And that was a good day! We found out a couple of days ago that today was an MMU open day - good thing / bad thing? Well bad for parking, as it turned out, inspite of assurances to the contrary, but good I think for visitor numbers. After a slowish start, the place developed a real buzz over the rest of the day, and we had to start dismantling displays before many of the last visitors had truly finished. It felt very upbeat, and most of the exhibitors to whom I talked seemed to have enjoyed themselves in one way or another, either making new contacts, getting positive feedback or selling enough to feel a warm fuzzy glow about it. I can never quite get over that feeling of responsibility for everyone, that I want them all to enjoy and sell and so on, but the best hope is numbers through the doors, and today I felt that we had those numbers.
I ended up buying more, of course (who'd have thought?), of which my favourite was a wooden letterpress poster from Andrew Morrison of Two Wood Press. And that's the Manchester Artists' Book Fair over until the next one.
And then I listened to Sibelius Symphony no. 2 and Alt-J on the way home and that was pretty damn good too. Yes, definitely a good day.
I ended up buying more, of course (who'd have thought?), of which my favourite was a wooden letterpress poster from Andrew Morrison of Two Wood Press. And that's the Manchester Artists' Book Fair over until the next one.
And then I listened to Sibelius Symphony no. 2 and Alt-J on the way home and that was pretty damn good too. Yes, definitely a good day.
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