Thread: Weisyboy's Pallet Challenge - Entries and Poll for Voting

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

AHEM! Let me simply refer you to:

Thank god, I thought it was just me....

Originally Posted by *Kev

how did you come up with that? Was it something you've thought about doing for a while or did the pallet "speak to you".

Kev

I always have a lot of ideas running around in my head, things I have seen and liked or bits of things I like. When I got my pallet, I realised that I wasnt going to get much in the way of decent boards from it, as it was full of cracks, half eaten boards and gum veins. So I had to think of something that needed narrow strips. Part of my idea came from a lamp I had seen at a shop called Loot. It had rattan woven around it. My original idea was more in the shape of a barrel with bent wooden rushes coming up around the sides. This was not a goer, the wood just snapped, so I went to plan B.

Of course, my plans were more elaborate than my capabilities, It was also to have a frog leaping across between the two right hand rush clumps, and there was to be a snake on the inside that would have only been seen when the light was on. I have a long way to go yet before I can carve a frog

Soredust, I think you will find that Underfoots creation had a little more to it than smashing a pallet and throwing it together. It may not appeal to all, but obviously appealed to quite a few.

Bernie, I hope you get into the woodwork more, be good to see you in more challenges.

Donna

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

. It just goes to show that good taste & "democratic choice" don't necessarily go hand-in-hand.

(But given out current choice of "leader" that was already self-evident to anyone with eyes. )

Agreed Skew, (my trifecta would have been different as well,)
however , in my defence, as soon as I clicked the submit button with my entry it was out of my hands,
anyhow, as promised,
ENTRY #1 POST PALLET CHALLENGE SWAB

LAB RESULTS
(in the lab)

lab assistant 1......".what the hells this thing?"
lab assistant 2........"no idea, looks like a pile of crap glued together!"

Originally Posted by kmthor

I'm with Carl here i don't think its spirit of the competition. if one person has been decieved it makes a mockery of the result
km

lab assistant 1......"hang on a sec, ....turn it around a bit"...."no,.. a bit more"

Originally Posted by jackliveshere

, people have voted for it thinking it was a genuine shadow produced from the timber. If everyone knew from the outset that it was a joke, then I'm sure the poll would have been quite different

lab assistant 2....."I think I can see something".... " shine that light over here so we can get a better look"

Originally Posted by Wongo

If you couldn't tell that it was joke then you've got problems.

if anyone is interested I'll post pics of the whole process when I get home from work this arvo

Congrats guys, job well done everyone.

Congratulations to all the winners and thankyou to all the entrants for giving up your time to enter the challenge.

Cheers
Michael

Underfoot,

Good one mate. Did you know that we found your entry clever and inspiring? I might try to do something similar.


Hey, you should have your own exhibition. These people would pay to see your work.

Well done Donna and to all entrants. Loved watching the comp unfold...

cheers,
Dave

That is amazing. How did you do that? Is that real?

such a fitting end to the comp. Can we hand out a bonus prize for this effort???

Cheers,
Dave

Wongo, methinks you need a wooden spoon award

Donna

That would be great.

Ahhh, so its a transformer too - nice

I think you'll find that's a different object.