As bad as last year's weather was is how good this year's weather is. Even a brisk breeze out of the east isn't a bad thing because it keeps people off the beach due to rip tides and at the art fairs.
This was only my second time at Part II of Howard Alan's extravaganzas in Ft. Lauderdale. I thought last year was good but this year seemed even better. The quality was some of the best I have seen at a HA show. I didn't spend a lot of time looking but I did see people with bags, the streets were fairly crowded within the first 30 minutes of the show starting and a lot of the booths were crowded.
We have some incredibly talented people at this website and today I was fortunate enough to meet 4 of them.
Patti and Bob Stern have wicked senses of humor that are reflected in their work. (ok, I admit it, I have a bit of a crush on ED) Their clocks and tables are made with so much imagination I am in awe of them. And they are just the nicest people. I'm glad I'll get to see them this summer as they do almost more Amdur shows than I go to!
Three booths down was Teri Causey with her wonderful paintings. While I visited with her, a lot of people stopped by her booth and said how much they enjoyed her work. It is easy to see why. She said she was having a good show already.
And a few booths down from her was Travis Lindenbaum. Wonderful earrings, necklaces and bracelets. In addition to talking to him, I could have spent hours at his booth looking at all the jewelry. (Please remember that true beauty does not photograph well)
Back to the show--It is laid out in the middle of the street with the booths back to back and while this may make the store owners happy, the show gets crowded very quickly. We got there fairly early but by noon, getting down the street was difficult so rather than taking one last swing through the festival, we decided to go home. There is plenty of parking close by at a reasonable rate and we even sat by the river for a while taking in the cool breeze under some trees.
The art was good but this weekend, for me it was more about the artists.
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Geri ~
Geri.....I loved meeting you ,so did Bob- who is Ed, Connie? He is one of our clock sculptures that has a ----( better known as the family jewels) made from an antique gas valve from gas lighting- his eyes are made from Underwood typewriter keys that spell ED, which stands for Erectile disfunction..hahahahaha- I still laugh at the notion because my husband doesn't know what that is!!!!!