Over the summer I was working on this piece as a tribute to my father. He served aboard this ship when he was in the Navy.
As I often do at shows, I demonstrate my techniques. One particular afternoon as I was working on this piece, a lady came up to me and wanted to know what I was doing. As I was right in the middle of a perfect section to demonstrate, I gave her the full description of my process. I showed her how I look at the photograph to get the shape and size of each element just right. I showed her how I cut out each tiny piece, I showed her how I glue the piece down. And then I showed her how I stitch it to add the detail.
When I finished with all of this, she asked, "Where did you buy the kit?"
My mind first went blank. Then it started racing. I was thinking, "Um, did you not listen to my explanation? Did you not watch me do this? Does this even look like a kit?"
After all of this quickly went through my mind all I was able to say to her was, "It's not a kit."
I still don't know what a good comeback would have been. And I am still dumbfounded by this question. I guess people just continue to surprise me. And, I think I'll just not have an answer for this one. Chalk it up as another one of those things to laugh about after the show is over.
So if you are struggling with how to respond to people at shows, then you need this book, The Shy Artist's Guide to Answering Questions. Click below to get one.
As I often do at shows, I demonstrate my techniques. One particular afternoon as I was working on this piece, a lady came up to me and wanted to know what I was doing. As I was right in the middle of a perfect section to demonstrate, I gave her the full description of my process. I showed her how I look at the photograph to get the shape and size of each element just right. I showed her how I cut out each tiny piece, I showed her how I glue the piece down. And then I showed her how I stitch it to add the detail.
When I finished with all of this, she asked, "Where did you buy the kit?"
My mind first went blank. Then it started racing. I was thinking, "Um, did you not listen to my explanation? Did you not watch me do this? Does this even look like a kit?"
After all of this quickly went through my mind all I was able to say to her was, "It's not a kit."
I still don't know what a good comeback would have been. And I am still dumbfounded by this question. I guess people just continue to surprise me. And, I think I'll just not have an answer for this one. Chalk it up as another one of those things to laugh about after the show is over.
So if you are struggling with how to respond to people at shows, then you need this book, The Shy Artist's Guide to Answering Questions. Click below to get one.
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