Turqoise Necklace with wire work, in process, turquoise and glass beads, copper beads and wiring, by Tammy Vitale
Took two classes with Tricia of the Bead Boutique this week – part of the reason I’ve had no time for anything like blogging or relaxing or playing with the redwood driftwood that has arrived and is still in its box.
Not enough time in the day!
But lookie what I’ve got started here! Don’t you just love the open work copper pieces? And making them is like quilting – I get to this nice quiet centered place and they’re portable, unlike clay. Am very excited about learning this and want to incorporate it somehow into my clay work – I have a raku piece downstairs just waiting for beads and now I can also use wiring (here to the right).
Here’s an interesting article on buying art. I want to know if this 
is how you buy art, and why , either way – yes or no.
I can’t type much today because I was at the cottage this morning and the rain (finally rain!) has bent the phragmites over and I was breaking them off to tidy up the area and sliced my finer open and am trying to type with a very large wad of guaze bandaided to the top of my finger because it was very deep and is bleeding profusely. So bear with me…go read this article and then write to me!
See you tomorrow!
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I read part of that article, but like many of the articles in the WSJ it started to bore me. I buy art that I love, not as an investment. Somehow, buying art for investment sounds almost pornographic to me. All you want is the big windfall when an artist "hits?" I guess I'd like to see the people who are spending big bucks for their investments going to real galleries and buying lots of smaller pieces that are beautiful to encourage "little" artists. Or how about giving that money to places like the Heifer Project or FINCA ( http://www.villagebanking.org ) and investing in people and lives and the world. Idealistic, I know.
I like your jewelry. Just a note though: I used to buy earrings with those wonderful spirals at the ends, but I don't any more because I have found that those open spirals get tangles up in my hair. I guess in a pendant it would be okay. My goldsmith friend made me spirals that were welded closed at the opening, and those worked okay.
I read about 75% of the article. I'd say that article is targeted at people who are buying art as an investment. While that's good and all – especially for people who can drop $3K on something they like and that might be worth $10K, I certainly don't fit into that catagory.
Even if I had several thousand to spare, I doubt I would buy art any differently than I do now – which is I see something made by an individual and I love it and if I can afford it, I buy it.
One thing though – I buy originals when I can, not prints, copies or signed prints or hand-embellished prints, but if I truly love something and the originial isn't available or affordable, I then will think about buying the print.
OOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh you learned how to curl wire!!! I want to do that… will have to look online and see if I can find info on it. I mean, I know how to make it in normal curls, but the cute little spirally coils… those are way cool, and I want to learn how to do them!
Love the jewelry – is there anything you can't do??? (smile)As for the article, this isn't me at all since I'm not in this league and don't even understand it. However a couple of comments: so its gauche to ask the price of a single item but not gauche to ask for a discount!!! I have a bit of a problem in 'discounting' art anyway since most artists that I know (obviously NOT these high rollers) sell their items at lower than reasonable prices already. Guess I'm just not into 'art as a business'! It has to speak to me and many times I know the artist and have a connection there. I just don't equate art on the same plain as the stock market or a 'Walmart' sale!
Ouch! Sorry about your finger – hope it heals quickly.
LOVE the beads – is something beady going on in the collective unconscious right now? The copper ones are gorgeous – I'm trying not to drool on the keyboard. I can just picture some of your work beaded with those.
As for the article – well, no, I don't think even if I had oodles of money that would be my buying method – it has to sing to my soul – actually there's lots of art that DOES sing to my soul, I just haven't figured out how to buy it yet, lol. Though if the Universe is listening (and it always is, isn't it?) – let's go ahead and give me oodles of money, so we can see if I really will continue to want to only buy art that way! =)
cool jewelry!
great to read your message about your son – excellent!!!!
big drag about your finger – hope it won't interfere too much with your creative process.
love the jewelry!! and i'm so sorry to hear about your poor finger. hope it heals up quick.
the article was interesting. i guess i'm not really the target reader for such an article as i buy art that calls to me, not art based on getting a good deal or it's investment value. but i'm not a serious collector either, so there ya go! 😉
i did bookmark the article to peruse the links later on, so i'll let you know if it leads anywhere interesting!
ABSOLUTELY ADORE these new jewellery pieces and the open copper work… it just screams 'potential' to incorporate with what you already do. I'm excited for you!
I read the W.S.J. piece – it seems like a whole other league to me and I can't figure out how to get from where I am to there…
I guess, by their reckoning, I would need to finish my degree at a better University – there is one in the SW (Falmouth) but it would be a good 2 hour drive each way and I can't fit that in with doing the school run/looking after Joe etc.
Or I would have to get involved with art fund-raising auctions at National Museum level… that's the BIG Legue over here.
All in all, looking at the article from my side of the fence (artist with family committments) I found it all a bit depressing…. added to the fact that I don't think I'm a good enough artist for that league either. My stuff is local, small scale and small prices; it sells to Mr and Mrs Everyman-in-the-street not the likes of Charles Saatchi, although that would be nice 🙂
On a more postive note, the article seems to offer some links to follow up, and food for thought.
I did know about the China market, but not about the other 'emerging' Markets. I'm not sure that they should have included Scotland really – it already has a long established art reputation. (But then I'm writing this from an English point of view; maybe the American's really didn't know about Scotland already, it just seems hard to believe that they would bracket them with South Africa!)
Interesting piece – A thought provoking and a tad depressing for me – I have neither the money to be a 'collector', or see the opportunity to sell my work at these prices, for now.
Hope your finger heals soon.
To repeat myself, I really like the new addition to your repertoir.
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Hi, I like the raku piece, but unfortunately can't comment on buying art. I found the article very interesting, it makes me wonder wether things work like this over here in Paris, I have to investigate:)
Do you participate in such art "fairs" and auctions? