Virtual Craft Show?

MikeTodd

Hey All! So I was driving around today and saw a few signs for some local craft shows. It got me thinking, we have so many talented artist, artisans and craftsman here in our community, why not have a virtual craft show? I know that my family and I love getting and making/giving homemade items and we do a lot of our Christmas shopping at craft shows. Would there be any interest? Obviously certain laws will apply but if someone is making custom herfadors and they happen to be filled with home rolled cigars that is just a perk right? 
So I am gauging interest. Anyone want to participate as buyers or sellers? Let me know and if we get enough interest, I will start a new thread and get it organized. 

dirtdude

Great idea @MikeTodd, we do have some crafty dudes on here. I would fall under the buyer side, the only craftiness I perform is in the dirt

genareddog

Great idea.

TNBigfoot68

Love the idea,  I'm not a crafty type of guy myself but I think it would be cool. 

Wylaff

As long as Marty puts up some of his ash trays I'm in.

webmost

I've often wished some of these home rollers would sell me a ziplock bag.

MikeTodd said:

 Obviously certain laws will apply but if someone is making custom herfadors and they happen to be filled with home rolled cigars that is just a perk right? 
 

Guitarded

Wylaff said:

As long as Marty puts up some of his ash trays I'm in.

+1

jlmarta

Thanks, guys. Unfortunately I don't have anything in sellable condition that I'd part with. I looked yesterday and I have three blanks prepared for the lathe - one of which I had previously started turning - but I don't have the stamina to stand in front of the lathe or the router table long enough to complete any of these pieces. 

But thanks for the generous compliments. Now my head is all swelled up..... 

0patience

Marty, 
Do you do anything with Myrtlewood?
We stop at a Myrtlewood place down the coast quite often and they have blanks they sell.

Rockethead26

jlmarta said:

Thanks, guys. Unfortunately I don't have anything in sellable condition that I'd part with. I looked yesterday and I have three blanks prepared for the lathe - one of which I had previously started turning - but I don't have the stamina to stand in front of the lathe or the router table long enough to complete any of these pieces. 

But thanks for the generous compliments. Now my head is all swelled up..... 

Maybe with your lighter swelled up head supporting your body, your stamina will increase.

dirtdude

Myrtlewood, rare, exotic comes to mind

jlmarta

I once bought a burlap sack full of cutoff pieces of myrtlewood from a shop in Coos Bay specializing in making and selling items to the tourist trade. I've made a few things of myrtlewood but no ashtrays. 

Myrtlewood is really pretty and the color varies from piece to piece. A lot of it resembles Mediterranean olive wood. 

The piece im proudest of that included myrtlewood is a cabinetmaker's fitting mallet. I made the head (hollowed) of walnut burl filled with lead wool for weight and the handle is of myrtlewood. I then covered the mallet faces with deerskin so as not to mark up whatever I used it on. 

This first photo is to show the comparison between the fitter's mallet and a regular working mallet


A close-up of the fitter's mallet:

dirtdude

That right there is some talent Marty, nice work

TNBigfoot68

Beautiful work Marty

Yakster

I'll set the bar low here so everyone else won't hesitate to post their work, a tribute to DZR I did up for the Reno Herf crew. Wish you were there Daniel. 

webmost

Yakster said:

I'll set the bar low here so everyone else won't hesitate to post their work, a tribute to DZR I did up for the Reno Herf crew. Wish you were there Daniel. 

How are those letters applied? Can you put most anything on there? How much does a hat cost? Got colors?

Yakster

I used some puffy fabric paint that you squeeze while drawing or writing and picked up the caps from Daiso in bulk, I think I liked the green hat with gold letters the best.