hampton roads penturners march 2014 newsletter

MAPG 2014 NEWS - The MAPG planning team just fi nished our sec-ond meeting for the 2014 event! It will be held again at the Richmond Woodcraft Friday May 2 - Saturday May 3. Similar format to last year with some improvements. Demos and Vendors have been posted.

For the newbies, MAPG stands for Mid-Atlantic Penturners Gather-ing, though based on last year, people came from near and far. It’s an evening and full day fi lled with all things about pen making. Visit our website at http://www.midatlan-ticpen.com, Mid-Atlantic Penturners Gathering for a view of MAPG.

Our next meeting will be held on March 22, 2014, from 9:30 am - 12:00pm at Woodcraft of Virginia Beach / Norfolk. We will be sharing ideas and applica-tions clear casting and polymer clay. If you have made one of these pens before, or any other new pen projects since the last meeting, please bring it to the meet-ing to show everyone your new pens.

MARCH 22, 2014 MEETING

MEMBER REMINDERS:

We have had a request for SHOW AND TELL at our meetings. Please bring in your latest projects to share with the group. This should be any-thing pen related that you are willing to share.

Please email [email protected] for more information.

January Meeting Recap..............................................pages 2-4

March Meeting Preview.............................................page 5

Inside this Issue...

March 2014 Edition of the Hampton Roads Penturners NewsletterNewsletter Editor: Tina Wissen Email: [email protected]

Publish Date: March 16, 2014

HAMPTON ROADS PENTURNERS

http://www.midatlanticpen.com

We had one demonstration for our January meeting. Bryan Meissner demonstrated what he calls Panzerplatte (German for armor plate) to cre-ate his metal foil blanks as seen at his new business website called Squid Handicrafts at http://www.shop.squidwoodhandicrafts.com/.

January Meeting Recap

For more information, we rec-ommend you contact Bryan through his website or IAP forum.

http://www.penturners.org

IAP: meissnerbryan




We had our fi rst club SHOW and TELL for 2014. We saw pens from Brett Ransom, Dan Maloney, and Fred Wissen.

We also had other members swap pen blanks and other information about the products they make.

To see all the other photos shared, please visit our website at

http://www.hrpenturners.net/pro-jectgallery.html

http://www.shop.squidwoodhandicrafts.com


http://www.hrpenturners.net/projectgallery.html




January Show & TellBrett Ransom (aka hard hat) shared some of his recent projects he worked on over the holidays.




Dan Maloney (aka Band Saw Box) shared some of his recent projects he worked on over the holidays.

Fred Wissen (aka PTownSubbie) shared his CNC engraved cartridge pens, featuring his own custom acrylics. More information about both the CNC blanks and acrylics can be found at http://www.ptownsubbie.com.

http://www.ptownsubbie.com

Did you know?

PR stands for polyester resin. Two popular brands of polyester resin used to cast pen blanks are Silmar 41 and Castin’ Craft.

Alumilite is a polyurethane resin from the Alumilite Corporation directly or other resellers.

If you have a favor one of these products more, please share your experiences at the meeting.

March Meeting Preview




DEMO #1: Fred Wissen (aka PTownSubbie) will be demonstrating various clear casting examples. He will use Alumilite for the demonstration but will also discuss PR brands he has also used to clear cast pen blanks with labels, bottle caps, and metal foil pens demonstrated at recent meetings. You can also clear cast painted blanks, snakeskins, and other alternative materials.

DEMO #2: Tina Wissen (aka MrsPTownSubbie) will have a mini-workshop on how to make a poly-mer clay cane and pen. She will demonstrate various tools and share clay samples with whoever wants to learn to make a basic skinner blend, two types of fl ower canes, and how to assemble a polymer clay pen. More information can be found at http://www.hrpenturners.net/images/mar22/claydemo.pdf

Members are asked to bring the pen kit tubes they want to fi nish (and matching bushings) to make a pen during the clay workshop. If you already have your own clay supplies, we appreci-ate if you bring your own materials for this workshop.

http://www.hrpenturners.net/images/mar22/claydemo.pdf




Social Media Mashup

International Association of Penturners (IAP)


IAP stands for International Association of Penturners, an online forum dedicated to the penturning community.

IAP also provides a photo gallery, wiki, links, library, marketplace, and vendor catalogs, as well as supports portals for local chapters, like the Hampton Roads Virginia Chapter.

Please visit penturners.org today to join this free online forum, or use our contact form for more information about local meetings, events, and activities.

Hampton Roads Penturners’ website has been up and running since July 2013. We have had a great response from our current members but would also love it to continue to grow by sharing with others.

Please share our website URL: http://www.hrpenturners.net.

If you need to send photos for the demo gallery or project pens, please use our email at [email protected].___________________________________________________________

Have you liked us on Facebook? We would love to hear from our Facebook friends more often. Please feel free to share what proj-ects you have been working on i.e. new trends or techniques, or just want to share your latest pen - http://www.facebook.com/HRPenturners

We also have a Twitter account for all you “tweeters” at

http://twitter.com/HRPenturners

@hrpenturners#hrpenturners

Special thanks to Bill and Heather Caillet of Woodcraft for their support of Hampton Roads Penturners!

Woodcraft of Virginia Beach / Norfolk is located in The Shops at Janaf on the corner of Virginia Beach Boulevard and Mili-tary Highway in Norfolk, VA.

What will you bring for SHOW & TELL??

http://www.hrpenturners.net


http://www.facebook.com/HRPenturners

http://twitter.com/HRPenturners

http://www.woodcraft.com/stores/store.aspx?id=556

hampton roads penturners march 2014 newsletter

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