John McCain on wed 26 mar 97
I may be able to shed some light on the question of Darlene and Jerry
Yarnetsky s regarding booth slides and juries, not that we have managed
to get into many "high end" shows, rather I have talked with some of the
people who have rejected us. I suggest that you call some of the
organizers of the shows and ask what their juries look for and why they
rejected you.
I was told that juries for high end shows do not want to see tables in
pottery booths. Pedestals and book shelves are best. One high end
organizer said that he handles booths with paintings up to about
$150,000 so he wants quality work displayed in a setting to remind the
buyer of home (whatever that means). We have since gone completely with
book shelves in our booth and we are adding pedestals and side curtains
for the next show in mid-April.
A recent article about craft booths suggested the use of a captain s
chair to put the seller at about eye level with the buyer (if you must
sit down at all). You may wish to ditch the chair, trash can, etc. when
Jerry takes the booth photo.
John McCain
Palo Pinto Pottery
Don Jones on thu 27 mar 97
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I may be able to shed some light on the question of Darlene and Jerry
>Yarnetsky s regarding booth slides and juries, not that we have managed
>to get into many "high end" shows, rather I have talked with some of the
>people who have rejected us. I suggest that you call some of the
>organizers of the shows and ask what their juries look for and why they
>rejected you.
>
>I was told that juries for high end shows do not want to see tables in
>pottery booths. Pedestals and book shelves are best. One high end
>organizer said that he handles booths with paintings up to about
>$150,000 so he wants quality work displayed in a setting to remind the
>buyer of home (whatever that means). We have since gone completely with
>book shelves in our booth and we are adding pedestals and side curtains
>for the next show in mid-April.
>
>A recent article about craft booths suggested the use of a captain s
>chair to put the seller at about eye level with the buyer (if you must
>sit down at all). You may wish to ditch the chair, trash can, etc. when
>Jerry takes the booth photo.
>
>John McCain
>Palo Pinto Pottery
There is a good article in Crafts Report this month regarding juries. you
may want to check it out.
Don Jones
cold in ABQ
John McCain on thu 27 mar 97
I may be able to shed some light on the question of Darlene and Jerry
Yarnetsky s regarding booth slides and juries, not that we have managed
to get into many "high end" shows, rather I have talked with some of the
people who have rejected us. I suggest that you call some of the
organizers of the shows and ask what their juries look for and why they
rejected you.
I was told that juries for high end shows do not want to see tables in
pottery booths. Pedestals and book shelves are best. One high end
organizer said that he handles booths with paintings up to about
$150,000 so he wants quality work displayed in a setting to remind the
buyer of home (whatever that means). We have since gone completely with
book shelves in our booth and we are adding pedestals and side curtains
for the next show in mid-April.
A recent article about craft booths suggested the use of a captain s
chair to put the seller at about eye level with the buyer (if you must
sit down at all). You may wish to ditch the chair, trash can, etc. when
Jerry takes the booth photo.
John McCain
Palo Pinto Pottery
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