Back – through the unknown remembered gate

North Yorkshire Open Studios 2010 – what a worthwhile opportunity to grab. The Sculpture Garden is a perfect venue for displaying the works alongside each other but on different levels and suddenly my tiny studio seemed quite big, cleared of paper, buckets and boards. With loads of help from Lee, OS proved an ideal deadline for finally finishing the waterfall, putting up a rope handrail beside the uneven steps and the last bits of turfing (this all took 3 months!). The timing of mid-summer suited the garden planting just right. It almost felt like a show garden. Most surprisingly I found that the majority of my visitors were unknown to me – around 90 over the 5 days(!) of genuinely interested and interesting people. I had hoped for more sales but have a few potential commissions to follow up on… to those who didn’t make it; contact me any time to arrange a visit because I can now show people round individually by appointment – I’m on a high!