Lee Love on wed 26 nov 08
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Antoinette Badenhorst
> for the week of Nov. 17-21. This is a happy story for artists just before the >DOW fell by 400 points. I actually saw people pulling out check books.....not >credit cards!
I always used my debit card from my checking account. It looks
like a credit card, but isn't
I charge all busniess purchases on a credit card, but pay it off
every month. I do it to keep all business expenses separate and to
have a record of them.
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Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://togeika.multiply.com/journal
"Myth is cultural DNA, the software, the unconscious information, the
program that governs the way we see 'reality.'" --Sam Keen
"People that deny their myth and think they only act 'rationally',
are simply living an unconscious life." -- Clay Mudman
Antoinette Badenhorst on wed 26 nov 08
Seems like my observation about SOFA Chicago this year was right. I got the newsletter and report about this show yesterday. Take a look at these astronomical prices that were paid for potters like Richard Notkin and Rudi Autio etc. A Lino Tagliapietra wall installation went for $180,000! SOFA claim that it to be one of the Top 10 Personal Finance Daily stories on MarketWatch for the week of Nov. 17-21. This is a happy story for artists just before the DOW fell by 400 points. I actually saw people pulling out check books.....not credit cards!
http://www.sofaexpo.com/#email
.........................................what do you have to say about this?
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Antoinette Badenhorst
www.clayandcanvas.com
www.studiopottery.co.uk
Bruce Girrell on thu 27 nov 08
Another interesting tidbit from Chicago's SOFA -
Tammy Garcia (see http://www.blueraingallery.com/artists/tammy_garcia/potte=
ry/) brought four of her pots - unannounced - to the show. We have admired =
her work for years, but have never even seen one of her pots, not even in h=
er own gallery. They are all sold before they're even created. She said tha=
t she makes about 15 pots a year.
But there they were. Four of them, gleaming in the spotlights. I didn't eve=
n think to ask if they were for sale. I assumed that they were already spok=
en for and were just there as props. These are pots that, even if you have=
the money, you have to enter a lottery just to maybe get the chance to buy=
one. Or else plunk down your cash and wait five years or more to get a com=
missioned piece.
But Lynne did think to ask. And they were for sale. I know that two of them=
sold by the second day.
I know where one of them went.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Bruce Girrell
We are thankful
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