Andrew Biggs
Moderator
Well, the 2017 FEGA show is done and dusted and just about everyone will be back home by now.
From a personal perspective I have come home, tired, inspired, invigorated, recharged and motivated. Seeing the work and meeting so many good people is truly rewarding in so many ways. To visit with old friends and make new ones is always a real pleasure.
The quality of the work was outstanding and in many cases inspiring. Where else do you get to meet so many engravers in one room and meet the artists that created the engravings.
It was a real pleasure visiting and chatting with everyone. Three days plus seminar day seems like a long time but it goes so fast.
The award winners will be in the next FEGA Engraver magazine and on the web site shortly.
There were indeed five new FEGA Master Engravers voted into the program. Jesse Kaufman, Raymond Arnand, David Riccardo, Dean Philbrick and Christophe Roufosse.
It was a real highlight of the show for me to see these guys get their Masters and for Rex Pedersen to get the Meeks award. All thoroughly deserved.
Also a real pleasure to meet Danae from Australia, Tsu Ifan and Peggy from China and catch up with Damien Connolly and see his latest masterpiece that he’s working on..
The generosity of the people that contributed to the auction and auction gun and the generosity of the buyers is truly something to behold. We are blessed to have so many good members and friends of the Guild.
Oh yeah………for those that missed it, the Vegas walk on Monday night was a real hoot. Sitting in a restaurant surrounded by good friends, jungle plants, wild animals, thunder and lightning, drinking out of an elephant glass and laughing our heads off………all I can say is it could only happen in Vegas!!!!
The only downside was John B not being there. He was missed by everyone. It was his suggestion that we have a memorial table for engravers that had passed away over the last twelve months. Something we will continue with for every show from now on.
None of this happens by itself and there are so many people to thank. This whole deal is only successful because of everyone involved. The FEGA BOD, auction contributors, auction buyers, FEGA table holders, FEGA members attending the show, Beinfeld Productions, FEGA sponsors, commercial table holders, seminar people and all those people who volunteered to help on the day………..the list is a very long one and we very much appreciate all your hard work, time and effort.
So now I’m looking forward to the 2018 show
Cheers
Andrew
From a personal perspective I have come home, tired, inspired, invigorated, recharged and motivated. Seeing the work and meeting so many good people is truly rewarding in so many ways. To visit with old friends and make new ones is always a real pleasure.
The quality of the work was outstanding and in many cases inspiring. Where else do you get to meet so many engravers in one room and meet the artists that created the engravings.
It was a real pleasure visiting and chatting with everyone. Three days plus seminar day seems like a long time but it goes so fast.
The award winners will be in the next FEGA Engraver magazine and on the web site shortly.
There were indeed five new FEGA Master Engravers voted into the program. Jesse Kaufman, Raymond Arnand, David Riccardo, Dean Philbrick and Christophe Roufosse.
It was a real highlight of the show for me to see these guys get their Masters and for Rex Pedersen to get the Meeks award. All thoroughly deserved.
Also a real pleasure to meet Danae from Australia, Tsu Ifan and Peggy from China and catch up with Damien Connolly and see his latest masterpiece that he’s working on..
The generosity of the people that contributed to the auction and auction gun and the generosity of the buyers is truly something to behold. We are blessed to have so many good members and friends of the Guild.
Oh yeah………for those that missed it, the Vegas walk on Monday night was a real hoot. Sitting in a restaurant surrounded by good friends, jungle plants, wild animals, thunder and lightning, drinking out of an elephant glass and laughing our heads off………all I can say is it could only happen in Vegas!!!!
The only downside was John B not being there. He was missed by everyone. It was his suggestion that we have a memorial table for engravers that had passed away over the last twelve months. Something we will continue with for every show from now on.
None of this happens by itself and there are so many people to thank. This whole deal is only successful because of everyone involved. The FEGA BOD, auction contributors, auction buyers, FEGA table holders, FEGA members attending the show, Beinfeld Productions, FEGA sponsors, commercial table holders, seminar people and all those people who volunteered to help on the day………..the list is a very long one and we very much appreciate all your hard work, time and effort.
So now I’m looking forward to the 2018 show
Cheers
Andrew
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