Art in The Parking Lot at Raven Lunatics, 2015

It's always amazing when another summer comes to an end. Here we celebrate the Labor Day weekend with our last show of the year. The Art in the Parking Lot show is hosted by two of the business's in Alpine, Wyoming.
Day one arrived and we set up our pendants and bracelets as it started to rain. Luckily we have a nice tent with sides and so we were able to raise and lower the curtains to keep everything dry. Unfortunately our customers aren't ducks and so only a few brave souls were all that showed up.
However we did have several other rock hounds bring their unknown stones for me to attempt to identify. I think I got most of them right, anyway Fred and Jeff both seemed to be happy. I didn't set up my equipment to demonstrate cabochon grinding but I promised to set our equipment up the next day.

The next day was all sunny blue skies and so we set up, hopefully for a better day. Fred and Jeff returned and I showed them how we grind and polish cabochons. The rock I was shaping was one Fred had found and it turned out to be a really pretty jasper. It reminded me of Biggs jasper but with more brown hues in this shiny stone.
Sales were brisk but we still had a very successful day. As we work with unique and special material we cater to special buyers. They must be able to realize the rareness of what they are seeing. That of course is what sets us apart and if you are going to make and sell something you need to have a "hook".
We also had a special visit by two traveling pastel artists. Sharon and Allan. We met them years ago in Texas and later that evening they showed us the plein air pieces they had started in this years summer adventures at Glacier and Yellowstone parks

Day three was also a good day, weather wise, but the crowd was smaller. Still we caught the eye of several tourists from Utah, Virginia and New York. We also did rock grinding demonstrations and had a pretty good day.
By the end of the third day we were tired and so when the wind picked up we decided to close up early. If you missed us we will be back here next year and if you can't wait Raven Lunatics Art Gallery has examples of our work for sale.
The show ended up being the best show we have ever done but we don't just rate a show as successful by the amount we sell. As important to us is the people we meet, especially the people with the same interests.  It was nice to meet you all, so please stop by again! Clear skies