tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post1761978708908053327..comments2024-03-28T19:29:34.169-07:00Comments on Idaho Beauty's Creative Journey: Things I've Been Saving To ShareThe Idaho Beautyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post-79497693631344056882015-11-16T19:19:32.801-08:002015-11-16T19:19:32.801-08:00I do think it's good to reflect, to catch one&...I do think it's good to reflect, to catch one's breath and perhaps hit a needed reset button.<br /><br />Hilary, happy to oblige. ;-) Indeed, I've been where you are and am happy that these quotations arrived at a time when you could use them. It's difficult not to doubt one's worth (or rather the worth of what we create) and there's always that thing about "what the market will bear." You've had one trial run with the open studios. I think it gets a little easier with each experience and as you get to know your market better.<br /><br />As for the bit about design from Laura, I just really appreciated that she recognizes how little training art quilters and multi-media artists actually have in design. As she says, it is fairly easy to find classes on technique and with practice, you can adequately learn them. At least over here, there aren't many classes in design being taught at the show venues. Organizers realize there is a need and have teachers who could teach it but the classes simply do not fill like the ones on technique or putting together a specific pattern (at least this is what they were saying a few years ago). But the thing I always go on about is, how or why should I use this or that technique. Just because I can doesn't mean I should. And if I knew more about the basics of design as Laura is focusing on, perhaps those answers would come to me.The Idaho Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post-49580502905124185012015-11-16T03:57:10.730-08:002015-11-16T03:57:10.730-08:00Thank you for such a thought provoking post……..it’...Thank you for such a thought provoking post……..it’s good to reflect isn’t it???The Inside Storihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984299652568523595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post-38255706621438025582015-11-15T00:56:58.145-08:002015-11-15T00:56:58.145-08:00Wow Sheila. Thanks.
I have been sat here browsin...Wow Sheila. Thanks. <br /><br />I have been sat here browsing through Folksy ( much better than Etsy in my view because it's smaller and I'm sure manufactured tat creeps in in Etsy - but I digress) looking at stuff to help me price my work for the first sale next weekend (gulp). And of course that set me off down the " oh, I'm not sure my work is good enough! " path! <br /><br /> Then I read those quotes that you found at the beginning and that has calmed me down. I had a good response from the public at the open studio so why shouldn't I have a good response at the sales.<br /><br />I need to stop procrastinating and just crack on and price for what I think it is worth. <br /><br /> I see you follow Laura Kemshall. She is such a lovely person and I have done several workshops with her. Funnily enough I don't wholly agree with that quote from her. I find that technique can then lead down a design path and I often look at things and think how did they do that ? I think technique can help the design process because if you know the possibilities then you can work with them.<br /><br />Of course, in the quilting world the technique is fairly straightforward and I guess we can all master that fairly quickly with the sewing machine so I suppose the comment she makes is a fair one in the context of art quilts. <br /><br /> Sorry I have been so absent from blogger lately. The day job has been incredibly full on with quite a lot of travelling and between that I am just focused on making, making, making for the sales. Why on earth did I commit to 2? <br /><br />H xx <br /><br />Living to work - working to livehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00355154288430953478noreply@blogger.com