As prerequisite to being on this event – I had to be like everyone else, and buy myself a table.
So I bought a table and and set it up as a beautiful art display gallery. I brought along as varied a selection of artworks as I could find in among my resources… and they sat there all day!

Village green market stall 2014

Yet the real interest was again in the record spinning!

Village green festival preparing to spin for the day

Today was the first day I set up with my new assistant – My daughter Radha.

Radha is an artist through and through – right down to the attitude – and she certainly has her father’s enthusiastic approach towards sharing the spinning experience with the public. In the lead up to today’s event, she walked over two miles each day to meet me at the art gallery for a structured formal training on how to do the work and artistic expression with the public. She really did a terrific job this day.
We set up at the end of the makers row, right where people walk past on the way to and from the main stage area.
It was great – people would see the crowd gathered around us and come to look. We were both very busy all day long, and had to turn people away at the end. Even then, people were buying painted records from out of our closed trailer!

Today was a great day and the reception we received, together working with Radha, has totally changed my perception on what I do. I look forward to much more!