Day one of ACTS is down; day two is starting. So far, so good… I don’t have much experience with this show, so I didn’t really know what to expect, but I think it’s going alright. I’ve gotten enough orders to pay for the trip here, so that’s a lot of pressure off. Which is nice.
It’s been interesting meeting craftspeople from outside Newfoundland. Picking up the differences and commonalities in our businesses and our markets.
I’m heading to the Atlantic Craft Trade Show next weekend, a wholesale show in Halifax. The last of the samples are coming out of the kiln now, the posters and price lists are printed, and Robot is ready to roll.
Oh hey, I’m in the paper.
The Overcast has a write up on the Christmas Craft Fair: http://http://theovercast.ca/5-samples-of-booths-to-appear-at-this-weeks-42nd-annual-christmas-craft-fair/
Christmas craft fair season is nearly upon me. In between organizing shipping and signage and business cards and whatever else, I’m in the studio, making away. Today’s project was wee porcelain dinosaur ornaments.
At the Craft Council Annex Gallery, October 10-November 14. The opening starts at 2:00; come for cookies, stay for stories.
So, here’s one of the projects that have consumed my life this month.
Myself and my friend Jordan, inspired by Anderson Travel’s spectacular PR fiasco of a map, have collaborated to produce a limited edition collection of mugs, t-shirts, and prints. Well be selling them at the Rockhouse tonight as part of a music/art/craft/video game tourney, and later on via Etsy and word of mouth.
Hauled out the old strawberry bed yesterday. (The berries are moving elsewhere, and this bed’s being rotated over to legumes and brassicas for this summer.) Discovered some industrious jay or crow or rat or something had stashed away dozens of peanuts for the winter. They’re a bit mushy now, and in the compost bin.
