Are you concerned that you’re not getting sales? Wondering why you get views but no one seems interested? I may be able to tell you why. I went to the Jewelry section of the Handmade Artists’ Shop and perused the first 12 or 13 pages of photos. Just for kicks, I decided to show some [...]
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In its modern form, mosaic means a mixture or montage, a design created by a composite of shapes; but its ancient beginnings are of function and design. Around 3000 B.C., mosaic designs were created with clay cones imbedded, point first, into columns of the Stone Cone Temple in Urak, in Mesopotamia. This ancient cone mosaic [...]
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The weather’s turning nicer all the time; summer is coming! You think, “I’ve been to all these arts and crafts festivals and everyone seems to do so well. I should do an arts and crafts show – after all, my things are just as good – no, better – than those other people. I’ll make [...]
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My name is Sandi Levy; they tell me I am a fiber artist. I have a very difficult time owning that term. Although I understand that what I do takes a modicum of creative ability, I have trouble with the “artist” part of the phrase. Perhaps ‘fiber obsessive’ would work better! My mediums are [...]
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Last summer Timothy Adam, Editor from Handmadeology, posted this question: Why do you create? I submitted my story and July 11, 2011, it was on the Handmadeology website. This is my story…. A few weeks ago, I received a message from a client requesting a pair of simple earrings to match the bracelet she purchased. [...]
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March 2012 By Beverley Start As an artist the question I get asked the most is “Where do you get your inspiration?” I always spend lots of time surfing the interweb, perusing the library shelves, and searching anywhere really for that ever-elusive “hit” of inspiration. I usually don’t have to surf that far to find [...]
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