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Trash into art
This subject is about forcing creativity with what supplies, tools are at hand. I think its a great exersize and show how or another, i to find that these pieces often sell incredibly fast. Scott
Tagged: assemblage, objects, found, discarded, recycled
Replied Nov. 25, 2008
Trash into art
I cast. Often my casts do not work or i have scraps laying around after fabrications. Some of my more interesting work comes from "found" art amongst my own scraps. Its pretty neat. :)
Tagged: assemblage, objects, found, discarded, recycled
Replied Nov. 22, 2008
Post Here if you are in a Treasury
well it turns out I was on a front page after all. http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=spinc
Replied Aug. 28, 2008
Post Here if you are in a Treasury
Hi guys, Well I am not sure what happened. Some how I got 3000 views today. I do not see any of my work in a treasury, so who knows! :) http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id link above go...
Replied Aug. 28, 2008
Post Here if you are in a Treasury
Cool first time for this ring that I know of. http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id upgraded the treasury server, it is much faster now.
Replied Aug. 6, 2008
Post Here if you are in a Treasury
Now I am on a roll :) First time this item made a treasury, cool. http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_
Replied Jul. 24, 2008
Post Here if you are in a Treasury
well sometimes hopes become dreams come true. lol This treasury made it on the front page. :) That is the second time this ring has made it now, and the third time overall my work has made it. tot...
Replied Jul. 24, 2008
Post Here if you are in a Treasury
I was just talking to Ida the other day about not being in a treasury in a little while. And bang! http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_
Replied Jul. 23, 2008
My Art Blog
Casting
Hi,I am reprinting the last part of my previous blog post here and adding to the discussion.
I also decided that I would do a multi part blog post on the lost wax casting method. Here is a sprue tree of wax that is going to be cast into silver soon.This sprue tree will be put into…
Seductress - New Pearl Earrings set in Sterling
I am going to release several items of my new spring collection over the next week or so. Here is my first new work. The image is still a work in progress.Pearl Earrings in a hand made sterling setting. Here is the Etsy listing…
The marketing site I monitor made it on Ning Front page
Well guys - considerations - the art of marketing got picked up as a front page story on Ning. Here is the link to the article. Many of the members got links to articles or work. Pretty fun.I am pretty sure Ning now has over 200,000 social forums, so pretty neat that we got picked up. I
New Earring Loops - Oxidized
I have been working on some findings of late. I added oxidized head pins and about to add some earring wires.
… 700 year old pendant
I did this work a while ago but finally got around to putting it on Etsy. I love being able to take something that is so old (800+ years old) and turning it back into art. The ultimate in recycling beauty. This goes way beyond vintage :)700 - 900 year old Anasazi Nati…
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- About Me:Tell us a little about yourself
- I am an Art Jeweler. I create wearable art, sculpture if you will, silver is my media of choice. My work is often strong in metaphors and the mystic. My Art is original. It is art you can wear with your blue jeans on. it is beauty captured in stunning metal forms.
I am the founder of Considerations. I created this space because I figured there were folks like me out there that were new to marketing on the internet but not new to marketing. And I figured new folks could learn from us old timers as well as the other way around. In a past life, I built a six millions dollar a year enterprise, by using magazine, catalog, and direct mail campaigns.
It is became obvious to me from the start that internet marketing is more about community than any other way of going about business in the past. And I love to teach.
View my page on Indiepublic
- Primary Sales Website:
- http://spincus.etsy.com
- Additional Websites:
- Design Gallery
http://www.trunkt.org/ScottPincusDesign
Talent DataBase
http://thedb.com/ScottPincusDesign
Mixed Media Gallery and all around art playground
http://spincus.deviantart.com/
- Promotional links go here
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Music I listen to on my Zune
Spincus's Blog
Hello Everyone, Response required
I know it has been a while since i posted here. Simply put I got overwhelmed with my new business and had to cut some corners somewhere. My contributions to this forum was one of the areas i could let go for a while.
I have been pretty busy. I have been making some money, I have been learning a ton about the ins and outs of Art marketing, internet marketing and Craft events like farmers markets and shows. It is very time consuming as many of you know. I have been able to pay bills fro… Continue
Posted on October 22, 2008 at 8:26am — 21 Comments
Energy
Here is a speech given by Joe America. I can not say I totally agree with what he is saying. I am not sure that his economic model will balance ou… Continue
Posted on July 8, 2008 at 8:21pm — 1 Comment
Chicago Show
Hi Guys,Well I finally am catching up some so hopefully I can get a post here soon. I sent off my work to the for the show above. If you are in the area check it out. These are some of the best Art Metal creators I know of and you can check out some of… Continue
Posted on June 20, 2008 at 6:14pm — 4 Comments
Some Etsy Statistics
Etsy Statistics
Here is what Etsy posted recently;
The numbers for May:
• $6.5 million sold here on Etsy last month — 8.3% more than April.
