Studio Bijou

Well, if anyone knows what we’ve been up to, www.craftedonline.com is up and running, with live classes offered for lots of arts and crafts- Carolyn’s polymer clay flower caning classes on Wednesday nights are filling up quickly. Ilysa has been terribly busy with laying the groundwork for the new site, so I will be posting a couple of times per week over at Polymer Clay Podcast- I’ve decided to feature artists or styles of work in polymer clay that I particularly like. There are other sites that do that, such as Polymer Clay Daily and Polymer Clay Notes, but I think I have a different take on the whole deal, so I’m giving it a shot. I’m partial to figurative/dollmaking work, so I’m sure you’ll see lots of that. I talked to the editor of Art Doll Quarterly last week, in fact you can listen to the podcast, and she said if you are a doll artist you should email her some pictures. They are always looking for great new work to show off in the quarterly magazine. In fact, if you have anything you think should be published, the best thing to do is just get it out there. The big secret is that magazine publishers everywhere are absolutely DYING for good content. You know what happens when they can’t find good content? They have to publish something anyway- which is why some issues are better than others. So stop being shy, get your work seen. The best way to become a “sought-after” artist is to get published and get talked about by someone “important.”