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Presentation at Sivertson's Gallery
Paula -
Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 4:44pm
 Larry and I gave a talk at Sivertson's Gallery in Grand Marais Mn Feb 9. It went fairly well... the first 2 or 3 seconds were a bit unnerving for me, but Larry loved it. We had some of our tools and a small anvil for people to see. I used modeling clay as a demo on how to move metal. Being in a gallery setting, a forge would have been very disruptive to all of the fine pieces exhibited there.... so, modeling clay worked great to give people the idea. It was cold and windy that night and we still had quite a few people show. They were great! Asking questions and laughing when appropriate..Met Liz Sivertson, owner of Sivertson Gallery, and was very impressed by her patience and great humor...nice lady. (She came up and introduced herself. Having my head up my.....in the clouds... I didn't ketch her name and said, "and you are?...." 'Here's your sign'...she took it well.)  Yes, i agree. We covered
Paula -
Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 10:02pm
Yes, i agree. We covered the difference between the walmart specials to the hand crafted art pieces and the value of each. It was good. Paula  I agree, we try to educate
grizz -
Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 11:28pm
I agree, we try to educate as well as inform the public what real ironwork is, we are putting on a demo this summer to help educate a couple more people. "GRIZZ"  Paula- Congratulations on
Rob Sigafoos -
Sunday, March 2, 2008 - 6:45am
Paula-  The first presentation is
R L Sidebottom -
Sunday, March 2, 2008 - 8:48am
The first presentation is hard, the rest of them over the years have scared me to death, until I got started. I have often thought about setting up the fly press on my trailer and parking in front of the gallery I am in and doing a few steel vessels so people can get an idea of just what goes into a hand fabed piece. Great job Rick Sidebottom That's probably a good idea.
Paula -
Sunday, March 2, 2008 - 3:54pm
That's probably a good idea. If you get the chance to do that, do.  Learning
Frank Castiglione -
Sunday, March 2, 2008 - 10:34am
Hi Paula, yes, especially about
Paula -
Sunday, March 2, 2008 - 3:55pm
yes, especially about oneself... I learned that Larry is my backbone. Once he started talking, then i had the courage as well. presentation
dong gwan Choi -
Monday, March 3, 2008 - 4:51am
Hi Paula I do not understand 100% for your letter of presentation but do I can guess you had fruitful time there... dong gwan Dong Gwan, We spoke about
Paula -
Monday, March 3, 2008 - 8:52am
Dong Gwan,  Congratulations Paula, I
eligius1427 -
Monday, March 3, 2008 - 10:50am
Congratulations Paula, I guess I'm like most people and would feel pretty uncomfortable the first couple of times giving a presentation. It's great that you and your husband are trying to educate people about your craft and get the word out on quality materials and craftsmanship. Around here it is an uphill battle trying to convince people to buy hand crafted work versus products factory produced. The more education the better. Jake I think that "up hill
Paula -
Monday, March 3, 2008 - 5:17pm
I think that "up hill battle" is everywhere.  weather or not
Gene Olson -
Friday, April 25, 2008 - 7:28pm
Oyeee, this is the weekend Paula is demonstrating at the Northern MN Blacksmiths' Conference and I thought about going, but the weather man says there is a Blizzard warning for the conference site, a storm from Souix Falls SD, NE to the Canadian border, an' Paula in the thick and deeper spot. guess I'm gettin soft. May the thaw be with you, Paula. Gene Olson Snow Joke
Gene Olson -
Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 7:20pm
Late April dumped over a foot of slushy white stuff on their conference. Their last past president left for the 40 mi trip to the conference and had to retreat home. Hope they come out of this ok. Gene Olson Those of us with good
visitor -
Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 8:06pm
Those of us with good Scandinavian stock don't let a little bit of white fluffy stuff slow us down....... :) Made it over there just fine with 4-wheel drive and mukluks. They actually have a good attendance, despite the snow.... I'll be demo-ing tomorrow afternoon...and if no one is there to see it, i'll just get a little work done... LOVE MINNESOTA! Oops, i guess it would help
Paula -
Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 8:09pm
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Great to hear you are
Great to hear you are "spreading the word." It's really important to educate the public on our metal crafts. This gives them a better idea of applying a "perceived value" to our metal art.