Alberta Gift Show Day three is over…finally. We are in Rexall Place which begins to resemble the Twilight Zone after a few hous. No windows, no clocks, artificial light and no buyers….oops, not quite accurate, but very few buyers. Something is obviously going on in retail land but we are not sure what it is. The Toronto show was down on attendance and the show failed to meet anyone’s expectations. This show seems to be following the same path. Vancouver next month….three strikes? Luckily we only attend the Alberta show but those vendors who go to all three shows are starting to get gun shy, and maybe a little bit broke..
I manned the booth today while Cindy went to the studio and threw some pots for orders with an early delivery requirement. I went to the studio later and delivered the engine seals to Sven from Rotor Sports. One set of the seals will be on an early afternoon flight to Australia tomorrow.
Final day of the show tomorrow. Not expecting much but you never know for sure until 3 pm and the last buyer leaves the building. Then the fun job of packing everything up, tearing the booth down and loading the truck. Probably will make two trips. Pack up the product and take it to the studio, then tear down and load the booth and bring it home for storage in the garage. Much less dusty storage place than at work.
Expect to be done by 9 or so so another 12 plus hour day. Oh well. Has been a good show as far as viewer respponse to the product goes. The new glazes are turning heads. Potters in the crowd are finding it hard to believe we are firing cone 6 oxidation. They all seem to think you have to be cone 10 to get the colours and glazes we have. Guess we are doing something right.
Once the show is over I’m taking all the product into the studio, setting up a photo box and getting all new pictures for the web sites. I figure that process will take a few weeks to complete. Have to do though in order to keep everyone current.
Should be fun.
I do want to get some pictures of the booth construcion details as several people have asked for same. Will add a page called "How We Build Our Display Booth " on the http://www.howtomakepottery.com site.
All for now, tired and going to bed.
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