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Wearing Your Art On Your Sleeve
Wearing Your Art On Your Sleeve
Jane Barden
Potter
I am a potter, specifically a hand builder. My hands are the main tool in my work. I create functional and non-functional pieces.
Close to twenty-five years ago I opened my studio after studying ceramics at St. Clair County Community College. Living under the canopy of the forest I find my inspiration in the natural settin
Jane Barden
Potter
I am a potter, specifically a hand builder. My hands are the main tool in my work. I create functional and non-functional pieces.
Close to twenty-five years ago I opened my studio after studying ceramics at St. Clair County Community College. Living under the canopy of the forest I find my inspiration in the natural setting around me. You can’t get closer to nature than working hands on with the earth itself. I love the flexibility of the clay. The challenges and options...
Wearing Your Art On Your Sleeve
Wearing Your Art On Your Sleeve
Wearing Your Art On Your Sleeve
7/12/21 by Jeanne Burris Johnson
Showing your work in only one place is kind of like getting a new tattoo on your right butt cheek. The amount of people who will see your cool new tat is extremely limited. If you put a tattoo on your arm, the number of people who see it greatly increases.
~Jeanne-ism
Finding success in selling art, getting
7/12/21 by Jeanne Burris Johnson
Showing your work in only one place is kind of like getting a new tattoo on your right butt cheek. The amount of people who will see your cool new tat is extremely limited. If you put a tattoo on your arm, the number of people who see it greatly increases.
~Jeanne-ism
Finding success in selling art, getting commissions, or becoming familiar to potential customers as an artist greatly depends on people seeing your art and knowing where to buy it. In days past, the only way an artist could become successful was to be picked up by a gallery or a benefactor. Galleries worked as middlemen between the artist and the collector. Gallerists would learn what collectors wanted in art and find artists that fit that mold. Collectors in turn would frequent said gallery and get first pick of the new work. A benefactor was someone who took a gamble on an artist and supported them so they could create important art.....