Art in the Arboretum 08

Well another festival is over for the year. What a great venue. The Greensboro Arboretum was in the best shape I've seen it in years. Unfortunately I don't make it over there very often, but you could tell, much work had been done to make it extra nice for the crowd that came out on Sunday. This year, there was a cash prize for first in show. I came close....well, in a way. Bennett Glass Art, from Winston-Salem, won. And, they happened to be right next to me. They received a cash prize and the opportunity to display their work at the Shops at Friendly. I don't know what the numbers were but the great weather surly helped in drawing a good crowd to the event. I saw quite a few familiar faces from the ,Greensboro Farmers Curb Market plus other old friends. Made some new ones , too. Well, better get back to work.

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Mark your calender for Art in the Arboretum, this Sunday. October 5 from 1-6 PM. The juried art and fine craft event will be held in the Greensboro Arboretum, located just off W. Market Street and Wendover Avenue within Lindley Park. Parking and Admission is free.

Featuring

• 50 artists with pottery, metal sculpture, paintings, jewelry, dolls, wood crafts, fiber art, and more
• Entertainment on 3 Stages
• The new Fiesta Stage featuring dancers from South America
• Art Bark – the canine art activity
• Art Quest art activities for children
• The International Food Court – featuring Riva’s Trattoria and Zaytoon Café (there will also be hot dogs, lemonades, funnel cakes, coffees, and ice cream)
• Master Gardeners Nature Cart
• Face painting
• And more...

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Art in the Arboretum is this Sunday, 1-5

The long term forecast is for sunny skies and a high of 73 degrees for Sunday afternoon. Sounds like a great time to get out and take in some art in a beautiful setting. What I like about this venue is the diversity of items and artists you see. Excellent music and food for your enjoyment will be there. So, instead of brunch, come on out and get some lunch in the park and stop by my booth. I'll be at number 4.

Art in the Yard

Here's your chance to catch some fun art from a few of our excellent artists in a local setting. So if you're out and about, maybe from the Tate Street festival, drop on by and tell them you saw their ad on my blog. I'll probably drop by after the Greensboro Farmers Curb Market. See you there!

Thanks to the Folks at Grove Winery.....

....for a great time out in Gibsonville. Lots of interesting people met and friends made. What else could one want from life? The demos went well with lots of people stopping by to look and talk. Made some copper objects and rings and gave away a few. Hope this instilled an appreciation in our metalworking endeavors and maybe inspired a few to try it. See you at Arts In the Arboretum next month.

Coming up this weekend is my first time at the Grove Winery in Gibsonville. I will be dragging some of my tools over there and doing some fold forming demonstrations, also, some general cold forging of copper. Hope the showers hold off, It wouldn't be much fun doing demos in the rain. The Winery says,
Art at the Grove
Mark your calendars. September 13th & 14th is the big Crafts in the Grove week-end where we will be featuring the work of local artists and crafters on the patio. Painting, photography, jewelry, carving, pottery, glass blowing and handmade furniture. We'll also have demonstrations, food, wine tastings, a special free grape tasting and horse-drawn carriage tours of our estate vineyards. Fun for the whole family.

Hope to see you there. This past weekend at the Rockingham County Folks Festival we had a great time with the folks up in Wentworth, NC. The Rockingham County Arts Council put on this festival. With the crowds being unsure about the extent of hurricane Hanna Saturday, we started off a little slow. Things picked up on Sunday with a small but enthusiastic crowd. Lots of interesting people met along with seeing some old friends in the RC Pottery Guild which was set up beside me. Next year, without Hanna, I'm sure a big crowd will show. Hope to see some of you folks at Crafts at the Grove this weekend.

Clocks for Homes, Clocks for Industry, Clocks for Defense...

Showing some of my clock collection getting ready for the Lazy Daze Arts & Craft Festival in Cary this last weekend. Good thing I brought them with me...this was my almost by best sellers. Thanks to the great customers and very interesting folks we met down there. The weather was tolerable but still a bit warm. What do we expect in August, eh! Some great artists frequent this show and I feel humbled by being there. MY new clock collection is an assortment of enamels. All fold formed for design and strength, some to a greater degree. Assorted purchased faces and some with separation enamel for the numerals. As was true for this show last year, I received a lot of complements for bowls but no purchases. Earrings were a good sell though. Thanks again great customers....Next show is Rockingham County Folk Festival at the RCCC campus, 9/6 and 7. Hope to see you there!

Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Show

Lazy Daze is coming up this weekend if the hurricane doesn't decide to spoil our party. I'll keep you posted. I'm featuring my new clock collection. Check out the slide show to the right.

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