John Hart
06-03-2011, 4:03 PM
Tomorrow is the big Antiques Festival in Chardon Ohio. And while that's what they officially call it, it has more to do with all the little shops around the square, setting up all their stuff and drinking and carrying on...You know the scenario. ;)
Anyway, today was the last day I could get pieces set up in the gallery before the big event, so I took the morning off from work to do it.
One major problem is that Keith Burn's package of his pieces had not yet arrived at my house. We were biting our nails waiting for the UPS truck. But he showed up at 10am, I packed up my beat up truck and headed out for Chardon.
Chardon is a pretty little 19th Century town, with a beautiful town square, complete with a park, and high-priced little buildings glued together in fancy rows. A movie house also serves live theater ("Wine, Cheese, and Theater" night is a big deal too) I think the Art Gallery serves the wine.
Anyway...Driving into Chardon, you are first met by the town square (all the fast food and malls and crap are on the outskirts of town)
Here I am driving and photographing. Gallery West is in there toward the left
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Here's a close-up
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You have to drive around the park. It's all one-way traffic, so you pretty much have to drive a mile to go 50 feet. But that's ok. It's a nice park.
Here's the Maple Syrup Log Cabin where the Maple Syrup Festival gets centralized
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And, of course, the gazebo, where you can hold hands and kiss and stuff :eek:
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Just a shot of the park and Main Street
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I found a place to park and jaywalked over to the gallery, camera stuck to my face and took a shot as I walked up
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It took a few trips, but I unpacked the boxes, tried to figure out which finial went to which hollow form. Sheesh....Keith packed all the finials separate. How am I supposed to know which one is which!!???:rolleyes: Trial and error...that's how. ;)
But after all was said and done...They decided to set Keith up in the front of the Gallery where there was plenty of light, and set me up in the back, where it's dark and scarey.
So, that's why my picture is yukky (I had to use a flash)
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And why Keith's picture is nice
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So that's it. We are the first woodturners to hit Chardon, Ohio, and they are very excited to see an art form like this. Everyone has marveled at the pieces. So I guess we'll see how it goes.:)
Anyway, today was the last day I could get pieces set up in the gallery before the big event, so I took the morning off from work to do it.
One major problem is that Keith Burn's package of his pieces had not yet arrived at my house. We were biting our nails waiting for the UPS truck. But he showed up at 10am, I packed up my beat up truck and headed out for Chardon.
Chardon is a pretty little 19th Century town, with a beautiful town square, complete with a park, and high-priced little buildings glued together in fancy rows. A movie house also serves live theater ("Wine, Cheese, and Theater" night is a big deal too) I think the Art Gallery serves the wine.
Anyway...Driving into Chardon, you are first met by the town square (all the fast food and malls and crap are on the outskirts of town)
Here I am driving and photographing. Gallery West is in there toward the left
196788
Here's a close-up
196791
You have to drive around the park. It's all one-way traffic, so you pretty much have to drive a mile to go 50 feet. But that's ok. It's a nice park.
Here's the Maple Syrup Log Cabin where the Maple Syrup Festival gets centralized
196794
And, of course, the gazebo, where you can hold hands and kiss and stuff :eek:
196787
Just a shot of the park and Main Street
196790
I found a place to park and jaywalked over to the gallery, camera stuck to my face and took a shot as I walked up
196789
It took a few trips, but I unpacked the boxes, tried to figure out which finial went to which hollow form. Sheesh....Keith packed all the finials separate. How am I supposed to know which one is which!!???:rolleyes: Trial and error...that's how. ;)
But after all was said and done...They decided to set Keith up in the front of the Gallery where there was plenty of light, and set me up in the back, where it's dark and scarey.
So, that's why my picture is yukky (I had to use a flash)
196792
And why Keith's picture is nice
196795
So that's it. We are the first woodturners to hit Chardon, Ohio, and they are very excited to see an art form like this. Everyone has marveled at the pieces. So I guess we'll see how it goes.:)