I like spreadsheets. I could stop there and let you speculate why such a statement in an art blog. When I was a teacher I spent several years late in my career doing more and more IT teaching with pupils but also training members of staff. One tool I used a lot for my record …
Today’s jobs- prepare the shop for reopening tomorrow. a) decorate for Christmas – this has taken the form of some lights, new decorations and some tinsel, oh and sprouts bunting. Not overpowering but a clear indication throughout my sections of the shop which season we are working towards. I also repaired my stand for my …
Since we moved down into Swanage to our maisonette /flat we have had the delight of looking out over a lot of Swanage Bay. So I have developed the new habit of posting a #Goodmorning #Swanage picture every day sharing the weather and the state of the bay at the start of our day which …
Black Friday for larger retailers (mainly) and a reiteration of how people can buy from me online but also that the shop and I will be ready to welcome visitors again from Wednesday and I can offer a Happy Sales dance – most people scared off by man in hand painted boiler suit and coloured …
Today’s post is about mentioning other artists and crafters and I have also mentioned other independent businesses. But knowing so many people in this field now, choosing is so hard. This is the image I used, not artists with businesses but sharing the love of art and emphasising that art is about fun, therapy. It …
I keep receiving memories on Facebook which link to the start of my art journey under the name AndyKnillArt. So a year later was my first Artisans on the Beach event in Swanage in Hut 54. The photo above shows the stock I had inside the hut plus a card carousel outside. If I compare …
This blog has focused on developing as an artist. There is sometimes some reference to what came before. Today on Facebook memories a post came up from four years ago which I can acknowledge shows just how far I have come in that time. As a teacher for the last few years of my career …
As a human on Planet Earth I have become more familiar in recent years with the new pre-Christmas term of Black Friday where large retailers discount goods to raise their sales. I am a Sole Trader I can not afford to discount on these levels as I don’t have that larger profit margin to start …
This is just a musing post. Obviously, with the second lockdown of the year the shop I share can not open as art can’t be described as essential. So that leaves the dilemma of how do you attract an audience to buy from you when the shop door is closed? This was my first account …
When I started being an artist I took part for three years in an event called Artisans on the beach in Swanage. Every December we would hire a beach hut from the town council for the month and just intoJanuary. This year’s event has been cancelled linked to covid-19 and now that I have the …