Spring Bee Hiving Moon
What a day. Sunshine, blue skies, warm temperature. A perfect day to take in the North Studio Crawl. Or so you’d think. Kate and I went to a garden art studio, a metal worker, a glass blower with jewelry, a potters and woodworker with jewelry and finally a blacksmith. We made the final three stops last year, but the first two were new for us.
We bought something at each place: gifts for the grandkids, a ceramic container for tea, a greenman in concrete, an interesting toad stool, a metal turtle, a necklace and a metal treble clef that functions as a dinner bell. Not a high aesthetic piece among them, but pleasing to us and we support local artists.
The most gratifying part of the day is seeing actively creative people who live here in Anoka County. Down many streets and roads and lanes there are folks working with glass, clay, wood, metal, photography, paints, even concrete in interesting ways. And these are just the ones who sign up to be part of the two day event. Who knows how many others are here? Kate and I are. She in her sewing room, me at the computer. Lydia, our neighbor across the street makes shirts, bustiers and angel wings which she sells largely on the Renaissance Fair circuit. We discussed being a stop next year. There were no textile artists this year and I’m thinking about making chapbooks.
I said so you’d think because some of the artists said traffic had been slower this year. In spite of, or because of, the beautiful day.
