me she still has much to say in this regard, especially on the male side….
Now I do need to folks to start RSVP,ing to my e-mail, my first name at pilkguns dot come or you can PM off the Engraver’s Café.
known attendee’s
Ray Cover
Mark Simpson
Don Cowles
Tim Welles
Jim Hall +2
Mike Cirelli +2
Joyce Carroll
Scott Pilkington + 5
Tim and Kelly Adlam
Sam and Abby Alfano
Brian Hochstrat
Ian Morrison
Jerry and Joan Seymour
Hamilton Bowen
John Heiss
John Barraclough
Ray Phillips
Joe Mason
Tex Skow
David Gruber
Jim Parker and friend
Jack and Pam Davenport
Lester Holmes
Charles Walker
Miranda Hoffman + 5
Amayak Stepanyan
Don Bell
Dennis Greenbaum
Bryan Rigsby
Peter Elovich
Fred Marrinan
Paul Hamler
I have been asked about Hotels and Directions. Interstate 24 is about 3 miles from the house. Monteagle has two exits.
HOTEL INFO, we have a Days Inn 931-924-2900, Best Western/Smokehouse 931-924-2091, American Eagle Inn 931-924-8880 right now we are calling around trying to get a special rate at one of them...
it seems that the American Eagle is probably the best bang for the dollar right now... its 69 a night, and is less than a year old, and is in walking distance to a liquor store and McDonalds, depending on where your interests like. They said they would give us a discount if there was 5 or more rooms rented.
MOTOR HOMES, the Smokehouse/ Best Western 931-924-2091 has big full service campground. We actually lived there for 6 months, I had my engraving shop set in on one camping trailer and Rhonda and I were living in the second one, while we were looking for what became this property.
CAMPING, we live on 81 acres, so if you want to bring a camper, or pitch a tent, thats fine. We can park 40 feet rigs along the powerline coming in. No hookups though sorry.
KIDS, yes they can come too if you like, I have an 11 year old and 13 year old, with woods and creeks, with snakes,lizards and frogs as well as a horse or two so if you have kids and are so inclined, we will try to keep them out of your hair.
COSTS.... right now it's free. If you want to make a contribution to food fund or something like that at the end, thats up to you.
This is going to be as good or better than a FEGA show get together, so make your plans now.
Beginners, Experts, Wannabes, Patrons, Customers if you are interested in engraving, please come. Spouses and or significant others of any of the above are also welcome. We will have engraving systems from GRS, Ngraver, and Lindsay set up for people to try. My bench and Ray Covers will be set up to observe and try. I will have some of my engraved items that I have collected from around the world on display for discussion as well as scroll samples from various art forms. We will have smoked chicken dinner on the grounds for lunch on Monday. That’s worth coming for believe me. If you want to bring something to eat that’s fine, or just bring yourself that’s fine too.
We will have some short seminars, 30-40 minutes in length, with time for questions. Probably we will do two before lunch and two after.
Joyce Carroll will be giving a talk about banjo engraving, showing some traditional styles and techniques. I happen to know that she is also an excellent ventriloquist, and rumor has it she may have a friend with her that wants to learn engraving but is afraid of sharp points.
Ray Cover will speak about Principles and Elements of Design as applied to Engraving. If you understand the basic principles of design, you don’t need a systemic set of rules to follow to achieve stunning pieces. Using the overall layout and placement of objects lead your mind to travel from one point to another.
Sam Alfano will give a demonstration about photographing engraving that gives a nice even lighting and makes the engraving pop.
I will give talk about……. Well, we can take show of hands and see which is more interesting to the attendees. I can do one on Ergonomics, which is a fancy word for bench design and theory for most efficient work process or I can do one on Design Parameters, using shapes or patterns present on the object itself as the basis for scroll design.
Of course, there will lots of unstructured time to mingle, ask questions, try techniques. BRING YOUR STUFF, bring your tools, bring your work, bring your questions… BRING YOUR BENCH if you want . I would love to have 3 or 4 benches set up besides mine and Ray’s . This is an Engrave-In…. so bring your stuff to engrave if you can.
Some beautiful views here as well, a 10 minute walk will bring you the bluffs on our property, where you can see some 70 mile vistas. Another bonus, if you want to try a world class airgun or two, we can let you give that a whirl as well.
For the wives in attendance, maybe Rhonda will consider new applicants for WOSEM, Wives Of Self-Employed Men, a club she formed some years ago when three of us guys, a wood carver, a knifemaker and myself, all went into the backyard to work everyday while the wives all drove an hour to work each day. Of course, Rhonda has long since joined the self-employed category, but believe me she still has much to say in this regard, especially on the male side….
Now I do need to folks to start RSVP,ing to my e-mail, my first name at pilkguns dot come or you can PM off the Engraver’s Café.
known attendee’s
Ray Cover
Mark Simpson
Don Cowles
Tim Welles
Jim Hall +2
Mike Cirelli +2
Joyce Carroll
Scott Pilkington + 5
Tim and Kelly Adlam
Sam and Abby Alfano
Brian Hochstrat
Ian Morrison
Jerry and Joan Seymour
Hamilton Bowen
John Heiss
John Barraclough
Ray Phillips
Joe Mason
Tex Skow
David Gruber
Jim Parker and friend
Jack and Pam Davenport
Lester Holmes
Charles Walker
Miranda Hoffman + 5
Amayak Stepanyan
Don Bell
Dennis Greenbaum
Bryan Rigsby
Peter Elovich
Fred Marrinan
Paul Hamler
I have been asked about Hotels and Directions. Interstate 24 is about 3 miles from the house. Monteagle has two exits.
HOTEL INFO, we have a Days Inn 931-924-2900, Best Western/Smokehouse 931-924-2091, American Eagle Inn 931-924-8880 right now we are calling around trying to get a special rate at one of them...
it seems that the American Eagle is probably the best bang for the dollar right now... its 69 a night, and is less than a year old, and is in walking distance to a liquor store and McDonalds, depending on where your interests like. They said they would give us a discount if there was 5 or more rooms rented.
MOTOR HOMES, the Smokehouse/ Best Western 931-924-2091 has big full service campground. We actually lived there for 6 months, I had my engraving shop set in on one camping trailer and Rhonda and I were living in the second one, while we were looking for what became this property.
CAMPING, we live on 81 acres, so if you want to bring a camper, or pitch a tent, thats fine. We can park 40 feet rigs along the powerline coming in. No hookups though sorry.
KIDS, yes they can come too if you like, I have an 11 year old and 13 year old, with woods and creeks, with snakes,lizards and frogs as well as a horse or two so if you have kids and are so inclined, we will try to keep them out of your hair.
COSTS.... right now it's free. If you want to make a contribution to food fund or something like that at the end, thats up to you.
This is going to be as good or better than a FEGA show get together, so make your plans now.
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