Sometimes, when we enter into a small art business, we think “Hey, I’ve got this great idea.” We create our art, put together a dazzling display, take it to a show, and then, lo and behold, you find someone two booths down is doing the same thing as you!
Maybe the material is different or [...]
Archive for the ‘Developing a line of work’ Category
Tuesday’s Business: Know the Competition
Posted in Business, Creativity, Developing a line of work, Inspiration, Networking, Opportunity, Self-confidence, tagged Business, business plans, competition on August 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Perceptions or “That wasn’t what I expected”
Posted in Creativity, Developing a line of work, Favorite stuff, Opportunity, tagged art, Expectations, Panera, perceptions on July 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Have you ever noticed how you form an image in your mind on how something will look based solely on a description? And then when said “thing” appears, you say “That’s not what I expected.”
That has happened twice today.
I ordered the Tomato and Mozzarella salad for lunch at Panera. Here is the description: [...]
Tuesday’s Business: Define Your Art
Posted in Business, Developing a line of work, Favorite stuff, Opportunity, Self-confidence, tagged Business, business plans, define your art, focus on July 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Last week we discussed writing goals as part of your business or dream into action plan. This week the focus is on defining your art.
As artists we often find ourselves working in many mediums; we like a little collage, we like wire, we like fabric and fiber, beads, paints, etc, etc. Bruce Baker [...]
Tuesday’s Business
Posted in Business, Developing a line of work, Education, Opportunity, tagged Alyson Stanfield, Business, business plans, dreams, goals, SBA on July 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
With a second year of blogging now underway, I decided to start a weekly post about business. Specifically, running a small business as a self-employed artist. Perhaps I’ll share some information that is new to you, perhaps I’ll put a different spin on information that may be familiar to you. Either way, [...]
Synergy Review Day Three-Design
Posted in Creativity, Developing a line of work, Education, Finding a voice, Inspiration, Networking, Opportunity, Self-confidence, art, tagged Design, Gwen Bernecker, intent, Karen Woods, Robert Dancik, Style on February 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
On Saturday, our last day at Synergy, I woke up with a cold; a scratchy throat and irritated sinuses. Oh Yipee! On the way to the convention center we detoured to Walgreens for Zicam, cough drops, and water.
The third and final day of Synergy focused on design, with a special emphasis on personal style.
My morning session was [...]
Synergy Review Day Two-Business
Posted in Business, Creativity, Developing a line of work, Education, Inspiration, Networking, Opportunity, tagged Business, Sara Shriver, Polymer Clay Express, Polka Dot Creations, Kato Polyclay on February 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When I travel, I never know what to expect when it comes to the quality of a hotel bed. Some are very soft; others rather hard. The beds at the Tremont Plaza were a pleasant surprise, in my opinion; comfortably soft and supportive, lots of pillows, and a big, fluffy duvet.
So on Friday I awoke [...]
Random New Work
Posted in Creativity, Developing a line of work, Favorite stuff, Inspiration, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Spirituality, art, tagged new art on November 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
There is light at the end of the tunnel and it isn’t a train ready to knock me over. I deliver work to the Brookline Arts Center tomorrow for their annual Crafts Showcase. Then I have a few small items to deliver to a local gallery and two remaining wholesale orders to ship.
Here are a [...]
New BS
Posted in Amy's Art, Art Dolls, Creativity, Developing a line of work, Finding a voice, Inspiration, Mixed Media, Sculpture, art, tagged faces, heads, new art, sculpting, wine bottle stoppers on October 17, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Bottle stoppers (BS) that is.
Wine bottle stoppers are among my best selling wholesale products. However, I’ve become a little bored with the standard designs I’ve offered for the last 1 1/2 years. Now that I’m sculpting I wanted to try and combine faces/heads with the stoppers.
At first I thought of creating a stopper made entirely from [...]
Post Show Ruminations
Posted in Artists, Creativity, Developing a line of work, Education, Networking, Opportunity, Self-confidence, Style, art, tagged Art shows on October 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m back home after a wonderful weekend as an exhibitor at the Paradise City Arts Festival. Typically, for me, the days after a long weekend show are spent sleeping, unpacking, calling in credit card purchases, catching up on email, and resetting my “get your butt in the chair” clock to work again in the studio.
It is [...]
Meet Mesmeralda
Posted in Art Dolls, Creativity, Developing a line of work, Favorite stuff, Finding a voice, Humor, Inspiration, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Style on October 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Her original name was to be “Goth Girl.” As she started to come together, I heard ”Mesmeralda, because I mesmerize you with my eyes” followed by a little laugh.
Meet Mesmeralda, her friend BB (best bud) and Kat-cat. They are long time friends. Their favorite quote is
A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a [...]
-
-
-
On Amy's Bookshelf
Archives
Categories
- Amy's Art
- art
- Art Date
- Art Dolls
- Artists
- Auras
- Balance
- Blogging
- Bolton Artisans Guild
- book review
- Business
- Canes
- CED 2008
- Celtic history
- Chakras
- Collage
- Creativity
- Developing a line of work
- Education
- Environment
- Eric Maisel
- Favorite stuff
- Finding a voice
- Friday Folly
- Goddesses
- Humor
- Inspiration
- Intuition
- John McQueen
- Joseph Cornell
- Michael Palin
- Mixed Media
- Monty Python
- Museums
- Music
- Nature
- Networking
- Opportunity
- Quotable Monday
- Quotes
- Science
- Sculpture
- Self-confidence
- Shakti Gawain
- Spirituality
- Style
- Tour de France
- Uncategorized
- Vacation
- Whales
-
Pages
-
-
Meta
-
