Here's the dish:
While not everything is 'up there', there is enough to see what Studio 206 is all about, and more will be added a couple times each week, so stay tuned. There's also a section where you can request items. So for all you fans out there, find your PayPal number and start shopping! Christmas is in what, 80 days?
Studio 206 started after a class in stained glass when I started making picture frames and little angels. Along with some pendants made with techniques learned in the class, I frantically made enough merchandise for the local craft fair. The rest is history. This fall is my 8th anniversary, and I've moved from stained glass picture frames (they were pretty cool!) and custom windows to silversmithing and set stones. There was even a detour into pastel painting (I'll be back to that one for sure after the holiday season!).
Along the way there have been an amazing group of people who have become regular customers. To think that they like the results of my tinkering enough to request custom pieces is so affirming. There have been stained glass windows for a restaurant and several homes, jewelry for several bridal parties, a couple mother-of-the-brides, proms, and Christmas gifts. Even a retail store joined in the fray and regularly bought jewelry to display. My paintings made it into a couple shows this summer, even winning an award at an international exhibit in Tacoma, Washington. A gallery in St. Louis hosted an open house featuring my pastels in September, and I've even sold a couple of them.
So the next chapter has begun, and I've already made my first internet sale. Everything I read says that the Internet is the next venue for art sales. For people in my generation (yes, my birthday was yesterday! I'm now officially in my forties) who phoned a store and then went to look at things in person, this is a little weird. But I started this blog, have a website for my paintings, and now a cyber venue for my jewelry.
It's very enervating, and a lot has happened in 8 years...
...but I'm still waiting for the day when I see my jewelry on a complete stranger.
Thanks to everyone who has supported me in the past, and an advanced thanks to the customers-yet-to-be.
Pastel (and whatever) Guy
3 comments:
Hi Matthew, happy birthday. If you are now officially in your 40's I think we must have been born in the same year. I am hoping to celebrate my fortieth in a big way at the end of the year. I hope you enjoyed yours. Kay
Congrats on your success! Hopefully this is just the beginning of something really cool. And happy birthday, as well!
Thanks for visiting my blog -- interesting comment you made about the Junie B. Jones books. I will have to consult my daughters, both of whom are teachers (one for seventh/eighth grade math/science) and the other elementary. Your artwork is beautiful, in particular your watercolors. I'll be following your blog routinely!
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