Ganoksin Orchid Raffle 2008 is Announced!
Total prize package is $ 23,187.90
https://www.ganoksin.com/events/raffle-08.htm
We are pleased to announce the Orchid Raffle in conjunction with the
The 12th Annual Tucson Orchid Dinner in February 2008.
You don’t have to attend the Orchid dinner in order to participate
in the raffle! All raffle proceeds go directly to support Ganoksin
and supports exchange of free for all.
This year our prize list is incredible! Some wonderful donors have
contact us directly because of YOUR participation in the Orchid
Forum. Not only do we have tools, equipment, education and business
opportunities, but five Orchidians are donating their high end works
of art. The list is extensive, and there is something for everybody
who works in a studio or takes classes in a school. The winners will
be drawn on the night of the The 12th Annual Tucson Orchid Dinner,
Friday, Feb. 8, 2008
You asked, we listened! There will now be SEVEN winners of the
Ganoksin Raffle, Increasing your chances to win dramatically!
Our comprehensive list of suppliers are those who believe in Orchid
and the power of jewelry exchange. Please do your part
in supporting these vendors when you think of your next purchase.
This is your chance to win these amazing prizes.
Total prize package is $ 23,187.90
Incredible Prizes and SEVEN winners!
Tickets are only $39!!
Support Orchid! Buy a ticket, or increase your chances, buy a few!
http://www.ganoksin.com/events/raffle-08.htm
Grand Prize: Total Value of $12, 373.90
- Gold banner advertising account on Ganoksin - $1,599
- Hill Management Consulting - Business Consultation - $1,080
- Durston - Durston Rolling Mill DRM C130 Manual Mill - $1,195
- Reactive Metals - Gift Certificate for Metals Products - $1,000
- Discount Digital Art - Gift Certificate for image scanning - $1,000
- Jewelry Training Center - Workshop in including lodging - $1,000
- McKinnon Global - Custom Web Programming and Business Plan - $1,000
- Foredom - Foredom TX Flexshaft and Book - $428.90
- Myron Toback - Ambassador Collection Dapping Set - $415
- Gemz - Workshop voucher including gravers and materials - $414
- Otto Frei - A collection of Lindstrom pliers and cutters - $400
- Swanstrom Tools USA - 3 sets of high quality pliers - $393
- Gesswein - Gift Certificate from their Tool Catalog - $300
- Allcraft - A selection of hammers - $300
- MJSA - Selection of books and a subscription to MJSA Journal - $300
- Racecar Jewelry - Model Making and Casting Workshop - $300
- Bob Rush - Gift certificate for a variety of cabochons - $300
- RHB Enterprises - Gift certificate for stones - $300
- JewelerProfit - Geller’s Blue Book to Jewelry Repair Cost - $299
- Fretz Design, LLC - Exclusive Forming Hammers - $250
- The Contenti Company - Gift Certificates - $100
2nd Prize:
- Pat Pruitt - Bracelet Stainless Steel, Industrial diamonds - $2,500
3rd Prize:
- Chris Ploof Studio - A custom Mokume Gane Ring - $2,500
4th Prize:
- Don Friedlich - Hand fabricated brooch: Glass and 18K Gold - $1,800
5th Prize:
- Beth Rosengard - Brooch: Tourmalines, 14k & 22k Gold - $1,500
6th Prize:
- Asphalt Apache Design - Web design & hosting for one year - $1,400
- The Contenti Company - Gift Certificates - $100
7th Prize:
- Amy Burkholder - Brooch and Eearrings: 22k keum-boo diamonds - $500
- Gemz - Workshop voucher including gravers and materials - $414
- The Contenti Company - Gift Certificates - $100
Remember:
In previous raffles tickets sold out fast, so please don’t wait and
purchase your tickets today!
Help Ganoksin. Help Orchid.
Purchase a ticket today. It’s easy!
Simply point your browser to
http://www.ganoksin.com/events/raffle-08.htm
Thank you for your support
For a better Orchid
Hanuman
Kathleen Boyd the Ganoksin Winner for 2007 raffle shares her
experience:
I’m a beginner craftsperson. Over the past years, Ganoksin has helped
me out of many binds. This has included learning how to cure stumps,
saving the patina on copper, and tips on soldering. As a result, I
purchased a raffle ticket to support the site that has given me so
much. The list of prizes was tantalizing and I daydreamed about
winning. When I heard Karen and Hanuman’s voices on my voicemail I
proceeded to dance a jig around the kitchen and my family thought I
had finally lost it.
My studio is very modest and sparse, so winning the gift
certificates for tools has allowed me to try new techniques and
expand my skills. The first of the prizes to arrive was the Foredom
Flex shaft. I had been making do with a really cheap knockoff; it is
amazing the difference a quality tool makes. JNB studio sent me the
entire set of instructional engraving DVDs. The Gesswein and Otto
Frei gift certificates were used to buy an engraving ball and gravers
and I am in the process of learning to become an expert engraver. I
have not produced anything museum worthy yet but I’m working on it.
The McCinnon Global certificates bought a Foredom bench polishing
lathe. The Rio gift certificate bought something I have been drooling
over for years, the Bill Fretz anvil set. My studio is now
overflowing with an array of awesome new equipment that I experiment
with daily.
As luck would have it, I live in the Boston area and am a current
student at Metalwerx so a gift certicate there was especially
welcome. I learned the art of chasing on a vessel from Valentin
Yakov. Registration to the Clasp conference in Denver put on by Rio
was also included, what a fabulous informative time! I had three days
of sharing with wonderful, creative people, learning
about marketing and new ways to open creative channels and I came
home with my creative juices recharged and new ideas about how to
streamline my work flow and market my jewelry.
Winning the Ganoksin raffle has completely transformed my studio from
a bare bones space to one teaming with fun tools to play with. It has
been a year of wonderful surprises and awesome creative experiences.
I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the Ganoksin raffle
for the generosity.