post convention posting, as per request.

[sothe.livejournal.com]

Well, I have now been home from arisia and settled for some time, so now I have time to write. This arisia was both good and bad. Some of the good things were that I actually finished the Moon Warrior's Staff in time to get it to the art show.




Another good thing was that I actually sold some pieces at the art show! So that was cool. I actually got a wonderful compliment from a person who bought some of my art, and said she was going to put it up in her office right next to her Ansel Adams prints!

I also got lots of compliments on my athame and the moon Warrior staff, but no one purchased them, so I had to drag them back home...SIGH.



I got to see lots of my friends that I only see once a year, and managed to trade a large bag of dryer lint to my friend Heidi, who makes very cool art from it, and just about anything else she can gether hands on it seems. http://www.heidihooper.com/
for a piece of her art … So, in essence I traded dryer lint with Heidi, and I think I got the better end of the deal!

I had a very humorous mental image as I trundled to the con with all my stuff, of the police stopping me and searching my bags, in case I was one of the horde of Chinese terrorists heading to Boston, and upon searching my black bag, finding it contained 20 lbs of bones (mainly skulls) from various animals, and a large bag full of dryer lint). So, thinking of the poor forensic analyst, who, upon being asked to do a fiber by fiber analysis of a years worth of my dryer lint for explosives residue (which they would probably find, due to my work with pyrotechnics and my fire spinning) dies of a coronary...thereby causing another, more junior forensic analyst to be drafted to do the fiber by fiber analysis of my year in dryer lint for toxic chemicals ( which they would also probably find, due to my metalwork), I set up my artwork in the show, and then proceeded to try very hard to "not work" at this convention. By in large, I succeeded at that endeavor, and so, mainly hung out with ssantara , whom I had not seen in many months, and then of course, the snow set in.
So, there I was, snowed in with the gorgeous and talented ssantara ...ya know, life could be worse… life could be much, much worse. So, I mainly spent the con hanging with Sandra, and occasionally talking with other merchants on merchant’s row. I got into some wonderful discussions with sword-smiths about wire wrapping and such, and some great conversations on the esoteric checks and balances of LARP system design, and even found another artist who works in bone. So, from that aspect of things, the con was great.
The snow however, also had some pretty hefty drawbacks. Many people who usually come in for arisia from the suburbs and commute back home, did not come this year due to the snow. And many of the people who did come were also contemplating having to spend the night in the hotel, so did not spend any money. So, most of the merchants and artists I know at arisia did truly horrible business...many of then making less than half of what they usually make at arisia, and then having to pay for an extra night in the hotel on top of that. So, from a social aspect, the con was great but from a financial angle...my friend Paul summed it up best when he said "this blows dead seagulls."

But, eventually the blizzard went away, and the con goers were able to contemplate going home, and so began "the great slog." I shall not regale you with details of that, except to say that it was truly nasty, unpleasant and soul-trying.

So, except for the snow and lack of spending by folks. it was a good time.

Comments

new staff

[wren13.livejournal.com]

Really lovely piece of work, sorry I didn't get to see it in person. Hope you have more goodies next year, when I'm art show director ;-)

Re: new staff

[sothe.livejournal.com]

Why thank you! Glad you like it. And of course I'll have new and more stuff next year, I mean, if I diddnt have new stuff, I couldent very well be a horrible bother to you in your 'art show director' capacity, noe could I?

P.S I have also added you to my friends list, hope you don't mind.