Free Day

Feeling full of energy when we arrived late, yesterday afternoon, we decided to do all the booth setup at once. Because we did, we got to sleep in late and do a little sight-seeing today. Last year, we visited the American Association of Woodturners exhibit, Tops, Boxes, and Treenware. We enjoyed it so much, we wanted to visit again. The potter’s wheel and the lathe both function in a very similar way, and the current exhibit, Open/Closed, a collaborative effort between the American Association of Woodturners and the Northern Clay Center, highlights those similarities, as well as the differences, between the two techniques. Several of my favorite turner/carvers had work in the show, but I only managed a detail photograph of Jacques Vesery's dish with eggs and feather.

Next stop was the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. I loved the red branches of the Red Twig Dogwood at the entrance.


Mostly, we just wandered around. I particularly liked these baskets. The museum is very nice about letting one photograph items in their permanent collection.