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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 10392395, member: 5833"]The crafts show scene in New York City was already much in decline when CoViD hit us, now pretty well gone, but there used to be many shows each year & I saw Harriet at them often. </p><p><br /></p><p>One time I stopped by her booth while she was being harangued by a woman who evidently had bought one of Harriet's silver necklaces, then ruined the patination through over-polishing. Harriet was trying to explain that the 'tarnish' was deliberate & to clarify just what it was that this woman wanted now to satisfy her. In between all this Harriet got out the necklace that had attracted my attention & left me to examine it. When she was finally able to turn her attention to me, she was surprised that I had figured out how to work the clasp by myself, explained it was her own design. She was correct that it is very easy to work once you have the hang of it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 10392395, member: 5833"]The crafts show scene in New York City was already much in decline when CoViD hit us, now pretty well gone, but there used to be many shows each year & I saw Harriet at them often. One time I stopped by her booth while she was being harangued by a woman who evidently had bought one of Harriet's silver necklaces, then ruined the patination through over-polishing. Harriet was trying to explain that the 'tarnish' was deliberate & to clarify just what it was that this woman wanted now to satisfy her. In between all this Harriet got out the necklace that had attracted my attention & left me to examine it. When she was finally able to turn her attention to me, she was surprised that I had figured out how to work the clasp by myself, explained it was her own design. She was correct that it is very easy to work once you have the hang of it.[/QUOTE]
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