Dear all, I have received a couple of letters asking about the
silent auction and what to donate for it. First I want to say that
ALL THE PROCEEDS OF THE SILENT AUCTION WILL BE A DONATION TO ORCHID
DIRECTLY. What to bring? Well I would like to see stuff locally
available to you and perhaps hard to obtain otherwise. For instance,
I have Bisbee turquoise in rough and cut and can get it where most
people don’t have the access I do to such material. I will have
that as well as some gem chrysicolla druzy I come across from the
So.Az area. Bring unusual stuff or things you have extra of or
things you make. Tools, jewelry materials, gift certificates for
either, your own work which could be incorporated into jewelry ,
Stone carvings, stone you cut, wire weavings, textured metal you
produce, local materials, books you wrote, a piece of mokame you
made, marriage of metals you did. BE CREATIVE. Sam