I sold stuff!

Thank you if you crossed your fingers that I would sell something at the Gardiner Artwalk.  I sold several things!   Woooo Hoooo!  Here are  my first three customers.

 She bought a rust accordion book she is going to give to her niece for a wedding shower.

 She bought the purple and green print. It is hard to see in the picture. The ground is a collagraph, the purple bird is a lino carving.  The bird is from a photo that my sister-in-law took in Florida.  The flashy tail feathers  are the bird's mating feathers.

Here are my favorite customers. They bought a bird print, a rust book, and one of my fiber pieces. 

I had a couple additional customers after them but by then I was starting to get used to the idea of selling my art.

Art Show

I never did tell you the results of my participation at the Gardiner Art Walk.  I didn't sell anything but I didn't expect to.  I did set up a sewing table and worked on piecing some blocks. Some folks found that interesting.  I did get some traffic and some networking. On the whole, it was a good night.  I was going to take lots of pictures but forgot to charge my camera.  Only could take a couple before it died. 

This is a piece I have had up on my wall for maybe a year just needing a binding.  I was excited to finally have the prod to get it finished.  It is white cotton fabric I wrapped around copper pipe and let rot in my compost pile for a couple of months.  The not-so-white fabric is layed onto a black linen that has birch leaves stamped on it.  There is lots of hand embroidery on the trees and the black linen is hand quilted.  It is really special I think.

The studio in which I showed my art had a three panel screen which I used to post some lino prints on fabric and paper.  The outer four are printed in different colors on different papers. The top middle is printed on fabric and quilted. The bottom middle is the carved lino itself.  The carving was based on a photo my sister-in-law took.