Scholarship: Bagpipe making

**saxandpipes** · 15th June 10, 02:09 AM

Hi all,

I would really appreciate your support for me the People's Choice Award of the AMP (New Zealand) scholarship.

I've applied for funding to get my bagpipe making off the ground, and there is a (very) big prize going to the person with the most votes in the People's Choice.

Anyway, I need as much community support as I can get, and would really appreciate you giving me your vote by following (copying/pasting) the link:

http://www.doyourthing.co.nz/2010-00...chael-jamieson

me piping

on the lathe

during polishing (left one polished, right one not)

drones in Maple, blanks in Plum

Thanks so much for helping me out!

Cheers,

Michael

**artificer** · 15th June 10, 04:06 AM

You've got my vote, mate.

You're less than 600 votes out of first place. SURELY we kilties can send you over the top.

Best of luck furthering the push for craftsmanship over cheap mass-production

Keep us all posted on the progress and results.

BTW: I'm putting your link in my signature

**saxandpipes** · 15th June 10, 04:29 AM

Hey!

Thanks so much,

I appreciate it! I don't know how she's doing it- The voting only opened this morning in New Zealand and it seems like she had 500 almost instantly...

never mind...

Quality over Quantity ;)

Thanks again for the support!

Cheers,

Michael

**highland mafia** · 15th June 10, 05:57 AM

You got my vote..Lovely looking pipes. Would love to hear a sound bit. Do you use mostly maple, cherry etc, or do you also use some of the more traditional woods as well? Wish I had that kind a skill man!!

**saxandpipes** · 15th June 10, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by highland mafia

You got my vote..Lovely looking pipes. Would love to hear a sound bit. Do you use mostly maple, cherry etc, or do you also use some of the more traditional woods as well? Wish I had that kind a skill man!!

I have Blackwood ready for my Big Pipes, but I have opted for the Plum for the smallpipes (the Maple ones shown are actually my first/practice set). I just love the look of the wood, and its nice to work with too. Still working on trying to get some more nice pictures (surprisingly hard to do justice to to beauty in the wood).

Thanks!!

**artificer** · 16th June 10, 04:59 AM

Originally Posted by saxandpipes

Still working on trying to get some more nice pictures (surprisingly hard to do justice to to beauty in the wood).

Thanks!!

Wood, leather, fur... anything natural is relatively difficult to shoot good pix of. Have you tried diffusing your light, or bouncing it?

You can diffuse it using a light box for smaller items- basically filtering the light through a white plastic or fabric sheet and lighting equally from all sides,

or you could bounce the light off of white walls/sheets/plastic - this would help give a more natural light and avoid the glare once your pieces have been polished. You need MUCH stronger lights for this technique.