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| Cathie shows Reg how to get started.... |
Our December get together happened in Cathie Hamilton's studio at NGB Studios down on Cataraqui St. Thanks to Cathie and the others we had lots of Christmas treats: shortbread cookies, fruit, hot apple cider and tangerines!
We talked about 'Square' update that you can now process American Express credit cards online.
Of course we chatted about our shows over the holiday sales season and about the smaller shows that have cropped up.
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| ...and away he goes! |
There are a lot more small in house/studio 'open house' selling weekends, I did one with Tamara of Latimer Soaps and Corinna of Nikita sauces (find her in the market in season) and Yolanda of Yolanda's Glass Jewelry. We had a lovely weekend though not a lot of traffic...the idea worked well and our set up was good. We had munchies and hot apple cider and, though we all made sales, it's always nicer to do more.
We need to do more promo....learning!
Anyway, after the official part of our morning Cathie had set up for any of us who would like to try encaustic to give it a whirl! Reg and Carolyn (me) were enthusiastic and sat down to learn about the wax, and a fairly simple technique with a small iron and other hot tools to melt and work with the wax.
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| Carolyn's work. |
I was intrigued by the way you move the different colours of wax around to create things such as the sky. Maybe I'll go back one day to experiment with patterns.
Here is what I worked on....really fun!
Cathie is offering more workshops in the New Year...here are the particulars...
With 2014 fast approaching it seems like only yesterday we were all panicked about Y2K scuppering all our computers and online stuff! Now we're panicking about global warming and the crazy weather...at least all the shovelling and breaking up of ice keep us fairly fit...it's becoming a regualar thing.
Our first get together of the New Year and I'll host it at my house:
January 7th 2014 11am
Carolyn Barnett
14 Richard Street (in Portsmouth Village)
613-545-5986
