what about selling ... ?

Aaaaah ...

this is a difficult story ...

Just a few days ago I decided 

NOT to participate 

in this year's Christmas market in our village.

It was a tough decision because I enjoyed 

it very much, these last two years.

It was fun : 

thinking about what to make

meeting all those people

and talk about making one's art

and selling it.

But all this has a down side too.

 I LOVE to make the different things for the market :

it may be felt, quiltlets, drawings, paintings,

(I like a lot of different techniques)

but

I HATE making my art

as if I'm working on a production line in a factory !

That really is no fun for me !

But at the same time this is the whole problem 

when participating to markets !!!

When people come to you and tell how lovely an item is ...

if ... it was just :

blue instead of green ...

purple instead of red ...

a bit bigger ...

a bit smaller ...

a bit different shape ...

(and so on)

So :

no more market for me this year !

Will I stop making art ?

Another NO

I can't stop being creative !

And I hardly ever think about selling when I'm busy.

But if there ever is something you really would like to "have"

......

just send me an email 

and we probably can work out something together !
I'm willing to take commisssions too

;-)

*

These two little friends were just adorable

(though big brown brother doesn't seam so pleased to share his throne)

*

These are some really old drawings I found

(while cleaning through clutter of old times)

I made them for our classroom door

when I was working with pre-schoolers :

our koala class bear was the main character

each time we started a new theme to work on

"autumn"

           "measuring"              and            "floating and sinking"

      

"the doctor"

and :  "friends" !

These were good memories when I found them again today  ;-)

I'll bring them to my friend and old colleague Ada

so she can use them again for the children

(they are about 50 x 65 cm each)