Displaying artwork in downtown Brattleboro

Wooden and ceramic objets holding moss

Today has been a big day for me. I woke up with the sunrise, climbed the Harris hill ski jump in the snow, took my cat to meet a groomer for the first time, sent some follow up emails to connect with people I met in a webinar, and brought my work into Verdigris: the house of wayward objects. I spent an hour and a half in the shop, pricing some work that Sheri the business owner is going to display in a section for local artists.

It is a curious little shop that transports you to another time and place with sensory magic. The smell of incense and vintage jazz playing on a record player, racks of vintage clothes and kitchen wear, displays of brass, ceramic and wood curiosities. The shop is lit throughout by sculptural lamps of paper and linen. As we chatted, Sheri showed me around the back area of the store where she reupholsters furniture on a work bench makes jewelry out of metal, feathers and bones.

The feeling of joy and discovery walking around the shop and running my hands over the hand made and vintage objects was quite a pleasurable way to spend a Thursday afternoon that I would recommend to anyone passing through downtown Brattleboro.