Saturday the second day of December I opened my studio as a gallery. There were old and new ceramics - some early pieces from our basement in 2008 were there as well as the latest Edgy bowls and plates.
My sister came down from Brooklyn to help. She stayed in the back room, the shed actually, but transformed into a wrapping station and there she bubble wrapped and bagged. She was kept pretty busy because people came and people bought.
This took me by surprise. Previous "Open Studios" were not so well attended, but signs, press releases, an email blast, postcards tacked up or handed out, all must have helped to make this one a successful sale.
Neighbors, friends, passing strangers kept coming and all, seriously, all of them were kindness itself. They commented on the garden, the studio and my work in such positive terms, I was more than pleased.
And the next day the same. Two wonderful days, I'd say two days that were among the best of my life. I felt loved. Not really, literally loved, but the sum of all those people being so nice, it was like love. My heart was full. I am grateful.
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