The Art Festival - Third Place!

Third Place!

Yep, those are the famous Ciestoes hand knitted felted slippers made by my wonderful wife, placing third in the fiber arts competition at the Jekyll Island Arts Festival. The felted purses, left and right behind placed first and second. But this is a pretty good outing for a first entry in a juried art show. Of course, she's sold so many pairs while she's been here, we have overwhelming evidence that people like them. So it's no surprise that she won a ribbon.




Photo exhibits

Alas, I did not do so well in the photo competition. True, there were some excellent photos in the intermediate category, which is where I put myself. And I can't argue that the winners were wonderful pictures. But this outing got me started in showing my work in places other than my living room, and I learned a lot by doing it. Next time, I'll pay more attention to cropping and framing. These activities were rushed for this exhibit, and except for one, they didn't look as good as they could have. The net result is no ribbons for me.

Basket demo

Most of the arts on exhibit had demonstrations during the festival. The potters were making pots, the weavers were weaving, the spinners were spinning, and I walked around taking pictures. No, I wasn't demonstrating, just being myself.

Although Consuelo didn't have any baskets in the competition, her pine-needle basket class demonstrated their skills for the visitors at the festival. They got lots of interest and questions.