custom beadwork and embroidery (for wedding dresses, keepsakes?, i don't know.) pet portraits?? ha! i would have to charge many dollars. i wonder if anyone would want this service if i put it up on the internets.
i would have to provide some samples and I only have my wedding dress and the art. custom tea-towels? I have made some for friends as gifts. it is fun. what else?
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well, right now it is dirty and crumpled up in plastic bag in the closet. It is white - simple design with a large peacock on the front with an intricate tail that goes all the way down to a very minor train. it was an insane project but it is how I got started doing the fabric based paintings.
FB, I have so many responses to what you wrote...I always thought if you made your images on pillows that they would be kick ass. In fact, I have wanted to commission you to make some - owls and beads on satin. with puffy stuffs. it does not in any way diminish your work in my mind - i just would personally love to have your images around my apartment - but sadly cannot afford to buy your work anymore! i should have stepped up to the plate back when you were nothin'. but i would love some FB pillows. i am sure you could get many people interested in your stuffs. but even if you put all your efforts into getting your own business started - with pillows, decorative wall paintings, pet portraits, handbags, whatever - you would have to jump off and just take a risk at some point. in order to get things up and running - and you would have a period of not knowing whether it would work out, no guarantees, no returns right away, possibly. in some ways it's just as scary as the art thing - but maybe you have more control and there is less of the horrible corrupt bullshit you refer to in your last post. less of a sickening game to play - no one lying and thieving and undermining.
i think all your ideas are great and i can completely understand why you would want to change things. change is good. i personally was disgusted with the city, the art shit, people in general today...but i won't get into that, i am trying to be a better person. WISH ME LUCK!!!
I wasn't trying to be alarmist or not encouraging about your idea....I just hear you say how much you value you security and a regular paycheck and starting a new business is a leap of faith. That's all. I think you should do it, all, and as soon as possible. A happier FB is mucho important.
i just declared a moratorium on myself, but perhaps that will only apply to new posts. right? anyway, I continue to take state of my sitch and I have been thinking about your pillow or home decor dana art suggestion. At first I was thinking no, i could never make them fast enough for it to be worth it. too much work. but maybe I can charge kind of a bunch, branding it as my "art" which it is. I can already think of many shops in the city i could approach and would probably take them. and I could create a store/website online and offer custom work. really the risk is minimum (just my time and the cost of the website which is liek 40 bucks and I would have to create the line - like say 10 different pillows? ). I think a good sized pillow would have to cost close to 200 bucks or more to make it cost effective but people would pay that I bet? i wonder if it needs to be more expensive. It does make me excited to think about launching a new of stuff just to see if anyone cares and if it sells. I bet fred flare would be willing to help me too. babbling, my apologies. oh, i could make "art" tea towels and pillow shams too and table runners. I would LOVE to make this stuff. I am completely bonkers. it goes with my work though ,right? it would make sense I think?
Yes yes yes!!! Totally goes with your work, an authentic extension of it and completely cool. Go FB!!!
mm, thanks for listening to my run-off mania & your support! i appreciate!
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