MGS work on display at the Brown House Museum!

McNeely Garden Studios Goes Historical (....NOT Hysterical)!

'The MGS Girls' went on an outing today, March 6, 2010. We went to the Brown House Museum in Sandersville, GA (Washington County) to see the fruition of the creation of their new Exhibit of Pottery by 1800's Washington County Potters.


We have been priveleged to work with this project for 3 years now. My first experience (Laura in 2007) was a client contacted me to photograph pottery outdoors at a 'secret' location. That's all I knew...over the river and through the woods we went. I was sworn to secrecy. There was so much conversation of the importance of this location's geographical coordinance not be divulged, I almost expected the blind folds to come out at any moment! The truth of the matter is, it is so remote, I couldn't find it again in a million years! Fortunately, it wasn't too scary, as I have known these clients for years. Wonderful, elderly people...I have reflected on that experience ever since and mused at my safety in today's world of Helter Skelter crimes.

Another couple years of negotiations with pottery owners, insurance policies, building and transporting exhibit cases, fine tuning decisions, printing, museum mounts and copy jobs. Finally, the room preparation and heated debates about how to afix displays to the walls without causing damage....wow.

Well, it's finally ready to be viewed and enjoyed!
 
Take a tour around the room at http://www.flickr.com/photos/25117564@N08/sets/72157623442655349/
It was worth the wait. History is FASCINATING!