Craft Show Explorer Gifts

'Free Coffee' and 'Hand Crafted Mugs, $15.'

The Vineyard

Party Animals.

The Origami Society...

'And if you can't find the microbrew you're looking for here, you might want to try our other store: Microbrews C to E.'

Trade Show Sherpas

The Rise of Modern Art

Freaks of nature exhibit.

"Someone switched off the freezer...it's melted."

"It's a great work!"

'I had a cough at the time!'

After three days the curator decided it was probably upside down.

'Mummy' clocking into to work

"Have we looked as though we know what it is, for long enough yet?"

'I didn't choose art. Art chose me!'

'I can't tell the kitch from the schlock any more.'

Visitor at an art exhibiton admiring a gallery notice.

Haunted museum

Memorials of The Great Exhibition - 1851. No. V. - Theatrical depression.

'...And here's one of the artist's earliest paintings.'

Homes for sale - some assembly required.

'I call it 'No Admittance'.'

Modern Art 'D Hirst' and 'A Nutter'

"Why? Because without documentation, this would be lost to history."

Mrs. Jarley at the pay-place

Memorials of The Great Exhibition - 1851. No. X. - A delicate attention.

'As I understand it, he has a whole other workshop in Hong Kong where they make all that electronic stuff.'

Memorials of The Great Exhibition - 1851. No. IV. - Wonderful objects.

'It occurs every fall, sir.'

"This is incredible! I thought Amelia Earhart was dead."

Spider Exhibit. It says spiders can have hundreds of children at the same time. No wonder they climb the walls! (Published originally on July 23, 2002.)

Declaration of Independence. Legend has it that John Hancock signed his name extra large to annoy King George. The quill must have come from a mocking bird!

'Imagine the damage he could have done as a corporate accountant...'

"The catalogue's no help, it just says 'we haven't a clue either'."

'Let's make this one the biggest one ever.'