We had driven north to the Dunedin Arts and Craft Show, of
course in Dunedin, Florida. There I carefully parked and we strolled past the
many booths. Unlike many, this show is a juried show and so the quality of the
work was outstanding.
One booth was filled with wire wrapping and the couple not
only does their own lapidary but also matches each piece with one of their
custom made kumihimo necklace cords. Which is pretty much what we do now, along
with chain mail.
The lady was making a necklace using small crystal beads and she
said the finished project would contain about 1100 three
millimeter beads, (I am pretty sure we will be buying lots of small crystal
beads). In another booth a master glassmaker worked the glowing molten glass while carefully watching the hot flame. As he was doing this he would state that he would carefully wrap all purchases in lots of tissue
paper. Talk about multi tasking!
Stopping at the booth in charge we asked about the show, as
its one that we would fit into, but the lady said they already had filled their
allotment of jewelry makers. That was fine as we aren’t interested in showing
this year in Florida, ( no Florida sales tax license).
As we walked past the last few booths it started to rain and
Renita opened her umbrella. I had to laugh as being from the far west its
considered a sign of weakness to use an umbrella, besides the wind would
destroy it! In case your wondering I had
my own along with me.
It was a nice fair and I wouldn’t be surprised if we would
go back next year. However like most of our fellow Escapees, next year’s plans
are written in sand, or as our friends Joe and Marcia like to put it, written
on an etch a sketch. Clear skies
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