Post #287355 by flynny on Thu, Feb 22, 2007 2:04 AM

Hi Guys
One or two interested people, good news.
Tama, Where I have got involved in the past, some strange things have happened. People who made mind blowing stuff out of certain materials completely switched for the projects, from highly detailed things to real rustic stuff. As to value I don't know how you can tackle that one, people such as yourself and Paipo do this for a living so time is money, also materials are expensive, having said that some of the stuff I see from the guys who carve wood is awsome, the material is cheaper and it might take them/me longer because we do it in our spare time.
My view is, leave it open to the individual, everyones work has some value and from what I see on the forum, I for one would be happy to recieve a piece from just about everyone.
Size and postage could be a problem, but if we kept projects to a reasonable size or maybe asked the recipient to fund the postage that might work (i would hate to pay the shipping from SoCal to the Uk for half a palm tree!!!).
It would be good too if people updated their profile so you can get a good idea of the makeup of the person you are making for.
Tama, Benz and Paipo, I would be quietly crapping myself If I drew you to make for, but hey I would hope to rise to the challenge.
Finally we used to do this sort of thing annually, started small but gathered real momentum as people saw the projects coming to life and wanted to get involved next time. I would suggest we leave the list open for a month then draw allowing 2 months for projects to be exchanged.
What da ya all think. We ahve probably got 3-4 interested parties already. Maybe the moderators could make this a sticky for a time.
Regards
Flynny