Will Be A While For That Tile
I’m working a booth at a pop-up art fair selling handmade ceramic tiles with painted quotes and designs. A fairgoer walks over and picks one up.
Customer: “This is cute, but can you do it in white marble instead?”
Me: “No, sorry, these are all handmade from clay, each one is fired and glazed in our little workshop.”
Customer: “But I saw something just like this at Restoration Hardware.”
Me: “Well, theirs are machine-stamped. These were made by an 83-year-old woman named Dot who listens to jazz and swears at the kiln.”
Customer: “So… no white marble?”
Me: “No, but she’s been known to bedazzle a few if she’s had wine.”
She did not buy tiles, but we felt it was no great loss.
