Nov 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Submitted by: Amanda Bosiak, Former Member Services CoordinatorThis is Part Two of our “Tips on Pricing Your Craft” series. This week looks at Pricing for Profit.Realistically, how do you place a dollar figure on your work? And how do you make it a...
Nov 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Submitted by: Amanda Bosiak, Former Member Services CoordinatorThis two-part article is a summary of information provided in the SCC’s “Pricing your craft” workshop. The workshop is offered once or twice a year by the SCC in both Saskatoon and Regina. Groups or guilds...
Nov 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Submitted by Judy Haraldson: Professional Craftsperson: Fibre, Former Exhibitions Coordinator, Saskatchewan Craft CouncilWhile working for the Saskatchewan Craft Council in the Gallery / Exhibitions area for 10 years, I’ve seen some good packing of...
Oct 30, 2013 | exhibition
Submitted by: Stephanie Canning, Exhibitions and Education CoordinatorAffinity Gallery’s annual call for exhibition proposals is fast approaching (November 15!). When you submit a proposal to exhibit in our gallery, Les and myself along with the Curatorial...
Oct 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Submitted by: Maia Stark, Gallery AssistantLet’s talk about our feelings. Well, actually, I’d like to talk about feltings and fullings—the pun was well worth it, wasn’t it? Felting is a process that occurs when fibers are physically agitated, so that they seem to knit...
Oct 15, 2013 | exhibition, workshop
Submitted by Cathryn Miller: Professional Craftsperson: PaperI have been a professional craftsperson for almost forty years, first as a weaver, most recently as a book artist. Over those decades people have frequently said to me “You are so efficient!” and “You...
Sep 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Submitted by: Sydney Luther, Gallery AssistantOur brand new SCC Fine Craft Boutique is filled with beautiful pieces of many different mediums, a few of which our readers may not know much about. We hope to educate these readers through a new collection of blog posts...
Aug 28, 2013 | The Craft Factor
Vol 20, No 2 Summer/Fall 1995In the mid 90s, Karen Schoonover addressed issues around artists using the Internet – still a very new thing in most households, workplaces and schools at the time – to market them self. The internet was – and still...
Aug 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Submitted by: Maia Stark, Gallery AssistantKate MacDowell did not initially plan her life around being a craftsperson and artist. MacDowell began a career teaching in urban high schools, then created websites in a high tech corporate environment, and then,...
Aug 14, 2013 | exhibition, The Craft Factor
Vol 26 No 2 Winter 2002Currently at Affinity Gallery is Two Perspectives, an exhibition of work by ceramic artist Mel Bolen and painter Karen Holden. The exhibition is unique juxtaposition of sculpture and painting and an exploration of surface and texture in...
