Anytime I've shown my work, whether it's retail, an art market, a community/farmer's market, or when I opened my Etsy shop, I get great feed back. I also get a lot of ideas, inspire other people, and meet lots of strangers. It's a nice time overall; however, the point of my participation in these events is to sell my work. All but this last time, and I'm blaming the rain, I've sold one piece. Just one at each venue/event. It's better than selling none, I have to say, but even selling two pieces would make me feel better. I'm tired of looking at this stuff. Sorry, but that's the honest truth. Most of it's been around for two years and I have no place to store it.
Right now, I feel like I'm done with the market scene. Another artist gave me an idea that I'd much prefer - if you can't buy, let's trade! I love art, and not just my own. I've traded with a classmate a few years ago, and would love to trade with anyone who's got something I'm interested in - a finished work or supplies, or something functional. The vendor set up next to me at the last event had beautiful crab and oyster shell paintings. She said she'd trade, but the rain - lovely, cooling rain - had her run for cover and like most vendors, she never really got back on track.
I was planning on recycling all of my cans next time the recycle truck came around and we've got an empty bin; however, now I'm thinking I can just cut the tops and bottoms off all the cans I really like and save the middles to make metal sculptures. By cutting the cans with an X-acto knife I can do much more detailed work, and either use glue or rivets (depending on the piece) to hold things together. Plus, storing flat metal is much easier than round cans.
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