Norman R. Czuchra on wed 10 feb 99
For those of you just starting out at Art Shows, this will give you a
glimpse of the future. Don't take this business too seriously and
cultivate a sense of humor.
There's nothing like an Art Show to keep me on an even keel. Did a nice
Florida show this weekend and one of my most favorite/$$$ pots that I felt
was obviously superior art work was selected by a woman who came up, looked
at the piece and said, "I want that!" Of course she wanted it, it was one
of my best ever raku pots and I just knew she was going to take it to her
expensive and tasteful home and put it on a pedestal with special lighting.
I was all excited both for the sale and because this woman was making a
statement about my wonderful pot by wanting to plunk down a lot of money to
prove my point. As I picked up the piece, she said "open the lid, I have
to put my hand inside." Ok I thought, maybe she has a thing about putting
her hand in vessels so I took off the lid, she stuck in her hand and said,
"do you think it will hold a whole bag of my dog food?" OOOOOOOOOh, the
pain. I didn't laugh, mindful of my bank account, but it was a stretch. I
said I'm sure it will hold more than a bag, wrapped it up and had a good
laugh when she left. Guess its not as bad as the woman who bought a
casserole to bury her cat in but it was close. I love it when the lessons
are so appropriate to our illusions.
Candace Young
Eastern North Carolina
The Brinks on thu 11 feb 99
At 08:48 AM 2/10/1999 EST, you wrote:
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>For those of you just starting out at Art Shows, this will give you a
>glimpse of the future. Don't take this business too seriously and
>cultivate a sense of humor.
>
>There's nothing like an Art Show to keep me on an even keel. Did a nice
>Florida show this weekend and one of my most favorite/$$$ pots that I felt
>was obviously superior art work was selected by a woman who came up, looked
>at the piece and said, "I want that!" Of course she wanted it, it was one
>of my best ever raku pots and I just knew she was going to take it to her
>expensive and tasteful home and put it on a pedestal with special lighting.
> I was all excited both for the sale and because this woman was making a
>statement about my wonderful pot by wanting to plunk down a lot of money to
>prove my point. As I picked up the piece, she said "open the lid, I have
>to put my hand inside." Ok I thought, maybe she has a thing about putting
>her hand in vessels so I took off the lid, she stuck in her hand and said,
>"do you think it will hold a whole bag of my dog food?" OOOOOOOOOh, the
>pain. I didn't laugh, mindful of my bank account, but it was a stretch. I
>said I'm sure it will hold more than a bag, wrapped it up and had a good
>laugh when she left. Guess its not as bad as the woman who bought a
>casserole to bury her cat in but it was close. I love it when the lessons
>are so appropriate to our illusions.
>
>Candace Young
>Eastern North Carolina
>
>I probably would have had the same initial reaction, but actually, the
idea is WONDERFUL. This woman wants EVERYTHING in her life to be
esthetically pleasing. More power to her. Your pot will get mentioned to
all her friends ...She'll love it when they say "You keep dogfood in THAT?"
e-mail billann@impulse.net
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