Education Foundation auction sneak peak: Plunger clock and coasters

This handcrafted, collectible ISEE Anniversary Plunger Clock is expected to go quick at the Education Foundation auction. It's made of Northern Red Oak with inlayed 35th and 40th anniversary ISEE commemorative coins, highlighted with a hand-tooled leather bail handle. There are also two matching beverage coasters, courtesy of Dale Ramsey.

Launched in 1975, the Annual Conference on Explosives and Blasting Technique is the world’s largest forum for commercial explosives and blasting technology, presenting the latest developments and bringing together researchers, educators, field blasters and manufacturers. The conference will be held Feb. 9 – Feb. 12, 2014, in Denver, Colo.