The morning after the ball.
As I write this the house is quiet. My daughters are still ensconced in their beds, one with the dog and one of the cats curled up beside her. Having seen some of the iPhone snapshots my wife and I…
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Viennese Ball
If it wasn’t for the last minute…
Getting 30 items ready for the ball took another family event. We sorted out all the pen boxes, each of which is custom laser etched. Then we deployed the gift pens I had made for each deb and cav and…
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And finally, assembly time!
And finally, its time to actually create the pen. If you’ve been reading along, you’ve seen how I’ve gone from a block of wood to smaller pieces of wood, to holes drilled by my son, gluing with my daughter, and finally…
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A cutting time
So after doing all the work to get to this stage, its time (finally) to actually MAKE the pen. The pens are squared up using a special tool, and mounted on the lathe. I then begin to cut the pens….
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A sticky time: The path to a set of pen gifts
For the gifts for the Ottawa’s Viennese Winter Ball, I’ve talked about the ‘easy’ parts of making a set of pens so far. But then it gets sticky. As in glue. Over the fifteen plus years that I have made pens,…
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From sticks to pens: making a lot of holes.
Working on a large commission like for the Viennese Winter Ball requires organization. When I’m making one or two pens for a client, I can be extremely specific about the piece of wood, but I do not need to be quite as…
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Making a set of pens: Gifts for the Viennese Winter Ball
As I mentioned yesterday, the lovely team at Ottawa’s Viennese Winter Ball selected me as the gifts sponsor. So why a beautiful wooden bodied pen as a gift? Lets start with the basics. Rather than something made anonymously in a factory in…
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Getting ready for the Viennese Ball!
The lovely folks at the Viennese Ball Ottawa’s Viennese Winter Ball, were kind enough to accept my proposal of custom made pens as gifts for the young men and ladies currently working on their dance skills for the magical evening of…
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