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More Scarves from Dharma to Dye

2010, Uncategorized / Linda Germain / August 27, 2011

©linda germain 2011

scarves for dyeing from dharma trading

Yesterday I did a whole day of dyeing fabric with natural dyes such as marigolds, goldenrod, cochineal, and logwood. Friends of mine are experienced in dyeing wool and were experimenting with dyeing fabric. We used clamp resists, pole wrapping, elastics, knotting and twisting and came up this a wide range of results.

©linda germain 2011

dyed with natural dyes

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8 Measures of Success @ the Market

2010, Uncategorized / Linda Germain / August 21, 2011

Haverhill Farmer’s Market

Success comes in many forms. There was a lot going on in Haverhill yesterday, the river Ruckus, the celebration at GAR park, the Farmers Market and I am sure plenty of backyard parties and cookouts. One thing I learned this past week from the gallery director at the Clark Gallery in Lincoln, MA is that often people don’t buy art on an impulse. They like to see it several times before they buy. They want to know the artist. They are “buying” the artist not just the piece of art. So though sales can be light on one day there can still be many successes:

Meeting new people/buyers
Taking orders for future sales
Making new market connections for classes/venues
Learning more about the local market
Developing people/conversation skills
Bartering with other vendors
Streamlining set up and take down of display
Learning from actions of other vendors

Success comes in many forms. Off to the beach for family, photos, and rocks. Enjoy!

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Artist Professional Tool Box with the Art and Business Council

2010, Uncategorized / Linda Germain / August 19, 2011

Last night I attended an informational meeting at Lynn ARTs about the Artists Professional Tool Box program sponsored by
the Art and Business Council of Greater Boston. The program is APT is a nine-month intensive course for a select group of artists to learn and practice marketing, networking, and business skills with the additional benefits of peer group interaction, mentorship, and feedback. D’lynne Plummer, the director of the program gave us an overview of the information covered and answered all of our question. The application deadline is September 15th and the opening weekend is October 28th and 29th. I am so happy the I found out about this course. I think it is coming at a perfect time for me.
gelatin plate monotype above
©2009 linda germain
aprox 3″ by 6″ on recycled card

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Poll added to my blog about Mac & photo editing

2010, Uncategorized / Linda Germain / August 14, 2011

5 dogs

©linda germain 2009

aprox 2′ by3′ pastels and charcoal

I could use your help and advise about photo editing and managing software on a Mac. I took the leap and got a Macbook a couple of weeks ago, and I have a lot to learn. I am coming from an old PC, using photoshop 6 to edit and folders by date to manage. Out of 14 GB of documents to transfer from my old computer 13GB are photos and mostly of my artwork. I have been trying out Elements 9, checking out iPhoto, and elements organizer. Thanks.

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