Here’s a snapshot of some of my competitors, working their marketing magic right here in my own neighborhood! We are born with the skill set it takes to get noticed. But yelling, singing, and jumping up and down somehow seem less appropriate when walking into a gallery interview.
Navigating the world of marketing
I prefer working with a drawing tool or my sewing machine, but so much of making a living as an artist is marketing myself. I am clumsy and confused when it comes to the virtual world. This post is hopefully the final in a long string of unsuccessful efforts to connect this blog to my facebook page. And, here goes....
Dyeing
Dyeing fabric for the ocean series I am in the early phases of creating. I like the splotchy mottled look I got with these fabrics. I applied my dyes directly to the hanging fabrics using squirt bottle and brushes, then rolled them up in plastic and let them sit for 24 hours.
from Lonesome Whistle Farm
These are just four of the incredible varieties of beans my friends grow on their farm. Yesterday we got the opportunity to help with harvest. It was hard, hot work but somehow calming: stoop, pull, toss, stoop, pull, toss, like a mantra to good food. I would like to do another series of these beans on quilted backgrounds. The first four I made I happily sold almost immediately.
