Yes, day 8. The EverReady Bunny of shows keeps going and going. Tomorrow is the last day. Today was a fun day in that I met some interesting people. I met a man who tagged butterflies for migration tracking, an RN that used an episode of Sponge Bob Square Pants for her research, and a man you needed a piece of mine because it had iron in it. I’ll explain that one. A gentlemen came into my booth saying he had a “strange” question and proceeded to ask me if I had any pictures with “iron” in them. Any iron in any form by any stretch of the meaning of iron. I thought of an image I made at Longwood Gardens in the orchid room that had pots hanging on ironwork. Well, that was perfect. Turns out he needed a gift for someones 6th wedding anniversary – yea the “iron” anniversary!
Today’s first sale was to a couple with my work already. This time they purchased Foot Falls, an image I made on the trails at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Kempton, PA. This is a medium format image made with a Pentax 645 camera. I enjoyed this camera and especially the larger transparencies I was able to make with it. I no longer have it, but I do still have the images.
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Tagging butterflies? Jeeze, talk about delicate work!
Wow, Day 8. I thought weekend long art shows were a lot of work!
One of the reasons I never decided to do this show was the length of it, plus I’m ususally performing in a musical that week. But I always kind of long to. I grew up in Berks County: Robesonia and Womelsdorf, and my mother’s ancestors founded Kutztown. We went to the folk festival many times when I was young.
I love the “Foot Falls” piece. I’ve spent lots of time hiking and hawk-watching at Hawk Mountain – love it there!