Thursday, June 7, 2012

Moving the Goods



I'm working 
16 -18 hour
days now
 in a final countdown to the annual
 Old Glory Antique Fair 
show.

I am treasure hunting, 

dragging home wonderful pieces, 
cleaning, repairing, repurposing, altering, painting, oiling/waxing/staining, 
sanding,
 tagging,
 staging, embellishing, inventorying, 
wrapping, packing,
 stacking 
and
 storing.

The sequence is amazing!
A simple piece of merchandise is found, 
handled and moved
 approximately 10 times before it is presented
 at a show.



It goes from it's original site to my truck, to my house to be cared for and prepared.
I have sent a full trailer load out to be worked on by other craftsmen,
 so those are reloaded and transported and unloaded
 and repaired or altered in some fashion. 


 They return to my truck, and then to my warehouse . . . 
then to my big truck or trailer . . .
transported to the show and placed in a stack,
moved under the tent
and finally displayed the way you'll see it.




Many hands touch and define the beauty
 and usability of a piece
before it's worthy of being in my shop
 or a show I'm doing.
Time is short and I have to get to work -

See you at the fair!

2 comments:

  1. I don't know how you do it Joy! Its quite amazing!

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  2. Just putting one foot in front of the other .... And I depend upon several trustworthy helpers to catch what I can't juggle! Thanks Kara!

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