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.
yay i managed to post pics by squashing size down thanks for that
Thank you.
I enjoy the challenge of solving the problems to get them built to a good standard for the least money. (I have huge guilt issues with spending money frivolously).
and finally paracord knots
try again with my pics these are things ive made
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.
I think your boats are really good. You must get a massive sense of satisfaction when you complete one, especially as you build them so quickly. Also, it’s nice to have something aesthetic to do away from the mundaneness of life
I did a post on here 21 days ago under miscellaneous and chat asking about photos, I got loads of good advice
community.autism.org.uk/.../does-anyone-else-have-difficulties-posting-photos-on-here
Should have worked then.
was it less than 1000 x 1000 width x height?
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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
I did them as a child - but was limited in funds back then so never had the boats I wanted.
I got back into them about 10 years ago. I get the models from people who buy them, read the instructions and get frightened by the complexity, put them in the loft for a couple of years and then finally stick them on ebay.
There's a lot of work and thousands of parts to make - all from sheet materials and strips of wood & styrene - and the glue is a bit heady.
I build them, play with them (to get good photos) and then sell them on - which pays for the next one with a little profit.
What you see there is 4 days work. I'm very efficient (typical AS trait) as lots of people would take months or years to get to this stage.
Pictures - I reduce down until they are about 1000 pixels on the longest side - no point being any bigger to display on a web page. The file size will depend on the colours and detail of the image.
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?
That looks like it took a lot of time and skill! How long have you been building them for? What made you get into building them?