Paying Attention to the Details....Baltimore Craft Show

Attention is in the details.

Last month I attended the The Best Craft Show Right Here in Baltimore... 

One  artist that I have been following, Leonie Lacouette , again had her clocks on display. Last year I admired her work but thought they were too big for my space. This clever business woman was open to a custom order so  I commissioned one for my home.

It just arrived this week and there was a personal handwritten postcard thanking me for the purchase and on the back of the clock was written my name..no question it was a custom order. The attention was definitely in the details.

It is now hanging on my kitchen wall over the small TV. Each time I pass this piece, I smile. It is like it was custom made for me..oh yeah it was!

                                              

                                      

Leonie Lacouette, the artist, made me feel special at the craft show when I placed the order. She followed through with an email and her delivery was perfect. The attention is in the details.

So many wonderful artists come to Baltimore for the ACC Craft Show....take a look at some of the previous shows..ACC Craft Show Baltimore 2012..More Than Eye Candy. 

Are we  making our clients feel special by paying attention to the details?  

                                             

 

The Best Craft Show Right Here in Baltimore...American Craft Council's ACC is This Weekend!

The Best Craft Show is This Weekend in Baltimore.. Check Out the American Craft Council ACC show!

For the past 36 years, the American Craft Council has held  the ACC Craft show in Baltimore.  You may remember that my former career was a  ceramic and porcelain artist.

                           

 

For many years, I have been enjoying the show and taking photos to share right here on ActiveRain.

It has been fun to write about the artists, the artwork and the enjoyment of just being at the The Best Craft Show!

There is lots of eye candy in the following articles. Take a look and let me know your favorites.

 

If It Rolls Like a Duck...ACC in Baltimore

Eye Candy for Artists – Baltimore ACC Craft Show

Such Beauty..... Winter Craft Show in Baltimore

Baltimore Annual Craft Show – Ice Can't Stop Art

One Person's Stuff...Another Person's Art ..Baltimore ACC Show 

And here are a few more to check out to see the wide variety of beautiful crafts.

Serengeti at the Baltimore ACC Show This Weekend

Black, White, Yellow, Red and One for Peg! ACC Baltimore Craft Show!

American Craft Council Show Will Be in Baltimore This Weekend! February 24-27th -

I will be spending most of the day Friday taking pictures, talking with the artists and just taking in the beauty of the best crafts by juried artists.  

Wonder what new or old crafts will capture me this year. Wonder if I will run into anyone I know at the show. If you will be at the show on Friday...call me and we can meet up.

Stay tuned for a review of this year's ACC Craft Show 2012 through my eyes.

Here are the times for this weekend at the

Baltimore Convention Center.

DATES AND HOURS

Friday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 25, from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 26, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE SHOW MAP

Black, White, Yellow, Red and One for Peg! ACC Baltimore Craft Show!

For over 30 years the annual American Craft Council Show has been in Baltimore! American Craft Council Show Will Be in Baltimore This Weekend! February 24-27th 

As a former ceramic artist, I am not sure if I have missed an ACC show. Over the years I have gone with my friend and publisher Peg Silloway. Today was even more special. Peg's baby sister, Kathleen, joined us...and did we have fun!

Take a look at this hat marathon.

Sometimes it really pays to be the picture taker rather than the subject. This was at the end of our day. All of us were a bit tired since we started walking the show about 6 hours earlier.

I think know Kathleen really enjoyed the different colors, style and personality of each hat. The owner of Moire's Millinery seemed pleased with our modeling. And I loved taking the photos!

Watch for more photos of the ACC in the next day or so.

Thanks Peg and Kathleen for a wonderful day of friendship, eye candy, lunch and laughter.

                         

                       

    Black, White, Yellow, Red and One for Peg! ACC Baltimore Craft Show!

Eye Candy for Artists – Baltimore ACC Craft Show

Eye Candy for Artists – Baltimore ACC Craft Show

So much has happened over the past few weeks that I haven't had a chance to write about the delightful few hours spent at the American Craft Council's Baltimore Craft Show. It's an annual treat for me and my friend/publisher Peg Silloway. We both have spent part of our lives working in crafts, and this one day is a chance to recharge our creative batteries and see what's happening in the world of fine handcrafts.

There are some old favorites we always check in with, like glass artist Josh Simpson. His work is exquisite and Peg is a collector. This time while we were visiting his booth the cameraman from Channel 13 was there, and we had fun taking photos of the photographer as he worked and chatted with the artist.

Then are there are the new discoveries. This year we especially liked the familiar objects like old telephones, sneakers, and even a tricycle, that had been covered with colorful beads and turned into brilliant sculptures by Tom and Kathy Wegman. Never saw that before! And then there was Jeffrey Ohwho made the most ingenious and beautiful coffee table I've ever seen. The wooden end blocks each could move to change position and so change the shape of the table. Each of those end blocks was actually a storage cube, and the top was a seat with a pre-carved body shape " tush impression." And it was comfortable!

I was looking for a clock for the kitchen and spent time in this booth that had the shapes I love – squares – in wood, copper, and steel. Beautiful work by Leonie Lacouette.

Peg is a cat lover, of course, and liked the carved cat granite tile by Amy and Jeff Dallas, but took home a small porcelain jar with a miniature mother cat and kitten carving on the top. These were beautifully crafted by Barbara Sebastian and a good addition to her collection of small boxes and other containers. Peg had an extra copy of The Cat Lover's Book of Days with her and was able to barter with the artist toward the price of the jar. Good idea! Peg also bought a neat card holder from Carole Bowns' Buggy Whip Studio; it has a cat on it, of course.

Hanging around with Peg and Russel Ray on AR sure made me gravitate to all the feline art. Did you check out that potty seat above?

We stopped to watch a pottery demonstration (I was a ceramic artist in a former life) for a few minutes and then found some lunch before checking out more of the show. Even though we didn't get through all of it – it's immense! – it was a great day. And you can bet we'll be back again next February when the Baltimore Civic Center becomes a showplace for the best in American crafts again.