Outside the studio
I’m reminded how much I can learn about what I do when I’m not doing it. Yesterday we visited studios in the Asheville River Arts District. We went in all kinds of studios - pottery, glass, encaustic, painting. Seeing their work spaces was fascinating and hearing artists, all kinds of artists, talk to clients was hugely interesting. I saw the hard sell, the soft sell, the bored sell, and I got sold to once or twice :) Most of all, I was reminded that there are as many ways to show work as to make it — each as individual as the artist. Today I did internet research, something I don’t take time to do at home. It takes time to pick through sites and find the useful stuff. Definitely worthwhile though. I guess studio time is about being SO in our own head that it can be too much of a good thing. Stepping out helps.
