I had a rethink and rebranded at the shop as I am seeing the impact of economic downturn more and more, offer to no sales on some days. I shared this post on local business group and also my own accounts today. I have two philosophies that govern my business. They are – #ArtForAll and …
9 days since my last post. So what has been happening. RNLI Swanage Christmas card This has now gone on sale and I have a poster linked to it in the shop. The Facebook post by the lifeboat station has had over 100 likes and already people are telling me they have bought their cards, …
So, the summer holidays are over and art for fun has calmed from the August rush. So what is happening with AndyKnillArt? Community art project Dorset CoastForum published on Facebook about a project to put art onto the flood barrier blocks on Swanage seafront over this winter (& 2024/5). I replied and got involved with …
Today,Wednesday August 30th was my last trading day of the month before the shop celebrates its 2nd birthday on Friday September 1st. A habit from my teaching career is the collection of data to see if I can see patterns in the business. Obviously I keep accounts for income and expenditure; I also use a …
The school holidays have started and Swanage will start to fill up with more visitors. Next weekend we see the start of Carnival week – not just a parade for Swanage. For me the shop will continue to open on the same four days of the week and keeping to my regular hours of 10 …
So I have just gone through my years photos and selected some aspects of the year as a record of some of the arty things I have done. Comments / feedback welcomed. If you are in the changing rooms a lot between chorus numbers what can you do? I sketched and they proved so popular …
Since August I have hosted some work by friends who have not exhibited before or rarely displayed their work for others. It is my way of paying back to people who have offered me support since 2017 with my art. So November – Allie Hyett. We met through her partner Chris who also belongs to …
I have long realised that my online presence can be a bit jumbled so I am going to use Autumn 2022 to work on: a) redeveloping this WordPress based business site into more than just a blog and make it more accessible to visitors b) restructure and organise AndyKnillArt.shop so that it works as the …
I have always been active online whether in my previous career as a teacher especially in the last 10 years of it. Also on social media. AndyKnillArt and AndyKnillArt Studio are covered by a number of bases online, hence my use of Linktr.ee as my web address to send people to as it allows people …
So, the first year operating as an independent and solo artist studio / shop. Also the first year as a shopkeeper without lockdowns due to Covid. An encouraging first year for sales and visitors plus customers. This is shown especially through the number of Art for Fun participants at 1045. Targets going into this second …