My early November mini-meet / carving event is turning into a not-so-small meet. Amazingly, there are 11 people currently signed up for the event. I was expecting two… three at the most.
So now I’m preparing. Firstly… to set up a bit of a presentation on the computer including an overview of AtlasQuest and a look at LbNA. Some image selection and preparation, transfer and then on to carving. It should be a good day of exchanges both of stamped signature images as well as ideas and techniques…. (not to mention a couple of personal travellers).
I have four stamps ready to go for new letterboxes. I will likely have a couple of more before the event. They will be permanently planted around the city. However, I’m not anticipating that they will be found on the day of the event… after all, that’s not what it’s for. But I will give out the clues to those that come and give them a chance to find before I post them publicly.
Also been working on an event stamp. I really like this image
but I just can’t get it to transform properly into a line sketch for carving. I think I’m going to just try a trace (basic bush, building, bridge and river’s edge outline shape) and see how I like that. We’ll see. I’ll figure something out. Then to add the words… Calgary Mini-Meet, Exchange and Carving Event. November 5, 2011.
This is way more exciting than work!!!!!
So glad to hear you’ve found some letterboxing friends in your new hometown.
Have you tried dumpr for the sketch? It usually works well for me.
http://www.dumpr.net/sketch.php
How exciting to have found the whole letterboxing community there! Say hi to the 4Sailors for me.
Fiddleheads
Yup, I tried dumpr. The resulting sketch is too complicated. I guess that’s because the original image is too complex.
Yes, I am thrilled to be able to meet all of them and kick things off. A few of them are new this summer, and the others seem to have been waiting for someone to come along to jumpstart things. I will let the 4Sailors know you said hello.