What would I be doing now if Etsy existed 15 years ago?
I was taking a closer look at Etsy.com tonight in amazement of how far marketing art has come in the last 15 years. It was about that time I was really starting to make a strong run at being a professional potter, doing crafts fairs, farmers’ markets and trying to figure out what to make. Ebay wasn’t even a household name and the web was just starting to become interesting.
Today there seem to be many online marketing opportunities for artists but I suspect it’s still very hard to carve out a living from art, especially under today’s economic dark cloud. But it does make me wonder where I’d be today had I had all the tools available now.
Not wishing this to be true, I’ve had a lot of great times these past 15 years. I’m just becoming reinvigorated to re-start making pots along side my writing, blogging, tiny house building, day job, and being a dad and husband. This plast piece is of course the most important thing I do. All the rest would have no meaning without them.
