Profiles of Successful Artists, Crafters and Arts/Crafts Businesses
Profiles of successful artists and crafters. How they got started in the arts/crafts field, the keys to their success and their advice for fellow crafters.
Examples of the American Arts / Crafts Movement
Simple, clean and unpretentious describes the Arts and Crafts Movement. From Stickley's mission-style furniture to Steubens' art glass, check out a few home furnishing examples representative of the movement.
Simple, clean and unpretentious describes the Arts and Crafts Movement. From Stickley's mission-style furniture to Steubens' art glass, check out a few home furnishing examples representative of the movement.
Milan Jewelry Design
Read Milan Jewelry Design owner, Lena Gott's, advice on how to meet customer deadlines, self-promote and handle criticism. Each of these topics affects the non-creative side of running your business. Of the three, in my experience, self-promotion seems to be a major sticking point with artisans.
Read Milan Jewelry Design owner, Lena Gott's, advice on how to meet customer deadlines, self-promote and handle criticism. Each of these topics affects the non-creative side of running your business. Of the three, in my experience, self-promotion seems to be a major sticking point with artisans.
Jewelry Making Success Story
Find out how jewelry maker Tina Tang escaped the corporate world and started her own successful jewelry making business.
Find out how jewelry maker Tina Tang escaped the corporate world and started her own successful jewelry making business.
Alexander Calder
An inspiration to arts / crafts businesses, Alexander Calder invented the mobile but was also very well known as both jewelry maker and sculptor.
An inspiration to arts / crafts businesses, Alexander Calder invented the mobile but was also very well known as both jewelry maker and sculptor.
Craft Artist Profiles
Read about crafters featured on the North Carolina Arts Council website.
Read about crafters featured on the North Carolina Arts Council website.
Rhode Island School of Design Artist Profiles
Read about talented Rhode Island School of Design alumni, how they have made their way since graduation and what typical day in the life of arts / crafts designer is like.
Read about talented Rhode Island School of Design alumni, how they have made their way since graduation and what typical day in the life of arts / crafts designer is like.
Todd Reed
Todd Reed's name is synonymous with the raw diamond jewelry industry. Find out more about this pastry maker who turned into a jewelry making icon.
Todd Reed's name is synonymous with the raw diamond jewelry industry. Find out more about this pastry maker who turned into a jewelry making icon.
Craft Cove - Handcrafted Jewelry from Australia by Jenny Lawson
Useful advise from a home-based jewelry designer, Jenny Lawson, who sells her designs both online and in retail shops.
Useful advise from a home-based jewelry designer, Jenny Lawson, who sells her designs both online and in retail shops.