• 449,000 items were sold to make up that sales figure.
• A tiny bit over 730,000 new items were listed.
• 65,200 new buyers and 14,400 new sellers joined the community.
We were very close to 300,000,000 page views for the month (we came in at 298,000,000) and we had o… Continue
Posted on June 3, 2008 at 8:05am — 2 Comments
Hi Guys
Welcome
This is going to be a lite post. Welcome all of the new members. If the folks here are wondering how come we got a whole bunch of new folks, well, i sorta made a mistake lol. I meant to send out email invitations to our new Team marketing group members, o… Continue
Posted on May 22, 2008 at 10:27am —
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- At 1:11am on April 27, 2009, Papermoonies said…
- hello I am hosting a giveaway on my blog
http://www.papermoonies.blogspot.com
have not contacted with you yet, so I thought I would say hello to you.
- At 7:52am on April 5, 2009,
Pam Hawk said…
- Hey Scott -
Seems like everyone has gotten really busy... How have you been? I hope business is still good for you.
I've been busy with various things - my plates are still not moving like I had hoped but I'm working on simplifying the concept to ease people past the learning curve. I've also taken some fantastic marketing courses and started a marketing blog for etsyians, bloggers, and other indie businesses at www.pamhawk.com This summer I'm hoping my day job schedule will be changed so I have Saturdays off - so I can start selling at craft shows around the NW. I never intended for my plates to sell online only, but more as an auxiliary market. It's about time I get these babies in front of people and start selling them in person. I think that's the only way people are going to "get" it.
Anyway, I hope you are well, having a lot of success with your jewelry, and have a busy spring/summer planned.
Keep in touch!
-Pam
- At 7:54am on November 25, 2008,
miz katie said… - Yes, I have noticed the blogs. I was on the site for a couple hours the other day, reading through some really good information. I'm sure I only scratched the surface, though.
This seems to be a great group of people. I'm really glad I found it.
- At 5:53am on November 24, 2008, earthdeva said…
- Hello...
Just a thought, but you might want to consider making the main page a bit more compact.
At the moment, you have to scroll down for about a mile to see the forum and latest activity...perhaps moving the latest activity to the column on the left might help a bit ? And maybe setting some things to show just the titles instead of the detailed views...and amending the order they appear in so new things are at the top...
It just kinda makes the whole experience of a community a bit smoother when you don't have to be scrolling for ages, or searching about for the latest news.
:)
- At 7:30pm on November 22, 2008,
Griselda Tello said… - I am crazy about your work...specially the earings...my goodness, that is art!
- At 9:30am on November 20, 2008, miz katie said…
- Not very active? Well..we'll have to wake people up, then! :) I'll see if I can get some others to join.
- At 12:15am on June 12, 2008,
- I can't wait to check out Pike Place and will look for the silversmith. I'll take pictures and post a bunch in one of my blogs.
As for listening to my music: brace yourself. And enjoy. It's a very eclectic mix.
Glad to hear the Farmers Market went well. Looking forward to reading more about that. Got pictures, too?
Off to bed for me. Up in 5 hours then 8 hours of driving ahead of me. Am I nuts? Probably.
- At 11:04am on June 11, 2008,
- Oh - forgot to ask:
We're having lunch at Pike Place tomorrow 6/12/08.
(...and yeah, we're going to check out the flying fish...)
Have you been there? Any recommendations (or warnings)?
After lunch, we're dropping the kiddo off at the airport and heading back home.
- At 11:02am on June 11, 2008,
- Laurie Anderson is so ahead of her time; I don't think many people 'get' her. I loved her performance art with the electric mouth violin thing.
And Michael Hedges, too. I first heard him when I was in Spain back in '87. There we go, I'm dating myself, with that statement. Didn't he pass away?
I checked out Zune and it's not what I'm looking for right now; instead I'm buying stuff via emusic and (paid) Limewire. If I show up at Zune, I'll definitely look you up and friend you there.
- At 1:26pm on May 18, 2008,
- Wow and OMG! Laurie Anderson?? I think you are the only other person I know who loves her. (Or has even heard of her.) Ditto for Mike Oldfield's work, other than recognizing Tubular Bells from The Exorcist. Just discovered Zune through your widget, above. (Yes, I'm a dork behind the times, I guess. Surprised my 12 year old hasn't gotten into Zune yet.)
You know, looking at your music choices and photos of your art completes the picture for me. I totally see the personality of your work with this music in the background. They are a great fit for each other.
(Oh boy, and what a scary combo my music and plates make together. LOL)
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