Oh, how we've missed it.
Since 2013 I've attended dozens and dozens of events like this, large hundreds of thousands-attended events, and small intimate events. They all have several things in common...one of them bing talented people selling their goods. We met one last Friday where paper was her medium.
She's an artist.
Her craft? Book folding.
I've seen this type of art before, but never this close and never this much. We took the opportunity to speak with the artist. We asked her about how much time it took her to create one of her works of art. We obviously knew how much she charged. She related a story with us. At an earlier show a person saw what she did and told her, "I can do that." The woman started folding a book on her own. The artist had the opportunity to speak with that woman at a later date. What took the artist hours required weeks from the novice. Good artists make great art look easy.
I respect people who create art, especially since they don't have to. Sure, she's getting paid, but when she's done, there's a product that changes people in some way. We're glad we stopped by the craft fair. We got to see a very cool talent.
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