Zurich and Lausanne September 22023

Hi,

Today was a travel day with two stops. We hopped on the bus at about 9 am and off we went.

The first stop was at Galerie SO where we spent an hour plus. We were supposed to only be there an hour but our next gallery stop in the same town was closed when we went by. But on the way we ran into a wonderful outdoor market.

Galerie SO where the lady is standing.

Felix Flury owner of Gallery SO

Bernhard Schobinger show

I love this piece

Clothesline with drip of water

Andi Gut's work

A variety of jewelers

Back room with various jewelers

Upstairs with Felix Fleury's work- he also was educated as a jeweler and is very clever

Here is the market we discovered on our way to the other gallery which was closed.

Along the way there was also this violinist. He added a lot to the scene

Today was Monument Day in the town and there were lots of them. It is such a charming town.

Then we went on our way to Esther Brinkmann's studio where she and her husband had planned a lunch for us as well as a show of Esther's work. It is impossible to really understand the beauty and variety of objects at work in this place but I have tried to give you a dose. Try to expand your imagination to fill in the gaps. The whole experience there also included a meeting of a group of local jewelry collectors called the Magpies. There were 5 of them there and the woman who started it in the 1980s gave us a brief history of their group. Then I gave a brief history of AJF and Elizabeth talked a bit about her program at a school in Geneva.