What need am I trying to please?
I am creating a collection of art for discerning collectors who frankly use it for speculating purposes. Hence, I create art that could be can be quickly transported to safety or to another country by mail or by packing it into a suitcase or purse. I support the Quebec pulp and paper industry by favoring art on paper. I live in a city with a very important university and teaching system here as well as a clerical system so I keep the costs down and the value of the material up by favoring supplies coming from their supply inventory.
I am looking for beginning collectors who do not expect to buy a masterpiece first thing so my artist created to be useful from acquisition to display but also is created to have a life afterward: i.e. as intelligent gifts or that kind be filed easily for later use.
What kind of buyers am I looking for?
I am looking for buyers that will consciously increase the value of the art as soon as they buy it from purchase distribution. So I favor academic sizes instead of exhibition sizes which are the standard for art my collectors are beginning collectors who are looking for quality work at lower prices. My buyers use the art as a Frank source of speculation which means they are as valuable to possess us to distribute sagely.
Production Update Autumn 2020
Always, always, in my
work, you see the presence of the great or the hero, or the giant. Still no
sales. I come face-to-face with the fact that I am rather lax in the
ability to sell my work. Since I am barely capable of speaking this should
actually be no surprise.
I come face-to-face
with the fact that I am rather lax in the ability to sell my work. Since I am
barely capable of speaking this should actually be no surprise.
For this reason, I
continue my work in filing classifying, and verifying my collection of art. One
of the things I concentrate on standardizing my schedule for the week. This
quarterly I’m going to be working in sections of two weeks instead of one-week
schedules. I found last quarterly I was much more able to understand my
workflow with the addition of my brand-new Timelines app. So, I see how to avoid
multitasking which is something I couldn’t even conceive of before the
Timelines app. Hence, I can indeed separate my workload into more concrete
segments.
At the beginning of the
quarterly, I’m going to mostly focus on catching up on my QuickBooks system and
also declogging Facebook which is taking up too much space on my phone.
Business learning
I’ll be continuing my studies on LinkedIn Learning every second month. I
find a learning experience on LinkedIn learning quite intensive so every other
month I’ll rest from it. This will also give me a chance to catch up on my
readings from other sources. It’s also a question of saving money.
Financial Update
Money is very tight right now. I’m concentrating on using the materials I
already have instead of buying new stuff. I remember when I went to Atelier
Frères Jerome simply used all my paints up before I bought new ones. That meant
the colors I didn’t like were the ones I used in the end. So, at the end of my
supply, I use a lot of yellow paint in my pictures. That’s what I’m going to do
right now with my photographic and business supplies. Incidentally, I’ll also be
using the drugstore even more rather than the beauty shop I’ve been
frequenting. This hurts a lot. I’ll be shopping less at the contemporary store
but still favoring the work of our downtown buyers instead of using thrift
shops at least when it comes to clothes. For me invites to my sparse budget but
it’s worth it because I don’t have to concentrate so much on the image
representing the work is done. To me, that’s a wise business attitude. Right now,
I’m functioning pretty much the red because I have to pay back the money I put
down for bridgework. My Apple phone right now is a crucial part of my equipment
and it is rather pricey. Considering my budget, it takes up quite a lot of
room but I feel it’s essential at this time.
Coping with the Pandemic
We are right in the middle of a pandemic crisis and traveling is
getting very difficult. Before if you want to do your errands, you could take a
day for it and stop for lunch and continue so the whole thing is done as fast
as possible. Now there are no seats to sit down even to rest so it’s a question
of budgeting not only time not only money but the energy and this presents its own
challenges.
Time management
Things that I would do in one day take three for even a week to accomplish.
It cuts into my time at work Because there are no seats to sit down in the
shopping centers. Despite that last week I clocked in 46 hours on the Timelines
app. Since the app doesn’t take into account that two tasks are running simultaneously
adjusting the statistics I 40 hours. I use my time in spurts. Despite the fact
that I try to use the Pomodoro method I find that my energy and my stamina run
out and I have worked sometimes for two hours straight but often go to 18 minutes
or 10 minutes or five minutes with Breaks in between. Working when I can that
means evenings and early in the morning and sometimes when I can’t sleep. I
still manage to clock 40 hours. I also work on the weekends for that reason
which is a lack of energy sometimes. Taking short breaks when I’m tired seems
to do the trick.
Wardrobe
I’m into power dressing or in other words
dressing for success so my wardrobe takes up a lot of time in my workday. I try
to make a schedule that mixes casual dress and a more elegant dress. I continue
to buy all sorts of clothes with her for leisure time or work time that is
suitable for someone who is a working woman. All my time is spent on trying to
regulate the consistent condition of poverty
Jewelry Collection
I continue to organize my jewelry it’s
still not easily accessible. At the same time,, I continue my work filming it
and I’m working on streamlining an inventory system. The inventory system I
make is of course at Hawk and for the most part free.
I use a website and to create posters and
cards to distribute to people who get there all based on the jewelry theme. Specifically
referring to my jewelry. I’m focusing on making jewelry sets. Which are the
combining of different individual pieces of jewelry into cohesive sets that
I can put on quite easily. So, for example, I might match and a necklace with a pair
of earrings and something on my wrist like a watch or a bracelet and perhaps a
ring and a pin. I work on different combinations of these.
Given the fact that I seem to be a poor
salesman, I am concentrating more on selling images of my jewelry rather than
the jewelry itself. I feel this is an important distinction since I have no
way of figuring out how much the jewels are worth.
Social network
I have an aptitude for creating and for filing and I am not strong on
communicating and networking. So, I’m basically concentrating on getting a
clear and concise journal report of the work I’m currently doing instead of
writing people. I’ve had a lot to think about that as I know I have not
achieved financial stability with all the work and all the reading I have done
in the past years.
Projects
One of the projects that I am starting to work on is to find an interior
designer to choose and install a desk, a bureau, and perhaps a better headrest
for my bed. I want the designer because
I have bought some furniture in the past with a few major glitches. One is that
they are not in the best condition and have to be patched with tape
occasionally. Another is that they
require assembly and it is not stated before purchase that this will be the case.
I have been on the way fair site and have seen that the bureaus go from
about $800.00 to $2,000.00. I would like
to keep the price under about $1000.00.
I am going to try to schedule this project on my Friday afternoons which I
am trying to leave open to devote some time to networking. So, I will combine
the two projects. Fright now I do not
have the money but certainly, there is a good possibility it will come in the
near future. Its always good to be prepared. I have not much luck in finding an
interior designer who is interested in my project which is a humble one concerning
a 99 square foot space in a woman’s residence.
It has occurred to me that I might be able to pay a certain sum of money a
month for the use of this furniture with an option to buy. This way I can save money, I hope. And I will
not have the trouble of figuring out what to do with the furniture if something
comes up.
