Have you heard about London’s Handmade Festival? It’s a series of workshops and events held mainly at the Central Branch of the London Public Library. Darren and I will have a table at the Art Show and Sale on Saturday, May 8th, 2010 and we want your help! We plan to take prints of 8-12 of our photographs and have them available for purchase and viewing in person. What we want to know is:
which images would you like to see up close and personal?
what size do you think is most appropriate for a show of this nature? we’re planning on focusing on 8×10’s {$35} but may take some 5×7’s {$18} as well.
would you be interested in seeing notecards {$4.50}?
what would you like us to give away as a freebie; art magnets? bookmarks? postcards? have another suggestion?
we’re thinking about having a giveaway that you can enter at the festival, what would you like to win? a matted 8×10 print of your choice?
Plan on coming by the art sale? Thinking about purchasing one of our images but you’d like to see it live-and-in-person first? Let us know! That way we’ll be sure to bring that special piece with us, you can reserve it with no obligations. We can even schedule an appointment for you meet us at the show.
Check out the Upcoming Events section in the sidebar to see where we’ll be so we can meet in person.
Elviage Pearl, 8×10 inch photograph framed to 11×14 inches
Wanna see Elviage Pearl up close and personal this week? Maybe even buy a framed print? It will be part of the Art! Phart? sale and fundraiser put on by The ARTS Project here in London at Jim Bob Ray’s. They will be featuring the work of local artists outside of the usual gallery space. Plus there will be a band. Interested? Here’s what you need to know:
We’ve been busy as bees designing a new blog template that looks great with the rest of our photography site. It’s finally starting to look somewhat like the finished product we have in mind and now we want to know what you think. What new features would you like to see? What can we do to make your experience here better? Rest assured there will be a sidebar added on the right. Share all of your constructive criticism and thoughts in the comment section below.
We’re up and running on Poppytalk! Have you heard of them? Poppytalk is:
A monthly online street market curated by Poppytalk to showcase, buy and sell handmade goods of emerging design talent from around the world.
Based in Vancouver, where the olympics are currently being held, this month’s theme is “International Arts + Crafts Fair”. So we’ve stocked our page with lots of lovely images from around Ontario and also one or two from Greece.
Kettle Point #1, 8×10 inch minimalist seascape photograph
Kettle Point #1 has been hangin’ around our studio for a few months now while we’ve been dreaming up something fun to do with it, much like we did with Elviage pearl. And I think we have great idea!
On Tuesday February 16th, 2010 at 5:00 pm EST we’ll be listing Kettle Point #1 in our shop for the absurdly low price of $5. Then, when that first print sells the price will increase to $6, and will continue to go up by $1 each time one is sold. Does that sound like fun or what?
Stay tuned to our blog for more information next week!
Where do you go when you’re looking for a great new version of an old recipe? Lately I’ve been turning to Smitten Kitchen, a great resource for recipes and other food-like how to’s. Plus her photography is gorgeous too, which is a big deal for me.
I think the first thing I ever made from her site were her Cheese Straws, and let me tell you, they were very popular. A wonderful balance of savoury, salty, and slightly hot – a combination I believe that could lead to much tomfoolery when accompanied by a nice stout. Lately I find myself looking at her bread, brownie, and red velvet cake recipes, I can’t wait to try them all!
Where do you turn when you’re looking to put something new on the table?
Have you hear of The Poppies? It’s an award that shows appreciation of the handmade community. Poppytalk, is looking to acknowledge favourite artists and I’m on their list! So hurry over there and (more…)
Getting to know you, getting to know all about you. Getting to like you, getting to hope you like me…
Did you know that today is “Get to Know your Customer Day”? According to Google there are varying dates throughout the year but we’re going to celebrate today. So please, take a few minutes to help us get a better sense of who you are, so we can give you more of what you want, by completing our online survey.
Do you need an incentive? Ok, if you complete our survey and enter your email address in question #10 before February 11th, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST then you’ll be entered to win an 8×10 inch open edition photograph of your choice from our shop.
Elviage Pearl, 8×10 inch modern fine art photograph
I’d love to give everyone a free copy of my new photograph Elviage Pearl. I really would love to, but then I’d have to find another way to make money. Instead I’ve decided to give a free print to (more…)
Have you seen the Art Wall website? It’s a super cute page put together by Katie Stephenson where she highlights various handmade artworks and shows them hanging on a fun virtual wall. You have to go check it out for three reasons (more…)
Saturday, May 8th, 2010 Handmade Festival
The London Central Library
251 Dundas Street
London, Ontario, Canada
11am - 4pm
We'll be there selling our prints. If there's a special piece that you'd like to see in person at the sale then let us know ahead of time and we'll be sure to bring it with us.
June 17 - 27, 2010 VisualFringe
The Arts Project
203 Dundas Street
London, Ontario, Canada
A group exhibition
