[Ansteorra] How to Trap a Laurel

[Michelle Dodd]

I am not a Laurel and most likely will never join that little club. However, I have been a merchant for several years & I know that you will get more interest by having an interesting display. Having things at different levels is basic eye catching. It holds interest, where people will actually look at the items.A bowl on a table with a piece of paper is boring. Put that same bowl on an angle, to catch the light and show the colors, is much better & will get more response. While chocolate is good, you don't need "showgirls Or oiled towel boys". Just put a little effort into the display of what you put so much time and effort into making. I normally would not get into this discussion, since as I said I am not a Laurel, but I once entered a small A&S 'event' which, while NOT LPT,was similar in that it was for discussion and advice as to how to do 'it' better. What ever 'it' was.My display was flat. I had no table cover. Nothing to make the display interesting. At the end of the day I had few remarks, less advice. While it is certainly possible, that nobody there knew much about what I was displaying, I don't even remember what it was, If I had had a more interesting display, more people would have stopped and looked. YES it is merchandising. But if you want people, besides those who  "geek out on the very things artisans are working on", to look at what you have done than you HAVE to catch their eye. Laurels are humans too, most of the time. They want to look at interesting things. Ly Gabriele

The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are allowed to remain children all our lives. (Albert Einstein)
 > From: barrett1 at cox.net
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:05:35 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] How to Trap a Laurel
> 
> "And there are some shy Laurels.  I have met them.  But in
> performance of our duties in aiding artisans to be their best, we should
> never have to be lured like a mythical unicorn."
> Suvdchin, OL
> 
> Umm... I'd like to point out publically to my fellow Laurels that you guys 
> are ruining what could be the wildest Arts & Sciences blowout the Kingdom 
> has ever seen!
> If we convince people we need wooing, we could have full body massages while 
> reading docs, with champagne and quail eggs and those little toast things 
> with smoked salmon while artisans display their work with wet bars and 
> chocolate fountains and showgirls wearing nothing but feathers and jewelry 
> and oiled towel boys with sloppy hair and sedated monkeys wearing little SCA 
> outfits all dancing around suggestively like a Kafka-written nightmare when 
> not leading you gently to the vomitorium.
> 
> I'm not ashamed of my dreams!
> 
> : )
> 
> Anyway, all joking aside, yes, most of us became Laurels because we geek out 
> on the very things artisans are working on - we can't help but pay 
> attention, most of the time.
> 
> Her Grace Willow was honestly trying to lend a helping hand, give a few 
> pointers to those who have never displayed before, but she was trying to 
> help, not declare Commandments. If your table has just your favorite 
> drinking mug and your art on it, we will stop by.
> 
> Shame though,... everything is better with monkeys. 
> 
> 
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