OCSFA86 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Hi folks: Many may not remember me but I have been a part of the larger marble community since 1997. Life pulled me away years ago but now with my wife and I are fully retired from the military I find myself being pulled back to a love I have for marbles that no one other than the marble community can fully understand. As a way of saying hello and as a tribute to a dear friend (Alan Basinet), I would like share a story with all of you. Come back with me to May 2002, Lonnie Rewa was just finishing up the artwork for her 2003 Contemporary Art Calendar and was taking I believe pre-orders. Allen was running his weekly charity auctions as usual. And I had idea (Allan could really rub off on you) and after discussing it we crafted a plan to raise more money for the charities. The plan was simple he would contact Lonnie and request 6 copies, have them sent to me, make contact with each Contemporary Marble Maker, ship each individual calendar sheet to the respective artist, have them signed, returned to me to be re-assembled and then mailed back to Allen so he could list them in Dec. Simple enough, lol. Lonnie was on board immediately and sent the copies to me, the calendars were sort and prepared for mailing to Daniel Ambrose, Eddie Seese, Bo Stiff, Boyd Miller, Jerry Capel Doug Ferguson, John Hamon Miller, Steve Davis, Andy Davis, Teri Conklin and Mark Capel (in order as they appear in the calendar, oh Lonnie signed her 2 pages as well). The true key to our success was the communications, I personally didn't know any of these artist (at the time) but Alan did and with the talent of a master pulled it off. The key was catching up with all of them but somehow it all came together after many hours devoted to this by so many individuals working together. Again, I thanks all them for their part in making it all happen especially Allan, Lonnie and Bo. I can't remember how much money was raise but believe that was only part of what was achieved that year. The marble community including those who helped create the calendar and all those who bid in support of the charities came closer together, frankly it was a lot of fun!!!! In a final jester of friendship Alan gave me the 6th copy which I would like to share over the next two days (with the moderator's approval). Again, hi folks and thanks for letting me share! Bill AKA: OCSFA86 LIFE A JOURNEY NOT A GUIDE TOUR! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Hello. Nice to meet you. Thanks for sharing. Would love to see more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aleecee Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 NIce story....thanks for posting it. Keep the pix comin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoop Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Willie!!!!!!!!! 'Great to see you!!! Hey!! The old fishbowl is still spinnin'!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedidoll Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 thank you so much for sharing this!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSFA86 Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Here are June through Nov. Will have to add Dec's (Mark Capel) in another reply not enough space. I don't know where Lonnie's original artwork for the 2003 calender ended up but believe she gave them to the respective artist. I was lucky enough to purchase 4 of her originals that she used in the 2004 calender, I will post them as well. Where the 2003 was focused on contemporary marbles the 2004 depicted machine made. Enjoy, Bill BTW, hi Scoop!! Been at least 5 years since we last saw each other in Ma. , I clearly remember you introducing me to Burt (what a wonderful man, I know you two were close) whom will also be sorely missed in our community. And Steph, I have known about you and your study halls since you started it, the pleasure is mine to have finally met you. LIFE IS A JOURNEY NOT A GUIDED TOUR! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSFA86 Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 And finally Dec. Thanks for letting me share this!!! Bill LIFE IS A JOURNEY NOT A GUIDE TOUR! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duffy Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 hey ya, bill!! ive got the same set...I got it from Lonnie at the Sistersville marble show!!!...many of my pages are signed \ are signed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sissydear Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 I have that calendar too. Always wanted to have it framed and hang it on the wall. A lot of mine are signed too. Sadly, some of those folks are no longer with us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Loving the whimsy in the artwork. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloozwoman Posted August 15, 2023 Report Share Posted August 15, 2023 It's been a very long time since I've seen the images from my 2003 marble art calendar. It was a huge and fun project for me and couldn't have been completed without all the help and cooperation from everyone involved with making it a reality. I still have most of the actual marbles that I used as "models" to draw the images on the pages in the calendar. Thanks for all the positive posts about it. It's nice to know that my calendar is still out there. -Lonnie Rewa 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 16, 2023 Report Share Posted August 16, 2023 1 hour ago, Bloozwoman said: It's been a very long time since I've seen the images from my 2003 marble art calendar. It was a huge and fun project for me and couldn't have been completed without all the help and cooperation from everyone involved with making it a reality. I still have most of the actual marbles that I used as "models" to draw the images on the pages in the calendar. Thanks for all the positive posts about it. It's nice to know that my calendar is still out there. -Lonnie Rewa Sweet! And hello! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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