I ended up with so many pencils extended that I am able to

give away a baker's dozen as a gift, and still have plenty

left over for my classroom.

=>gemini://gemlog.blue/users/NetCandide/1636825195.gmi first mention of the project

=>gemini://gemlog.blue/users/NetCandide/1637383580.gmi me working on them

I worked out a way to use the papers "wires" I have been

working on to make holders for the pencils. It was an

interesting sculpting project. . . I think the first one

turned out better than the second, which always a bit of a

let-down, so I will keep the second one I made, as I much

more pencil rich than the other teacher, so this is just me

storing my surplus, trophy style.

Another kind of holder I made is an organizer for my

classroom's color pencils. I made a series of tiny boxes

out of cardboard and glued them down to a thin bit of scrap

board and then the sides to each other to both add strength

and compensate for imperfections in how I cut the sides.

Another method of strengthening was to cut little strips of

cardboard that I formed into Ls by folding on a grain line

and gluing it on the inside of the box, joining the sides

together. I found that clothes pins worked as nice, little

clamps for that purpose.

Before I glued the boxes, I made u-shaped handles out of

plywood using my scroll-saw, the real work horse of my odd,

little shop.

As you can imagine, all of these pieces looked very mis-

matched, and the cardboard looked down-right junk punk,

which is not the look I try to go for in a classroom

setting, so paint became the solution. I really dislike

painting as an operation, at least for three-dimensional

pieces, but what must be done. . . must be done.

I put the first coat on tonight and will do the next coat

tomorrow.

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I love to hear from people. My email is the handle minus

"net" (so, a work by Voltaire that starts with "c"), at

sdf.org.

While we're adding boiler plate: this work is hereby in the

public domain. Do what you want with it.