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tapestries and the bent wood furniture designed by Aalto, the Finnish architect. On an average day, I entered a dozen or more ateliers, museums, private homes, factories. I could not begin to estimate the number of conferences with artists, craftsmen and collectors. Intending to go north from Hamburg to Copenhagan, I mistakenly boarded a southbound train for Berlin; I remember thinking, frantically, "I've lost at least six hours." I also lost my prettiest hand loomed scarf to Pablo Picasso, who simply appropriated it in Paris. Back in San Francisco. I would be in my studio in the early morning and in my office on Treasure Island, site of the Exposition, until the early hours of the next morning. And it was all eminently worthwhile. I see it as a milestone, a highly condensed education, and the event that brought me into international circles or arts and crafts.
The reason for the rush, in a nutshell, was