adorable is a big word these days.....

I was at a big street fair, art and jazz fest in Binghamton for the last 3 days. Awesome event and weather, good sales, but a bit tiring, you know? Up at the crack of dawn, home late. I do very few fairs these days, having done hundreds when I was in New Hampshire for ten years. It is back breaking work, setting up, being there, etc, whereas sitting on my ass blogging and selling is mighty easy ;)
ANYWAY, this is a fun and worthwhile event, one of the few fairs I really like to do.

Potters who have done street fairs will have also noticed: there is a certain type of person who will stand there yakking at you, giving you their opinons on your work and marketing and their cousin, niece, neighbor, something they saw on vacation or "I don't need anything now" or "why don't you....". The more some people talk, the less likely they are to buy something. Makes you figure that humans are very strange animals--I am like a captive in a cage and I have to listen to these yahoos' strange ideas? Remarkable how many people like to hear themselves talk.

BUT you are always amazed at the shopper who swoops in and grabs and pays for something quietly AND also the vast majority of visitors who smile, ask questions, tell me what I make is adorable and then buy it.
The bar on the street behind me had this doggy looking out the upper window, a kitten too :)


Part of my display.




Below is the street where most artists were. We are on the courthouse lawn usually, but due to renovations on Washington St. A very pretty street. Looking up the line of booths you will notice this potter up the way with ugly brown pots, overpriced plus he was an unfriendly turd :)



Bar with doggy in the window upstairs, watching me.

Below you see the groovy building across the street.