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		<title>Welcome to spencerknapp.com</title>
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		Hello world! This is the first blog post for the newly created website, spencerknapp.com. My name is Spencer Knapp and I am an emerging artist. I will be showing my work at the Des Moines Art Festival from June 25-28. I will do my best to update you on the current state of my work and what I'm doing. Feel free to browse my galleries for images of my current work.
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		<title>Throwing like crazy</title>
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		Just a quick post for now. I have been throwing like a crazy man! I only have 75lbs left of my porcelain for the show, and I have 4 days left that I have set aside for throwing. A lofty goal no doubt, but I am confident that this weekend I will complete my mission. Then it's on to glazing until the festival! I'm in overdrive, so I won't be updating the site's galleries until the festival begins, and I will update with pics of the festival itself. Thank you for visiting, and I hope to see you in person at the Des Moines Arts Festival on June 25th to June 27th!

Spencer
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		<title>Glazing</title>
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		Hello friends. The festival is now 10 days away and I am madly glazing and finishing work. I unloaded my first glaze fire last night, and was very very happy with the results! I have included a little picture to give you a taste of the pieces that I will have at the festival. I hope to have many more pieces like them! -Spencer
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		<title>Still Glazing...</title>
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		Last night I finished glazing all of the bisqueware. I have a glaze load cooling, and will be unloading it tonight. I then will have probably one more glaze load and be ready for the festival. Then on to pricing and packing. Things are coming together, the festival is 8 days away!! -Spencer
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		<title>Final Preparations</title>
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		Hello all! I wanted to tell everyone what is going on. I have all of the pieces glazed, inventoried, priced, and packed for the show. All of the firings turned out wonderfully, and I have a lot of really beautiful pieces for the festival. The rest of this week I will spend getting the other aspects of the show ready. I look forward to seeing everyone at the festival this coming Friday! -Spencer
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		<title>New Gallery Uploaded!</title>
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		Good news, everyone! My little minions just completed uploading a new gallery of the pieces that I will be showing at the DMAF. I'll be in booth number 9, so please swing by and see these pieces (and more) at my tent.


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		<title>It's here!!!!!</title>
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		The DMAF has finally come upon us. All the time and effort was definitely worth it. I arrived in Des Moines sometime last evening, had fun with friends, and got some sleep for the busy days ahead. If you're at the DMAF, please come by my booth and take a look at my wares. I will be in booth 9 on the Emerging Iowa Artists Row! I hope to see you there! -Spencer
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		<title>And I've Arrived!</title>
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		A huge hello from the beautiful, sunny, and much cooler city of Des Moines, IA! 

I have successfully arrived, and am finally done setting up my booth. I'm about 3 places down from where I was last year, but I feel like my setup is much better. What a difference a year's worth of experience makes!

Now, I'm just waiting for the judges to come by and hopefully award me best in show for the emerging Iowa artists. 

If you're in the Des Moines area, or just up for a beautiful drive and art show, swing by and say hi! I'd love to show off some of my work in person.

--Spencer

PS - Gallery Update!
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		<title>It's over!!</title>
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		Well the weekend came and went in a flurry of activity. The festival started strong and ended strong with some flutters in the mix. Both nights of the festival we had some horrific storms that damaged some other artists' work (I lost one mug), and the days were hot! I would call the Des Moines show a great success, and now it's on to the next one. I will probably not be doing much other than finishing a few pieces for July and most of August. In the end of August I will be starting a post baccalaureate independent study with Liz Smith at the University of Central Arkansas. I'm very excited. Until then, when something interesting comes up or along, I will be sure to post it and keep everyone updated. Thank you for visiting my site, and thank you for coming to the DMAF if you made it last weekend!! -Spencer
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		<title>The In-Between Places</title>
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		Hello friends! I wanted to give you a quick update on what is happening ceramic wise at this point in time. I am going to be working at the University of Central Arkansas this fall with Liz Smith, the ceramics professor. I will be doing an independent study with her. That will begin for me sometime in the middle to end of August. Until then, I am taking a brief hiatus from potting, allowing time for me to get to know my new job at HP better. So it's really a win-win; I'll take a little time off, and in the end get to start an even better stage in my ceramic career! Please feel free to contact me if you're interested in my work, and please visit my galleries to see examples! -Spencer
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		<title>More Pictures are up!</title>
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		Hey, good news! I have finally had a chance to get the pictures from day two of the DMAF. Please, head over to the gallery and check out the new pictures!
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