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	<title>Cynthia &#187; Art business</title>
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	<description>My life, my sculpture...and other things</description>
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		<title>Locasnob</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strolling the Pearl (a favorite occupation I hardly ever get to do these days), I spied a big cast glass sculpture in the window and stopped in to see who made it.

"He's from Israel, really talented artist," said the clerk.

"Ahh...and that one?" I pointed to  a big blown dinosaur-like piece, reminiscent of Tagliapietra.

"Celotto, from Italy."

Hmmm. "How about that one?" and I indicated a series of flat, fused (ooops, sorry, Lani) kilnformed panels on the usual powder-coated steel stands.

Swedish.]]></description>
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		<title>Form of flattery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Woke in the wee hours Monday night to thunder rumbles and flashes of day-bright light. PDX weathermen had predicted fair weather, so naturally glassland was having one of its rare thunderstorms.

I snuggled down into the covers and purred, listening to rain drumming on the skylight. No way was I sleeping through this, so I after awhile I pulled out Izzy the 'Pad and started figuring out how to respond to some rather odd emails. Finally decided the best way was to simply put them in a post.

The first three are pretty direct (I'm paraphrasing only slightly, mostly to avoid embarrassing anyone):]]></description>
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		<title>Show tunes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 13:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Definition of exhausted: Me.

Actually, I'm writing this the day after the Gathering of the Guilds, an artist-owned art fair that I'm told is the largest west of the Mississippi, so you'd think I'd be recovered by now. But this is the 11th year the Oregon Glass Guild participated, and only the second year that *I* shared a booth at the show so, as with last year's show, I ran myself ragged. And found out I still have a LOT to learn.

I am--for those of you who don't follow this blog--a show newbie. What I don't know about being an art/craft fair vendor could fill an encyclopedia. On the off chance that there's someone out there even more clueless about shows, I figured it'd be kinda constructive to discuss the things that went wrong (and right).]]></description>
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		<title>That joy part</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["I've been dreaming about this at night," Shelby told me excitedly, as we tripped down the stairs to my studio, "This is gonna be soooo coool!"

Right then, the joy part of making glass hit me--whap--right in the head. If you want to renew your own sense of joy and discovery in art (or probably anything else), just teach someone else to love it, too.]]></description>
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		<title>The missing link in my studio</title>
		<link>http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2010/glasswork/the-missing-link-in-my-studio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thinking of designing a glassmaker's studio? Or remaking the one you already have? Here's a tip: Design your studio for the ENTIRE glass process..which turns out to be a lot more than just the "making" part. If you don't, the day could come when the mess literally locks you out of the studio.]]></description>
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		<title>Contextually yours</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I get that modern art is often mostly context. I understood that years ago, when I visited my first modern art museum to find viewers oohing and ahhing over a big plexiglass cube with a man's shirt inside.

The shirt was a nerd-typical white, pressed and folded with a small, round inkstain on the pocket. Next to it was a placard entitled "TGIF," or some such.

In a drawer, this was a shirt going back to the laundry. In a museum case with a title, it was art.

OK. I get that. But sometimes I wonder if artists, gallery owners and curators aren't hiding behind a curtain somewhere, totally plowed on peppermint schnapps and howling, "Can you believe they fell for THAT one?"]]></description>
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		<title>Never puzzle a juror</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 16:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Uneven. VERY uneven," said the man sitting next to me, "I can't decide if she's brilliant or a D student."

"Yes," concurred the lady on the other side, "She's still looking for her voice."

We were paging through a computer slideshow, evaluating artists' work for a competition. Applicants had been asked to submit a body of work, not just one or two pieces, and the dozen or so from this artist were looking a bit dicey.]]></description>
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		<title>Making an art fair booth</title>
		<link>http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2010/latest/making-an-art-fair-booth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 01:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staffing a booth is fun, but not nearly so much fun as designing and building it. (And taking it down is hell, but that's another story)

Having exactly ONE art fair under my belt, I'm not gonna suggest that I'm an expert at booth design or management. Terry Belunes and I took our new artfair booth out for a test run last weekend at our first show; we were pleased with the results, but found lots of room for improvement. Don't take this as showdesign gospel, but the following is booth design from a newbie perspective. I welcome ALL suggestions and helpful hints.]]></description>
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		<title>Art fair, day 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 18:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wrapped up the Oregon Glass Guild Spring Gallery show last night and tallied my results: Roughly 825 compliments 26 signups for a class in casting/pate de verre Two customer referrals to see another work I have, in another gallery One request to turn Riverflow into a low wall for a center kitchen island Two potential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art fair, day 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 15:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cynthia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, at the end of day 2 of my first art fair, we've gotten lots of compliments, plenty of requests to teach and cast glass for other artists, requests for help with booth design and signage, and one sale. Conclusion: Our booth may be the hit of the show...for other artists.]]></description>
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