Showing posts with label the signature shop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the signature shop. Show all posts

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Second Etsy Shop Quandry


I need your help.  I am going to open a second Etsy shop to sell some of my extra cool supplies, vintage items and all kinds of good stuff that needs a new home.  And yes, most of it is coming from my house.  But I need to decide on a name and a style.  Can you tell me which one you prefer?

I picked two ideas and two different banners.   I worked with a really cool Etsy shop, Duke City Mama's, who had these two banners in stock for a GREAT price and so nice to work with too.

Choice A- "Studio Marcy Too"   tagline: Creative Supplies & Vintage Indulgences
~ My thought was that perhaps some of my current customers might recognize my name and know that I'd have some good stuff in it.

Choice B- "Marcys Closet"    tagline: Supplies & Vintage Goodies  
~ A little more casual in appearance and has more of a vintage type of look

••I didn't use an apostrophe on Marcys Closet, because shoppers might remember the name being spelled that way, but Etsy searches don't allow it.  So I am omitting it.

You can tell I'm divided on this name.  I know it's not of world importance, but holy cow, I'm having a tough time deciding.  What do you think?  Which one should I choose and why?


Sunday, March 22, 2009

It's All In How You Look At It- Two Artists' Eyes


Last week, fellow beadmaker, Jill Symons (who makes such gorgeous beads) and I had lunch and visited a local art gallery, The Signature Shop.

This gallery has jewelry, wood, ceramics, fiber, glass and other mediums. Well, as two artists viewing other artists' work, you can be sure we didn't just look at every piece and only say, "that's nice."

What was interesting to me, was the way each of us looked at the pieces. Of course now it's a "I should have known it" moment. Jill pointed out that she and I would look at the same item and get something totally different out of it.

I chose two gorgeous functional ceramic pieces from The Artful Home's website to use as examples of what we would have done. The top black and white Viking bowl I would see as- "Can I make this shape?" and start thinking about forming it on the mandrel, which tools would I need, etc. Jill would first see it as the combination of patterns, the contrast in colors, etc.

And again for the Petal Teapot, she would look at the patterns, colors and I would look at the shape first and mentally figure out how I would attempt to replicate it and after that, I'd notice the patterns and colors. (I'm still trying to work out that handle in my mind. It's really cool and would love to interpret that in glass somehow.)

So when you're looking at an object, how do you view it? This eye opener afternoon has caused me to be aware of what I was seeing versus how another artist was seeing the same piece. I am now trying to view interesting art through a variety of "eyes". Tell me about you. What do you see, and how will you look at life a little differently?