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What a day. \u00a0Sunshine, blue skies, warm temperature. \u00a0A perfect day to take in the North Studio Crawl. \u00a0Or so you’d think. \u00a0Kate 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.<\/p>\n
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. \u00a0Not a high aesthetic piece among them, but pleasing to us and we support local artists.<\/p>\n
The most gratifying part of the day is seeing actively creative people who live here in Anoka County. \u00a0Down many streets and roads and lanes there are folks working with glass, clay, wood, metal, photography, paints, even concrete in interesting ways. \u00a0And these are just the ones who sign up to be part of the two day event. \u00a0Who knows how many others are here? \u00a0Kate and I are. \u00a0She in her sewing room, me at the computer. \u00a0Lydia, our neighbor across the street makes shirts, bustiers and angel wings which she sells largely on the Renaissance Fair circuit. \u00a0We discussed being a stop next year. \u00a0There were no textile artists this year and I’m thinking about making chapbooks.<\/p>\n
I said so you’d think because some of the artists said traffic had been slower this year. \u00a0In spite of, or because of, the beautiful day.<\/p>\n
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