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January 2025 Challenge - Isaac Litster Wins!

Pick your TWO favorites

  • Tyler David

    Votes: 5 10.6%
  • Tom De Winter

    Votes: 3 6.4%
  • Doug Freeman

    Votes: 19 40.4%
  • Phil Hamel

    Votes: 3 6.4%
  • Isaac Litster

    Votes: 22 46.8%
  • Rick Moreton

    Votes: 16 34.0%
  • Craig Morton

    Votes: 3 6.4%
  • Tony Rozendaal

    Votes: 3 6.4%
  • Walker Westbrook

    Votes: 15 31.9%

  • Total voters
    47
  • Poll closed .

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This month's challenge was to turn something with a thin stem. We went loose with the definition of stem, and juried in a couple of finials. Now, the challenge for all forum members (this means you and me) is to choose a winner. Voting begins now and concludes at midnight on Saturday, 1 February, 2025.

You are allowed two votes; once you have voted, you won't be able to go back and change your votes. After you have voted, you can track the vote totals. The voting is secret (just like an actual election), so nobody else can see who you voted for (not even the moderators/administrators). In case of a tie vote, the forum moderators will gather in a virtual waist-deep shavings-filled shop to determine the winner.

As in all previous challenges, the winner might have to pass a lie detector test before being awarded the Grand Prize (rumored to be a high-carbon dogleg SRG).

The following are this month's entries:

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Big congratulations to @Isaac Litster for winning this challenge! His wildly contorted Yellow Cedar thin-stemmed goblet (with bonus connected captured rings) is a beauty. Nice mix of interesting, skillful, and whimsical. Great work! Thank you also to everyone else that participated in the challenge. It was a close race between several entries, but all were great and inspiring to see.

This month's challenge will be posted later today. Stay tuned!
 
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