The Artisan and the Entrepreneur.
Sunday my wife and I attended the 27th annual Ceramic Showcase at the Convention Center. It is an event that is sponsored by the Oregon Potter's Association. This year it started on Friday, April 24th, and continued through the weekend. For the 2nd year the Guild of Oregon Woodworkers was there, cosponsored by Northwest Fine Woodworkers. Since we started attending five or six years ago, the Creative Metal Arts Guild and the Oregon Glass Guild have been presenting their wares as well.
I am kicking myself for not posting this event. I purposefully watch for it every year in the month of April. It is something I like to share with as many people as I can. Next year I will try to give several weeks lead time.
Each of these artisans or crafts persons is a small business owner as well. Not only are they artist and / or technician, they are the traditional owner, wearing many hats.
There is:
The Leader: This is the connector. The person that creates the social fabric in their field.
The Manager: The practical individual that does the books, makes the calls and schedules the events, just to name a few.
The Entrepreneur: The visionary that sees the possibilities. This is the person that experiments with their craft, senses the trends and the winds that buffet and blow their business-craft about.
Visit these organizations to see the work of some of Oregon's best artisans and crafts people. Look for events coming to your community.
http://www.cmaguild.org/
Creative Metal Arts Guild
Guild of Oregon Woodworkers
http://www.guildoforegonwoodworkers.com/
Northwest Fine Woodworkers
http://www.northwestfinewoodworkers.com/
Oregon Potters Association
http://www.oregonpotters.org/
Oregon Glass Guild
http://oregonglassguild.org/
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