[Woodcarver] My BH&G "Experience"

[GlendaKAllen at aol.com]

 Well a Harty Congrats Teri!! Makes me nvers at the thought of haveing to do 
an interview who know's maybe i'll get my Dill Pickle Santa in Better Homes 
and Gardens'!!
Glenda

Glenda Allen
Artist
Your Welcome to visit some of my art at:
http://www.picturetrail.com/glendakallen









In a message dated 5/18/2004 5:48:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
rhc511 at fiam.net writes:
Teri,

We are all patiently awaiting "The Word" on how you dazzled the Better Homes
& Gardens people on Monday.   Don't keep us in suspense!!!


Dick Carter   rhc511 at fiam.net   From the Manadnock Area of NH
http://www.picturetrail.com/cartersstuff

Whew.   I don't know about dazzle, but....Yesterday's BH&G visit was a flurry 

of activity, from 9 in the morning til just after 4 in the afternoon.    
[It's Tuesday night, and I'm just beginning to get my breath back a little.   

"Terrified" isn't strong enough to describe my own demeanor that morning.    
My 
"hero of the day" was without a doubt Bill - my dear friend, whose basement 
has 
become my new studio/home for now.    Bill met them at the door, talked with 
them a bit (WARNING them of the nutcase with knives inside, no doubt!), and 
ran 
a beautiful interference from beginning to end.] 
 
Most of the day was a nervous blur at the time – but a day later, I’m 
beginning to relax enough to think back on the experience and realize what it 
really 
held.
 
The cast of characters included a photographer, his assistant, and two 
"writer/set coordinators".    They brought along a past copy of the BH&G 
Santa Claus 
book to give me a feel for how the book is done.     They were all quite 
gracious and gentle, actually – and as the day wore on, some very positive 
connections happened.  I love it when souls collide in spite of (or along 
with) the 
work at hand, and you get to glimpse inside and look around a bit.  That was 
a 
very cool bonus for me.
 
I was able to get a few new fellows finished by then - and borrowed some of 
my carvings back from private collectors and the RTB gallery - so there was a 

decent number for them to choose from/use.     The whole day was spent “
staging”
 various shots – choosing and arranging props and carvings, testing for “
feel
” and proper lighting, fixing, re-testing, shooting.      As nervous as I was 

to be in this situation, they were equally skillful at keeping the “focus” 
on the shots, all the while weaving comfortable questions and conversation 
about my work and art in general around it.   
 
I learned as much about them as they did me….and certainly learned a great 
deal FROM them.  They used some of my own favorite things – my collection of 
old 
wooden trunks, old books, etc. – as backgrounds and props.  It made me smile 
when one of them mentioned the natural flow it seemed to show between what I 
do and what I am.   What better affirmation can an artist be given, really?   

Wow.   How lucky am I?
 
I can’t say I’d want to face this sort of thing very often – I’m just not 
that good around people to bear it well.   But I am without a doubt honored 
to 
have had the experience.  
 
I haven’t any real details about how the story will be written, or when the 
book is due out.   I assume I’ll hear more as it progresses, but then again, 
I 
may not :-)
 
Teri 
 

"Santas for the Soul"
by Folk Artist Teri Embrey
http://www.teriembrey.com

"The remarkable thing about this gift of ours is that it has its rise, I am 
convinced, in the very woes which beset us . . . it is our emotional 
salvation." ~ J.R. Fauset
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