While in Raleigh we went downtown to the Market Center and visited Art Space a collective of established artists and new emerging artists. We got to spend sometime with two different artists. One well established and working in fine sterling silver clay...a bit disdainful of the copper and other metal clays, her final comment on them was "I am not sure about them but they are cheaper". The other emerging artist was great- she is working from wood blocks and found recycled wood making prints and other art objects. She was excited as she had collaborated with another artist and learned encaustic wax layering on one of her wood print blocks. She had only printed with black ink before and the bright waxes filled in the carved areas and brought the block to life... it was lovely. She has started to do some work with a theme of an adventurer doing world travel by a cargo ship, some of the blocks are already done and they look great so far....wish I would be around to see the finished exhibit.
The drive back started late as we were delivering son and girlfriend to Richmond Virginia for the festivities. Traffic was heavy through Quanitco and DC. This is where I congratulated our family in living in Upstate New York where traffic jams usually involve farm equipment slowly moving down the two lane roads. We made it as far as York PA and we were done for the night. Much to my delight while reading the local art/travel paper the next day there is a bead show going on in York today.
Free admission coupons too, okay I was really excited as I had to hope hubby and daughter would come with me. They are agreeable, okay daughter is less than thrilled listening to the sounds coming from her bed.....wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, sounds like a baby dinosaur with a marble in her mouth.
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