FUSION OF IRON & EARTH
  • home
  • Gallery
  • Meet the Artist
  • Shows, Exhibits & Galleries
  • Request for Custom Work
  • Blog

Finding my "Art on a Stick"

9/25/2018

0 Comments

 
It’s an unflattering term artists use to describe the one piece of production art that’s sole purpose is to drive volume sales. It pays the gas bills, hotel, show space etc. - A necessary evil for the fine art purveyor.
My least expensive piece in my booth start at $45; too much for the impulse shopper. I needed something small, simple, desirable....worthy of an art show, yet affordable.
Some background, I have been using my clay Birds (aka glaze testers) to decorate my tables. At least once a show someone would tell me I should sell them (“Bingo!" Inside joke for other show artists). However, they were too simple. I needed to amp them up. During the Royal Oak show I was discussing this with a friend. I had built a bird nest out of scrap electrical wire for a metal and fused glass sculpture. I came up with the idea of combining the wire nests and my clay birdies. I debuted them at Art and Apples art fair and sold 3.  I sold the other 8 at Funky Ferndale art show. Considering the time and repetition that goes into the series, I now understand why “art on a stick” has negative connotation in the art world. Making a few was fun. Making a dozen is mind-numbing. The opposite of what i expect from making art. I want my art to stimulate my mind, create challenges, push my paradigms..... so will I make more? Mostly likely, no. I’m just not an "art on a stick" kinda girl.
Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    December 2019
    September 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    September 2018
    October 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

  • home
  • Gallery
  • Meet the Artist
  • Shows, Exhibits & Galleries
  • Request for Custom Work
  • Blog