I am always on the lookout for different border styles to apply to the inherently narrow shapes of the horseshoes I engrave. So I asked Steve if he would put together a contest to encourage people to invent some new borders. He is apparently covered up so he turned the tables and asked me to get the ball rolling.
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Originally Posted by brandvik
Hi Steve,
I feel like my vocabulary of borders is pretty limited. I was trying to come up with something different to start using so I did some searching on borders on both forums and quickly realized that there are darned few nice borders which are clean and repeatable.
How about a contest for best original border idea?
I dont have anything to enter but I would enjoy seeing the results of some creative effort directed toward borders.
Thanks,
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Originally Posted by Steve Lindsay
Hi Jim, Sounds like a great idea to me. I'm buried right now keeping up in the shop though. Would you have time to make the contest happen? I will give a 5 pack of M42 gravers for the prize. Please feel free to do the contest. I really would like it if you or other members would want to start and run contests.
Steve
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So I guess the moral of the story is to be careful what you wish for...
Steve is offering the M42 graver blanks ($50 worth) and I will sweeten the pot by throwing in an engraved horseshoe for good luck to winner. I will ask Steve do the judging since he has an indisputable eye for design.
As I mentioned in my note to Steve, I think entries should be designs which are nice repeating patterns and are original. So I suggest that these be the two criteria for judging.
- Repeatability
- Originality
Let's let this contest run from now through the month of February. Please post your entries here on this thread.
Good Luck!