CENTS show – The Whispering Crane Institute

Warren Buffet, on your Chosen Profession

This quote from Warren Buffet seems to make a lot of great sense to me, I mean how hard is it to become a expert in one field, let alone a expert in two fields. The CENTS show is coming up in OHIO, and the ANLA Mgmt Clinic is coming up in Louisville, KY. Two… Continue reading Warren Buffet, on your Chosen Profession

WCI Workshops

Sticky: 08/23/10 update: In the Works We will be at the CENTS Show again in 2011, definitely doing the 1 day Stone Workshop on Sunday. I am not sure about lectures or other workshops, but I have to make decisions fairly quickly. We have several ideas for dry-stack stone Workshops and I am working on… Continue reading WCI Workshops

Another Moleskine Page

Here’s 2 pages from the 2008 CENTS Show. It’s a lecture on stone by Gordon Hayward. A lot of his talk was showing work by Dan Snow and other stone masons/jobs/art peices up in the New England area. Whenever a image popped up that I really liked I started sketching as fast as possible and… Continue reading Another Moleskine Page

Back from Columbus

I have returned from the CENTS show today and am ready to get back to the swing of things, including a project or two. More on the show and my thoughts on some of the presenters in my next post. Most of you probably know the weather played havoc wiht driving in Ohio yesterday, so… Continue reading Back from Columbus

CENTS Show, Coming Up!

I’ll be leaving for the CENTS show on Sunday morning, I need to be there by 11:30am. My stone workshop is SOLD OUT! A full class of 25 eager stone-niks. It should be a lot of fun. I have not “planned the entire 3 hours, I am leaving some latitude for the students to take… Continue reading CENTS Show, Coming Up!

C.E.N.T.S. Show in Columbus, Ohio

I’m doing 2 different events in Columbus next month 01/25-28/09. For the OSU Short Course. A 3 hour Sunday event(Stone the Entire Process) I believe we have reached the workshop limit , and a I hour talk on Monday(Dealing in High-End Design).

CENTS Show 2009

Be Careful What You Wish For! Well it’s finally happened, I have spoken at conferences, workshops, and events all over the U.S., (and Canada I might add), and will finally be speaking in the state I live in . . . Ohio, Go Bucks! CENTS Show, 2009 The folks at OSU have broken down, or… Continue reading CENTS Show 2009

2008 CENTS Show in Columbus, Ohio (7)

Time for a few shots from the trade show floor. A smaller trade show floor than 2007, and a much smaller show floor than 2005. The show is getting smaller, and it seems everyone now notice’s this trend. Why? I don’t know . . . there are probably several factors at work, and several reasons… Continue reading 2008 CENTS Show in Columbus, Ohio (7)

2008 CENTS Show in Columbus, Ohio (6)

Well just like that it’s over 3 days. 3 days of classes, lectures, educational sessions, walking the trade show floor collecting catalogs, discovering new plants, new materials, catching up with old friends, and maybe making a new one or two. 3 days later a couple of bags of catalogs, fresh ideas and new perspective .… Continue reading 2008 CENTS Show in Columbus, Ohio (6)