June – first month back in business

Ok, the shop didn’t open until Monday 15th but thank you to all the visitors and customers in the shop in just over two weeks. I can say without any exaggeration that this has been a good month for AndyKnillArt. No, earnings are not at Purbeck Artisan Weeks of 2018 and 2019 levels but a good amount has been sold including a range of original items from £5 to £200 each.

Gadd’s Cliff and Worbarrow – sold in the PAW 2020 online auction
Swanage Pier Sunrise, original and hand drawn sold within 40 minutes of appearing on Instagram.

I have created a number of new pieces ranging from the new logo’ed hand drawn pith helmet and now developing logo overalls as well. Original pieces have ranged from the wooden box above to a couple of local scene treasure chests and a commissioned Undersea life box commission. More small easel canvases and I am starting to develop a series of drawings based around Swanage Sailing Club.

Swanage Bay hand drawn box – another original piece.
Pith helmet which features art and photography logos on it.
Back on the water which recorded some of the members of Swanage Sailing Club going out for the first time in the 2020 season – we had kayaked in the bay at the same time as we need to learn to sail to be able to take a dinghy out.

I have started to move and change my displays in the shop and in fact left it in a new arrangement for July when I left the shop today. As all my work is now identified using my own logo based labels, there is a clearer sense of which is my collection. There is more to come and of course this links into my developing experience as a shopkeeper. Also when I am on duty for the foreseeable future there are my signs about the measures I am taking to be Covid-19 safe. I have also registered with the “We’re good to go” scheme under Tourism England so that visitors can see that I am making preparations that match national standards.

Oh yes and then there is another new adventure…

My own online shop organised through Square with whom I take my card payments. I thought the domain”AndyKnillArt.shop” was clear what it is for. Since Sunday 28th when the shop went live I am continuing to add products.

Online shop homepage.

Alongside this is a lot of active use of Instagram and Facebook postings.

Enough for now…yes a busy fortnight and one to build on as the season moves on into July and more easing of the lockdown nationally.

<div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-123416164-3672-5fcc29ee8311e' data-src='https://widgets.wp.com/likes/#blog_id=123416164&post_id=3672&origin=andyknillart.com&obj_id=123416164-3672-5fcc29ee8311e' data-name='like-post-frame-123416164-3672-5fcc29ee8311e'><h3 class="sd-title">Like this:</h3><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height: 55px;'><span class='button'><span>Like</span></span> <span class="loading">Loading...</span></div><span class='sd-text-color'></span><a class='sd-link-color'></a></div>

Leave a Reply

%d bloggers like this: