In July Beth Cavener Stichter is giving a workshop at Baltimore Clayworks and ohhh I wanna go. I really wanna go! Beth Cavener Stichter is well known among the ceramics community and is one of my favorite ceramic artists. I love the idea of being able to learn from her, improve my work, and just pick her brain on her artistic process shes amazing. Unfortunately the workshop is not cheap (and why should it be shes great!) So I am putting some faith in my etsy shop that perhaps I will sell enough to pay for half.
So now I feel like I am back in high school waiting on a boy to call only its etsy not a boy and its not a phone call I am waiting for its person buying my stuff. The waiting for my first sale is killing me! I realize I have already said I need to learn patience and I know I do, but its so hard. I look at the shop and see over 30 people have viewed something and I wonder, why didn't they buy it? I cant help but wait in quiet anticipation checking my esty stats everyday, like I would the answering machine waiting for a boy to call. (OK that's a lie we lived in the dark ages and didn't have an answering machine or cable tv for that matter).
I did learn last year, the hard way, to never count on money from art sales, so even though I want the esty shop to suceed, I am also saving my pennies from work, denying myself sock monkey mittens and yesterday while I was walking Sookie she found 10 dollars! If she keeps finding dead presidents instead of dead birds I will be on a roll!
For anyone interested here is the workshop info, its going to be an awesome one:
http://www.baltimoreclayworks.org/class/mtclasses/spring10/workshops/Ws4_Stitchner.html
Breaking the Silence
2 months ago
A watched pot never boils, so just ignore that Etsy store for a while :) It's just like all of the looky-loos who would traipse through the gallery, touch things and then walk right out. Comes with the territory.
ReplyDeleteI caught Beth Cavener Stichter's exhibit the day it was closing in NYC the other month. Her work is so powerful, it really hits you at a gut level. I had seen some of her early work in DC within the past couple of years...at the Renwick maybe?
Good luck taking the workshop!
Jerry I agree with your Etsy advice--Callie give it some time! People often look and then come back to buy when they have a birthday/event coming up.
ReplyDeleteCan Sookie teach my dogs to find money?
And Beth Cavener Stichter... you know my deep and abiding love for her, lol! Someday I will make it to a workshop by her but sadly it will not be this year. I hope you enjoy it!!!
Sigh I know I need to be patient it is sadly not a virtue of mine lately:) I think I am going to be able to save up and take it but we shall see, if not this year than next time for sure. Vicki I wish you could come with me!
ReplyDeleteI dont know how Sookie found the money at first I thought it was 100 dollars and I was like sweet you just paid for yourself!