Carolina Designer Craftsmen Exhibit

  I'm in NC for the Thanksgiving Holiday.  Today we went to the NC Designer Craftsmen Exhibit.  We discovered this wonderful exhibit quite by accident a couple of years ago.  We wandered in to it, thinking it was just a regular craft show...... which it is not.  Instead we found some high quality (and high price) one of a kind crafts covering a range of ceramics, woodcrafts, weaving, painting, quilting and of course jewelry.  

   Of course I was checking out the jewelry for inspiration.  But I was also checking out how the booths were set up, which ones caught my eye and drew me in.  I subscribe to the Crafts Report magazine and the newest issue had an article in it about how important the artist's booth is.  I tried to make mental note of what I liked about particular booths.  Lighting was definitely important as was the layout and backdrops.  Like anything else, some were better than others.  I did come to the conclusion though that setting up a good looking display will take some money.   As of now, I have no intention of selling from a booth, but one never knows.