Q: I have two more questions left from your “Guts, Grits & Lipstick” workshop. So you must be happy right? But then it’s back to, and I quote, “Lynne, you ask crappy questions.”
Eric: What? I have to answer this? Okay. You do ask good questions—well, sometimes.
Not funny.
Q from GGL: What would be your dream project and Why?
Eric: Did I approve this question?
Yes, you did. You approved ALL 10 of their questions.
Okay, well, maybe I would wish for a collaboration with my wife. But she is not a basketmaker.
Hey, you can come on over to my side, and paint with me at any time for a collaboration. You know it’s not always about the baskets!
Ah… people reading this would totally disagree. It is about the baskets.
Q from GGL: How do you determine the time it takes for a class basket?
Eric: It’s tricky. Just years of experience and a lot of guessing and comparing it to other baskets and sometimes I count the number of weaves and the size of the materials to estimate it—because I can’t go by my time because it’s very different when you have 12 students which is typical at a convention.
Q: So… you didn’t really answer their question from two weeks ago… “Have you taught your wife to weave a basket?” I want to hear about this experience. BTW, remember, it was twice…
Eric: Yes. The class she took with my mother and the class in Chicago.
Yes. What about it?
To be honest, I didn’t give her much attention because she was not a paying customer! So she’s last on the totem pole. But honestly, I don’t think she has any interest in baskets.
Q: What aggravated you this week?
Eric: Hmmm… I have to think. There has to be something. Usually I can answer this right away. Okay, I have one: the tree limb that took out our badminton net during yesterday’s storm.
