renegade

so i went to renegade craft fair at fort mason center on sunday. there were some cool things but in the end i was pretty underwhelmed. it seemed that there were two major product catagories: 1. puns and jokes in different forms- written on a page from an old book or printed on a shirt, for example, and 2. the exact same antique brass necklaces and pendants- apparently all purchased from a single manufacturer of cheap hipster jewelry.

but maybe my expectations were a bit too high. i guess what i was secretly hoping this craft fair would be was an artisan fair. a place where the usable and useful works of highly skilled individuals would be available for my perusal. i wanted there to be people who owned looms and chisels and dye vats putting my little projects to shame...

i dunno, maybe i'm just thinking of one of those olde tyme faires. in the end, i'll be going back next year with an adjusted perspective and things should work out ok.

the photo above is the one piece i bought. a beautiful tea bowl made by eri sugimoto. (here is her etsy which seems to be empty at the moment.)

the other stunning work was by sara paloma. you really should look at her work. really.