I'm glad the open studio was productive for you. We used to have a whole weekend of artist studio tours in Hoboken, but the past couple of years it has been only 6 hours on one Sunday. Even if I tried, I couldn't see more than half the artists per year. I have my favorites to look at and to buy from. If it is a useful thing like something to wear, I am more likely to buy something from someone new.
I think that's the key: half the population needs purses, so it's easy for them to buy the ones I make. It's harder to justify buying, say, a framed photograph or a sculpture make of color-changing LEDs.
We've been to Vermont Open Studios a couple of times, which is even crazier: it's the entire state, with craftspeople in barns spread out across the countryside! And they do it on a three-day weekend (Memorial Day and Labor Day, I think) but the event is only on the Saturday and Sunday. Go figure.
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Date: 2015-11-03 08:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-11-04 03:58 am (UTC)We've been to Vermont Open Studios a couple of times, which is even crazier: it's the entire state, with craftspeople in barns spread out across the countryside! And they do it on a three-day weekend (Memorial Day and Labor Day, I think) but the event is only on the Saturday and Sunday. Go figure.