Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi all,
I was inspired by a thread yesterday about knitting, to start a craft or making thread to see what people on here like to craft or make. I like to bead/make jewellery, the type I make is sewn out of seed beads, into a variety of patterns. Included are some photos of my latest piece, a necklace which took 12 hours! Please feel free to share your craft/hobby and a picture of your latest/favourite make if you wish.
I am not sure if these will show up, but here goes......I work with wax, clay, acrylics and gold and copper wax paint, with glass fragments, mirror fragments.
This is not something I’ve ever tried but it looks really interesting, I really like the effects that you’ve made. Have you made many pieces like this?
I have a lot of different pieces, I am running out of studio space in fact, this particular style is more recent. I do have a website as well as shops on RedBubble, Saatchi and so forth. After decades of experimenting I do sell the odd work now and then now
Yes, it is. Unless you have a Name, in which case you could deface a canvas and sell it for thousands
It’s such a shame, when we put so much time into creating something that people expect to buy it for next to nothing! Actually it’s downright insulting!
When it comes to.Art, there can be some very strange attitudes. With any other kind of labour, no.one would expect to have something for nothing. Not even if it is a cheap and nasty mass-produced clone.
If you were doing.anything other than jewellery I would recommend print on demand sites such as Red Bubble. Then again, recently I pulled all my work.out of a cooperative art gallery after they put the rent up and wanted it three monthly. I only ever sold the odd thing there for peanuts. He didn't mind reminding me that without a Name it would be difficult to ask for more than peanuts.
With Etsy you keep.paying the rent too.
This piece certainly looks worthy of being sold. It’s good that you manage to sell a few pieces. I used to do craft fairs to sell my jewellery and had a shop on Etsy but people tend to want something for nothing and I wasn’t covering my costs so now I just make jewellery as a hobby.