some little things

I thought I might show you a few of the little things I had for purchase on my table at the market last weekend.  A few hand stitched brooches made from wool, silk & linen:

Little girl hair clips (I actually started making these as a party favours...these were leftover from my youngest's birthday party). I sold more clips than anything else. Those which didn't sell have been claimed by my girls, which is nice. As far as this design goes I probably won't make them en masse again :)



And then I bound a few A6 note books using a simple pamphlet stitch and linen thread. Peter took some higher res images (collaged below) of my work which we had printed for the covers, with one image per notebook cover.

I also had the original work for sale. I'll post some of the better images of my work in non-collage form soon (soon for me can mean next week or so...).



So...

It was good to work towards a deadline, I enjoyed the feeling of accomplishment and it certainly helped keep me motivated.

I'm not sure whether making lots of small things that don't necessarily represent my work (as enjoyable as that might be at the time) was of benefit. I have so little free time as a mum of young children to do my art. I feel I should put my energy into things that make my heart sing the strongest, but I did it anyway and it's done :)

My art work / medium is fairly labour intensive...I'm not sure if a market is somewhere I can sell things at a self-respecting or medium-respecting price. I suppose it depends on the market and the day.

I loved seeing the different vendors and variety of work there.

It was a super supportive environment.

I loved that by being there I was, in a small way, helping to support Rehoboth Children's Home.

Peter was super supportive. Super, super supportive. And not just passively. He really wanted me to do this and it showed in his actions.

The kids thought it was pretty cool too (especially the shopping at other vendors part).

I've been toying with the idea of resurrecting my etsy shop. Extra funds would definitely help fund materials for the illustration work I'll be doing with Grasa Mesak. It is self-funded and not for material (pun kind of intended...) or worldly gain. Any books that are sold in Australia will go towards publishing books and distributing books for free in Timor-Leste.

As for the future of myself and markets...we will see what happens :)

It's good to keep an honest record of these thoughts. It is. What are your thoughts on selling art at markets? I'd love to hear your insight and experiences.