Posted: 2008-08-26 08:11
I've just come across the work of Akiko Kino, a Japanese textile artist. Check out the gallery, there's some wonderful samples of collage like embroidery/stitching.
There's not much in my etsy shop because I've been busy sewing for stores. August has been full of surprises with inquires from stores in Bellingham, Vancouver, and Toronto. I will announce later where you can finally find my stuff in brick and mortar stores.
This was one of my goals for 2008...to have representation in one or two stores. And it looks like this goal will be achieved with certainty in September.
I am now sewing up multiples of any one style while still incorporating the one of a kind and one of a few idea.
I decided to raise my prices so that I could afford to give a portion of each sale to the store. I also find that handmade work on etsy is highly undervalued and I was pricing my items based on what I saw there. Working handmade is different from producing within large industry and that means that prices have to reflect the slower movement. Mind you I am constantly thinking of how to be more efficient in how I work...




















