A Traveling Trophy

I was given the opportunity by the Fifth Masonic District of Ohio to craft a replica of the Grand Master's Pin to be used as a "Traveling" Trophy for the 2022 Masonic Inspection season.  To the uninitiated, Masonic Lodges need to demonstrate proficiency for conducting their lodge as well as exemplifying degree work.  This usually happens in the first half of the year and is what we refer to as Inspection Season.  During this time, it is a popular competition to see how many lodge members can get together to travel to another lodge and observe their degree work.  The lodge with the most "traveling" brothers would get this plaque to hang in their lodge.  A fellow brother in the 5th district has always been tasked with making a different one every year based on that Grand Master's Pin.  That brother sadly passed away last year so I offered to continue the tradition. Our new Grand Master of Masons in Ohio has set his slogan as "Reflect on Freemasonry".  I crafted two of these, one for its intended purpose, and one as a gift. I decided to use a 4-degree slant cut on my Delta scrollsaw to give a relief set for the lettering and laser-etched the main centerpiece logo. The finish is enamel paint on the letters and outer ring, with a light cherry stain on the center with semi-gloss polyurethane. One is a piece of aspen, the other a birch plywood. Both are roughly 12 inches in diameter. Altogether, about 12 hours of construction time.