My first award for turning!!!!!

[John M. Smith]

My friend Scott Fles and I entered our segmented turning of a balloon titled "Up Up and Away" in a juried art show. Not only did we get in , but we also won the " Ron DenBroder Memorial Woodturning Award.:):):)195578

John

[Nate Davey]

Congratulations to the both of you for a well deserved win. A spectacular job requiring more patience that a saint

[Stuart Nelson]

Very impressive!!!

[Steve Schlumpf]

WOW!!! That is excellent news! Congrats!! Thanks for sharing!

[Michael James]

Congratulations well deserved!

[Pete Jordan]

Congrats! That is a very special piece!

[Greg Just]

Congrats! That is a very unique piece and your award is well deserved.

[Karl Card]

Congrats for sure. Very neat looking piece and from what I see very well deserved award.

[Baxter Smith]

Congratulations on the award. A very exceptional turning!

[Tim Thiebaut]

Congrats to both of you, well done!

[Roger Russell]

Congratulations, it looks well earned. How big is it?

Roger

[Alan Trout]

Very cool, Congratulations.

Alan

[Robert McGowen]

It looks like it was a well deserved award. Congrats!

[Keith E Byrd]

Congrats on a great job!

[John Keeton]

John, what an honor!! This was an amazing entry, and the recognition is well deserved. I bet we see more great collaborative pieces coming from you and Scott.

[Mark Hazelden]

Congratulations John for both a beautiful piece and the award. I'm sure it is a nice feeling for others to recognize your talent.

[John M. Smith]

Thanks for all the nice comments. It truly is great to be recognized like this. There are more pictures in another thread. I just don't know how to link to it. Scott and I are planning our next project together also. Want to try some different patterns. Who knows what we'll come up with.

John

[Curt Fuller]

Congratulations John and Scott!

[bob svoboda]

Congratulations for the well deserved honor.

[Dick Wilson]

Scott and John, Congrats again and look forward to seeing it at Festival. Dick

[John Hart]

Congratulations John and Scott. When I first saw this piece the other day, I thought...how can they Not get into the show. Winning an award for that piece just seemed natural. :)

[Trevor Howard]

Congratulations on the award John and Scott, very deserving.

I linked your other thread for the extra pictures.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?166174-Acceptance-into-juried-show..-%28added-pictures%29

[Dan Forman]

This is great - lends itself quite well to segmenting. Congrat's!!!

Dan

[Mark Hix]

congratulations!

So, more shows in the future?

[Roland Martin]

I would have been very surprised if you two had come home without an award, very deserving. Anxious to see what you come up with next.:)

[John M. Smith]

We are going to try to enter the balloon in ArtPrize in the fall. That is an art show spread throughout downtown Grand Rapids. We are also starting to toss around ideas for next year art festival and art prize. When working with someone else it takes longer to get done as you can't just go out any time you want to work on it. But I don't think we will ever quit working together as this has been some of the most enjoyable turning I have ever done.

Now if we can only sell he balloon. Neither one of us really has a place for it. That's the problem with doing larger turnings.

[Donny Lawson]

Love this piece. You deserve that honor.