Collectors and gallery visitors

Two of my favourites are heading off to join a few more of my pieces at a collectors home in Ontario. I’m, of course, happy for the sales as the art sales are what help to fund the apprenticeship program I run here. But it’s more than that for me, my collector is a senior with not much room to add more pieces to her art collection, still she treats herself to the very best of my work. I find this very touching, she is surrounding herself with beauty while supporting the potters of tomorrow through her purchases. I enjoy all the people that come to visit the pottery but I take extra pleasure in the seniors that come in. Often they are escorted by a younger family member and you can see this is a special outing for them. The other day a woman brought her mom up from Victoria, it was heartwarming to hear their chat as she hadn’t made a trip up to the pottery in years and was clearly loving every moment of her visit. Then, also a few days ago, there was a gentleman in his 90’s that comes in with his daughter, he doesn’t need pots but he takes his time and picks out a special piece of tableware to leave with. There are so many aspects of my job that I love but spending time with the seniors that come in is top of my list.