I returned to the Middlebury Fall Festival for the fourth time in September. There were many similarities to previous years (2013, 2014, 2015) but this year there were a few small changes.
Middlebury Fall Festival 2015
(I started this post months ago… Now it is finally finished.)
I made it through my third Middlebury Fall Festival.
middlebury fall festival booth
2014 Middlebury Fall Festival
I hauled my pots and pottery wheel over to Middlebury for the annual Fall Festival on September 19th and 20th. It is the second year that I’ve demonstrated and sold pots. This year was even better than the first. Below is a photo that made it into The Paper.
middlebury fall festival publicity
Middlebury Fall Festival from the Potter’s Perspective
A milestone has been reached in my pottery career. With a ton of help from my wife, I completed my first festival as a pottery vendor. But not just a vendor, I was also a demonstrator!
The Middlebury Fall Festival took place last Friday and Saturday in downtown Middlebury. To be honest, I didn’t get to take in much of the festival but I had a great time.
Preparation
I felt like the whole week before the festival was crazy. There was so much stuff to do. I got the kiln fired a few days before the festival which is always a lot of work by itself. Then I had to shoot some photos of those pots, haul all the other pots up out of the basement, pack up my wheel, clay and all my tools and put together a few papers for my display. My wife and I also spent one night shopping for wrapping paper, bags, an extension cord and some other items. Then My wife and mother-in-law spent Thursday night cutting and attaching price tags. I brought home two tables from school and dropped them off in Middlebury. Finally, Friday morning we hauled over two car loads of pots, tools, clay and a pottery wheel. And that is NOT a portable pottery wheel!
Setup
vendor tent
They had us located in booth 50 which was the corner of one of the larger tents just behind the information booth. We arrived around 7:30 am, unloaded and got everything set up. It took quite a while and I felt like I was still getting things organized and set up throughout the day. The space was right next to the electrical box and there was a water spigot about 100 ft. away. The festival staff was helpful and very nice too. The festival officially opened at 10:00am and I had my tools and wheel ready to go.
Day One at the Middlebury Fall Festival
I just returned from the Middlebury Fall Festival and got cleaned up. It was a full day of packing, setting up, demonstrating and selling pots. I’m ready for bed but I still have some cleaning and preparing to do for tomorrow. I’ll be back at it tomorrow from 9 to 5. If you’re near Middlebury stop in and check it out. Here’s a picture my wife snapped:
demonstrating at the fall festival
Hopefully I’ll have a full write-up after tomorrow. And I unloaded the kiln two days ago. There were some great pieces!