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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Monday, July 2, 2012
Really Really Free Market in Redwood City, CA
Free Utopian Project participated in the
Really Really Free Market in Redwood City, Ca
which occurs on the first Sunday of every month, on the corner of Main and Beech Streets.
The Really Really Free Markets are loosely organized across the country:
Inventory List:
small antique wooden chair
2'x3' painting by me
2 small paintings by Mike K.
Used art supplies, crayons, pencils, oil paints from Mike
4 2inch pots of succulents
8 inch ceramic pot with an azalea
a succulent in a palm pot
drascaena that Mike had used as an art project
3 Ziplock baggies of beads
Ziplock baggy of beer bottle caps
industrial size potato masher from Sofia's project
Ziplock baggy of fused bead necklaces
Ziplock baggy of sequoia cones
6 garden bean stakes
an old wood sash window
a small yucca in a ceramic pot
4 3inch ceramic spheres
2 soft cover books
a very sad, desperate for attention palm tree
a player piano scroll
a small wall mirror with hooks
2 small picture frames
a desk organizer
a large square plastic plant pot
a wire stand on wheels with 3 baskets, super cute and perfectly rusted
scented geranium cuttings
small agave in ceramic pot
small ground cover plant
a hanging metal candle holder with glass lamp shade (not sure why, but one person took the metal part and left the glass lamp shade...someone else took that a few minutes later)
What surprised me most about the event is the stuff that people took, (beer bottle caps) the stuff that was left, (the antique chair and window) the speed in which things disappeared - immediately, as soon as something was put down it was swept away and we had no opportunity to get a photo of the complete installation.
The only disappointing moment was one old guy, presumably an organizer, who critiqued the art that we brought:
"Is that your masterpiece?" indicating a painting
"yes",
"well I've seen worse"
really? Really?
Luckily the other people hosting the event were really really nice, helpful and engaged in the purpose of free. They informed us that the person who lives in the park was quite concerned when they showed up and he called the police who told him not to worry, they were good people.
really really wanting free stuff
really really happy shoppers
Items purchased:
Kent - 2 of my plants
me - a carved urn from Thailand for my next free installation although at the moment it's sitting in my garden
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