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How to set up an outdoor booth
At the last Queen West Art Crawl, a neighbouring artist came by to my booth and started looking around. She explained that she wanted to see how we hung up the grids. We explained that we used zip ties, but I couldn’t help but feel sorry for her as I was certainly in a situation…
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New things to think about for an outdoor art exhibit
I finally finished up my last prints and cards for my upcoming Queen West Art Crawl 2025 exhibit. I’ve previously written about all the takeaways from my first exhibit here and there are things I’ve thought about the second time around that are changes from my previous time. So there you have it, the next…
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Ergonomics of Doing Art
While doing the arduous task of cutting around 60 matboards for my limited edition prints and original works, I thought about little tweaks to make it slightly less taxing on the body. Putting items at waist height so I wouldn’t be bending over, or being mindful of where I was putting my clamps every time…
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Setting up a Small Art Business
Last weekend, I discovered that I was unable to use the online print functions at where I would usually do my limited edition prints. It meant a bit of panicking and then finding a new place for printing. Fortunately, I got my prints I intended to make, and in fact at a lower cost, so…
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Tips for your First Commission
After being approached a number of times on whether I would do commissions, on this last time, I decided to take the dive and it turned out to be a great experience. There were a few elements that I realized and would recommend going forward to other artists: All in all, I would consider doing…
