The 31st Frankfurt Easter Market from March 7th to 8th, 2015 was once again a crowd puller with 65 exhibitors. Long before the opening, many visitors crowded in front of the cash registers.
At 11 a.m. sharp on Saturday, the only thing left was to clear the way and suddenly it was like a final sale. A glassblower and a woodworker are represented with me in the actually large anteroom. But the space suddenly became very tight. Visitors crowded in front of every stand to first check out what was on offer. The crowd of visitors then moved on towards the next exhibitors. A steady stream of guests moved through the exhibition and continued until late afternoon.
Many questions wanted to be answered regarding chair wicker and my basketry. And it was always said: Yes, everything is produced in-house. I don’t have any purchased goods.
It went on like this all Saturday and then the drama was repeated on Sunday. It’s amazing how many visitors this market attracts from near and far. You hear many different languages such as English, French, Spanish, etc. and yet you know how to communicate.
Every now and then I was asked that I had only recently been read about in the newspaper and whether that was me.
That’s actually true; namely here: Streifzug: Special supplement to the Wetterauer Zeitung
People thought it was great that after 30 years I had found my way back to the profession I had learned, basket making, etc. So I can be a little proud of my decision.
It was also interesting to hear a comment from a visitor who said that my basketry was quite expensive. Without further ado, I told him that he could also buy his basket from a well-known furniture store (although I personally have absolutely nothing against the furniture store).
But some people seem to have no idea of the work, time and costs involved in producing basketry from Germany:
- the willows must be procured and transported to me
- Selecting the pastures takes time
- you need water to soak the willow (unfortunately drinking water when it’s frosty)
- Braiding takes time
- Lights, heating and rent need to be paid
- and there should still be some money left over
You would like to ask whether the person is willing to work for it.
Luckily, comments like this about my oh-so-expensive basketry are the absolute exception. 99.9% appreciate my work and it is worth it to them. Because many a basket has found its owner.
During the two market days I had a chair with me that had the seat rewoven. A young woman stood in front of me and asked whether the chair was from Langensellbold. I was able to answer that in the affirmative and it turned out that she had previously owned this chair as a desk chair and her mother had commissioned it to be repaired. There are things…
These are just two stories on the sidelines of the two eventful market days. It has once again been confirmed that the Easter market in the Dominican monastery in Frankfurt has developed into a traditional market that I am happy to be a part of. The organizers always make you feel welcome, you always receive a warm welcome and with my work I can do something to ensure that the net proceeds from the market benefit the German Multiple Sclerosis Society Hessen e.V.
That’s why I’m already looking forward to the autumn market, which starts on October 31st. – November 1st, 2015.
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