Lexington’s 2012 Woodland Art Fair dawned to some of the prettiest weather the Fair has enjoyed in decades.
Artist Rod Lindauer manned his own booth, despite his recent encounter with a table saw. His thumb was “lacerated to the bone and the index finger severed through the bone at the first joint from the tip.” Stopping by his booth for a chat and check in, he says the injury was shocking — he was completely focused on the piece at hand when it happened (“not wool gathering”) and he’d gone most of his art career without much more than a scratch, despite the proximity to power tools his work requires.
Lindauer is at Booth 69, near the softball field. Look for the bourbon barrel chairs, bourbon barrel side tables, a large scale fountain, and extraordinary stainless steel bench. As he reminds customers, “these fingers aren’t gonna replace themselves!”
Lexington artist Bill Glasscock was also on hand (though not at a booth), showing off a few of the cells from his current animation project on Kickstarter, Just Another Planet With Trees, before departing the Fair for a family reunion.
Plan about two hours to circle through, but we’ve identified a few more highlights (in addition to Lindauer). Kent Ambler’s Woodcuts are at Booth 7. For 2D mixed media, check out Mark Traughber right next door at Booth 8. For pet-loving pop art fun, stop by Yvonne Miller’s whimsical Booth 144.
Woodland Art Fair 2012 continues Sunday August 19.
Click through to browse a few of Ace’s archives about the Woodland Arts Fair:
The Woodland Arts Fair Ten Years Ago 8.25.2010
Artz Smartz: Woodland Arts Fair 8.16.2007
Art in the Park: Woodland Arts Fair’s Eclectic Collection 8.13.2003
WhichKraft: Is Lexington’s Woodland Arts Fair Back on Track? 8.17.2000
Putting the Art Back in the Woodland Arts Fair 8.4.1999
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