Floyd’s Artisan’s Market
~ Some of the following photos appeared in The Floyd Press on May 12, 2010.
Friday’s Artisan’s Market at the Floyd Community Market pavilion recently celebrated its grand opening with an array of handmade local arts and crafts, including jewelry, clothing, candles, hand built and thrown pottery, soaps, photography, primitive dolls and art, teas, herbal remedies, musical instruments and more. A Farmer’s Market will be held seasonally on Saturday mornings, with a grand opening scheduled for May 29th. The Community Market is maintained by SustainFloyd, a citizen’s group dedicated to preserving and supporting a resilient local economy.
Market goers browsing through the artisan stands stopped to admire handmade barn quilts made by Hilda Collins and her husband. Collins said she grew up in Floyd and recently moved back.
William Bell’s landscape photography drew some interest at the Bell Gallery booth. Booth vendor, Joanne Bell said she was happy to walk to the market, transporting her market inventory – beveled glass, pressed flower suncatchers, T-shirts, and her husband’s photography – in a cart from her shop on north Locust Street.
A group congregated in front of the Red Rooster Coffee Roaster, also celebrating its grand opening.
Customers delighted in the brightly colored tie-dye shirts made by vendor Joel Venditti (left).
Serving a festival style menu, the Oddfellas Cantina’s food booth was a gathering place for eating and socializing. Pictured are artist Staroot Neuman, The Country Store’s Woody Crenshaw and Jackie Crenshaw, and Auctioneer Tom O’Neill.
Some displays were as much of a draw as the wares they showcased, such as this handmade clay flute booth designed in the style of a gypsy wagon.
Hotel Floyd owners Kamala Bauers and Jack Wall took advantage of a sitting wall to enjoy Greek salad curried chicken wraps from Oddfellas Cantina’s booth.
May 16th, 2010 6:51 am
You have very cool neighbors.
May 16th, 2010 7:08 am
That market looks wonderful… I think I’d come from there with arms-full of stuff 😀
May 16th, 2010 9:18 am
What a great place to have!!
I had an ocarina when I was little, but mine was “early” plastic…..lol
May 16th, 2010 7:00 pm
That’s a nice market to shop and stroll around. I bet the food there is also good!
May 17th, 2010 4:20 pm
Wonder how you go about your pictures of tables and people browsing. Some people have read me the riot act for taking pictures of their craft table and wanted to know why it was taken and where the image will go and ordered me to delete. (Three times in a decade in different towns.)
Did this ever happen to you, jut not most of the time?
Do you chat to people first, or ask if you can include them in the shot, or show them their picture?
May 17th, 2010 5:14 pm
The majority of people in these shots knew what I was up to because many know I sometimes cover stories for the local paper. Some I don’t tell or identify if they are peripheral to the shot. Some I do ask and get their names. Occasionally people see what I’m doing and don’t want to be photographed but most are happy to oblige. In the last shot I told my friend Kamala that she was about to be punked. I convinced her the shot epitomized the market scene with her and her husband eating food from the Cantina in the sun and the vendors in the background. She agreed with only a little resistance. Wish the sun hadn’t washed out her face. Sometimes taking pictures can feel a little invasive. I try to be respectful and stick mainly with public settings. I love doing it but sometimes I do feel shy about it and wish I could wear a mask!
May 17th, 2010 6:15 pm
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COLLEEN!!!
May 17th, 2010 6:22 pm
How did you know? Facebook?
October 8th, 2013 12:29 pm
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