As I have said before and many of you know, for about ten years we lived in New Hampshire and nearly every weekend from June-Christmas I was shlepping pots to a farmer's market or art fair of some type. It is tiring and the internet is easier, but I do occasional fairs, like last night, the Ithaca Artist Market. The thing that surprises me about this is
a) the dozens, no, HUNDREDS of people I know and saw yesterday :) HUNDREDS!
b) I received 8 hugs....Nance saw one of them and said she watched me squirm...I usually put out my fist for the bump so that I can get away without people hugging me :)
c) 8 people also told me I am too skinny...but can you ever be too skinny or too rich? I just happen to live in this body, fat or thin, and this is how I am. I doubt, however, that people would be saying "holy cats, do you look FAT!". Interesting society we live in....
d) I did NOT have a single person tell me the old "that's...different" which is the old craft fair saying that makes you roll your eyes, but one lady deep into her beers told me I was doing a lot of weird work, which I thought was funny, as she had BATS, yes bats, on her eyeglasses.
I think Werner looks too skinny,I look way too fat, and your pottery is looking FABULOUS (the weird thing is what makes it "different")! I hope you had a good night.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a good place to be!
ReplyDeleteI've started uploading photos singly, so then they arriving in the order I want them!! If you move one, 'copy', go where you want it to be, left click then click on the "move down a line" twice, then move up a line....'paste' then you have somewhere to put your captions!!
looks like a great set up.
ReplyDeleteyou may have been called skinny but we know from this blog that you eat very well!
Now the whole world knows ... briefs.
ReplyDeleteYour booth looked fantastic, Gary!
What an awesome market and your work looks fab in your booth! Hope it is a great success!
ReplyDelete~note to self~ If you ever meet Gary, a fist bump it will be!
ReplyDeletelove it, love it, love it, your display is so great Gary. What a cool Artisan Market, You and Maude are both the bomb...really rocks....!
ReplyDeleteHey, your setup looks great! I sold jewelry at markets for a while, or at least, I had my jewelry at markets for a while (someone else did the hard work of selling it for me.), and I know how tough it can be to get everything looking as spiffy as your work looks.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving your animals with balloons. I like to draw armies of snakes, suspended on balloons and armed with lightning bolts, drifting off to some untold war. Some sketches just never seem to get old.
Hey Gary,
ReplyDeleteI'm as fat as you are skinny. Maybe we should just stand next to each other and nobody would make mention of either of our physiques, eh? ALSO, I love, love, love those bitchin' zebra pots. LOVE.
Jen H
I love that shot of Maude in movement. :)
ReplyDeleteI think people might tell you that you are skinny because we are all so used to us Americans being overweight. take it as a compliment. :)
Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Suz
Hope it was a great show! Your booth looks awesome.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work, and I like the old-timey feel of wherever y'all are.
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Looks amazing! I'd love to spend an afternoon there.
ReplyDeleteOh to do a show with such nice wood floors for even booth displays! Looks like you had a good crowd...ahh..Itaca...Jen
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