White Wednesday**Short But Sweet

After three attempts, I was finally able to upload a few pics from the show for White Wednesday. Much more to follow so please stay tuned...

Willow Nest


Doris's booth at Marburger


French Pear


Sweet 1800's cabinet in my booth


Leftover's in Brenham

Devices & Contraptions Extraordinaire

Art Donovan is at it again -- no, not a new steampunk light, but another Steampunk Exhibit. This one is at Oxford, at the Museum of the History of Science, and is happening October 13th through February 21, 2010.

From the press release:
This exhibition marks the very first time that the new genre of Steampunk art is to be featured in a major museum. Located in the original Oxford Ashmolean building (the oldest museum building in the Western World), the MHS houses the most comprehensive collection of important, historic scientific objects in the academic world.

For this special museum exhibition, Mr. Donovan brings together the twelve most world-renown artists of the Steampunk genre-representing The United States, The United Kingdom, Japan, the Netherlands and Australia. These artists will be displaying never-before–seen sculptural art and inventions inspired by the evocative creations of the historic Victorian scientists and authors. Many works in this show were created exclusively for this special exhibition and it is arguably the most ambitious collection of Steampunk Art assembled in one venue.

The Museum Director, Dr. Jim Bennett states: “The Museum of the History of Science in Oxford is delighted to be hosting the Steampunk exhibition. We have many of the kinds of object that inspire the Steampunk artists and excite the Steampunk enthusiasts of today, so it is exciting to see characteristics and qualities of the original designs reformed into objects for living in the 21st century.”





What is is going to include? Many, many of the makers and creators of our quirky little world, from all around the world... it's a truly impressive list.

Stephane Halleux- Belgium

Tom Banwell- U.S.

Molly "Porkshanks" Friedrich- U.S.

Datamancer- U.S.

Doctor Grymm- U.S.

Daniel Proulx- Canada

Eric Freitas- U.S.

Haruo Suekichi- Japan

Herr Doktor- U.K.

Thomas D. Willeford- U.S.

Amanda Scrivener- U.K.

James Richardson Brown- U.K.

Jesse Newhouse- U.S.

Jos De Vink- Netherlands

Kris Kuksi- U.S.

Mad Uncle Cliff- Australia

Vianney Halter- Switzerland

Art Donovan- U.S.

So -- if you are in the vicinity, definitely go see it. If you aren't in the vicinity -- well, I'd try to get yourself there--you've got four months to make your travel arrangements.

Win it! Art was kind enough to send me the last two t-shirts from the first Steampunk Exhibit (sizes M & L). Tell me your favorite steampunk artist (part of the exhibit or not) and which one you'd prefer, and I'll randomly pick a winner for each size on Saturday morning.

A River Runs Through It~~The Sequel

Have you heard of the movie by this title? Well, it seemed appropriate to borrow it to describe the Fall Marburger show. Where do I begin... We arrived a day earlier than usual, which was a wise decision, because it gave us time to be less stressed putting the booth together and we got to spend more time with our peeps. I, unfortunately, succumbed to a cold on the way so that was an obstacle I didn't anticipate~~but I was able to suck it up and get the job done. We put together what I feel was our most awesome booth ever. We finished early in the day on Monday and had time to schmooze and hang out with our friends, and had dinner on the grounds with TOT, Craig, Teresa and Lauri at TOT's camper.

Suddenly, the heaven's opened up and we got the most awful storm and buckets of rain poured down. When it slacked off enough to go to the tent we all saw the worst thing you could ever see the night before a show opens.... Our booths were flooded with several inches of water. We had put down straw to make the floor look more rustic, so we had a soup of water and straw. So after three days of sweating til we had none left, fighting a cold, and feeling just dog tired we had to completely tear apart the displays in the front of the booth and move it all to the back of the booth which was drier. We drove to our motel in more rain and listened to it storm all night.

We arrived before daylight the next morning not knowing what we would find. It was a muddy mess outside and the booth was still holding water. We added another layer of straw to the soup to try and soak it up and proceeded to put the booth back together. The show opened and we had an awesome show~~my best yet~~in spite of all the chaos. Here's the booth in all it's wet glory....

























Okay so you think the drama is over right? The last day of the show~~Saturday~~our luck ran out again. It started to rain before noon and never really stopped completely. I had a good day in spite of it~~antiquers are die-hards aren't we~~and ended with a strong sales total. The show ends at 4pm and the frenzy of load out begins. At 4 pm practically on the dot, the sky opened again and we loaded out in the pouring down rain. We finished in the dark with a flashlight, soaked to the bone and filthy. I know when we shuffled into Dairy Queen (the only thing still open) they had to wonder if we even had the money to pay for our food. We were rode hard and put up wet (not joking one bit). We drove two days home in the rain, sometimes so hard we could hardly see the road. Still grateful though for a safe trip, good times, great sales, and all the new friends we made. Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth and found a treasure~~~see you in the Spring!!