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I loved this post - and now I want crisps, and a LOT of them!

This perfect line of yours has really taken me back to selling my own work: "The thing is, it’s not all about sales, the main thing is the creation of my art." Although I sadly had to give up my hot-glass workshop due to Covid, I had felt exactly the same about my own art. What I loved best about my open studio events was when I got to demonstrate my art while others (family members, generally) would be in charge of actually selling.

I didn't want to sell. I wanted to MAKE.

Relationship-building, crisps and lager go a very long way - at events that weren't well attended, or when sales were slow, I'd enjoy getting to know the folks who'd turned up for a browse and a chat (and crisps!), and next time I'd find they'd brought friends. Or signed up for a course. Or given me the contact details for someone 'you really need to meet'.

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