We went to two craft shows this weekend - the pictures I have here are from the best of the two. There were two basket makers. The above one is a producing artist and the one below is suspect as to whether she makes them all or is marketing for a group. I think this due to the fact that all the baskets she has on display are of many different styles....and appear to be of a different hand.
The burl baskets of these pictures were spectacular. I hope that you can see them and appreciate what this fellow has done. Magnificent. They all appear to have been made by the same person.
This was a collection of Gourds that had been painted up. I particularly loved the Loons on the left here.
This lady was using a magnifying glass to see what she was doing. Does that signify age here?
There were a number of quilt sellers but their work was not notable. This quilt seems to be an original - at least it is not a pattern I have seen, although the 6 panels could have been a technique class that she has taken. In any case it caught my eye.
The Glue Gun Queen strikes again! We all know that starfish do not invite such widely disparate shells to make their home on the starfish back. the collection of shells he has attached to the star fish are not rare shells but rather they look like something you can buy at Michaels in the multi packs which are sometimes nestled in the center of a larger mollusk shell. Some of them look like common mussels and periwinkles that I used to pick up when I was a kid. In any case, the glue gun queen has cobbled together some unlikely shells that would probably not be in the same place as the starfish anyway. And what is with the greenery and flowers?
These antlers have been carved and painted to represent Eagles in flight. An interesting take I am sure.
The above picture is another part of the Glue Gun Queen's booth. They offered styrofoam shapes covered with feathers in the shape of Owls, Eagles, chickens and assorted birds that look like they are the feathered Christmas Decorations from Michaels. I was rather disappointed. Compared with the other booths at this fair, this man would not have been admitted if I was in charge of the jurying. They offered an assortment of small animals like foxes, ferrets, mink, cats and kittens and mountain lions which were imported from a maker of such animals in California. When I asked about them, they were quick to tell me that the fur on the figures comes from domestic animals. I wonder what that could be?
Found a Weaver in the mix. she had a lot of hand towels etc. and she was spinning wool.
We had a fun time today. In the morning paper there was an article about a cookbook that the local Universalist Unitarian church was offering the community as a fundraiser and the main number of recipes were from a member of their church who is over 100 years old. There are original oil paintings on some of the pages, done especially for this edition of the book. This lady and her husband were the leaders in this congregation for over 30 years until he died. On some of the pages there are photocopies of the actual 3x5 cards in her handwriting from her personal recipe file. I think that this is a real treasure of a book. We then went to two craft shows. The first craft show was at the Armory here in Augusta and they charged $3 admission which I thought was an odd amount to charge. The only exhibitor of note was a harpist and I bought her CD's. The rest of the exhibitors were bead stringers, pet food makers, Glue Gun Queen Wreaths for the Christmas holidays and face cloth crocheters etc. They did have a concession stand where we ate chili and Bill ate a hot dog and was very macho in that he had raw onions on his hot dog. Woooeeee!
The Second craft show we attended was in Waterville - about 20 minutes north. It was magic from the minute we stepped inside. Most of the crafters were like the people you might find on the square in Prescott on the MAG day or exhibitors in the MAG gallery or the Prescott Co-op but they were not quite up to the standard of some of the things I have seen at VanGoh's Ear. I have put the pictures up for you to see.
We left Waterville and drove back to Augusta in time to put the casserole in the stove and get it cooked to take to the Church Halloween Party. It was packed and there were lots of children. Don't know where they came from but they were all there. They had face painting, cake walk, donuts on a string, bean bag toss, wet sponge toss (at a young man sitting there and shivering), and a few other activities to keep the kids occupied. The forecast is for lots of snow by tomorrow morning so they have curtailed the meeting schedule for tomorrow.
I am not ready for snow - and it is not like I have not seen it before or driven in it before - it's just that I have been spoiled by 17 years of comparatively snow-less winters in Arizona, and the weather report for New York shows people stranded and in fender benders......................and the snow is headed our way.
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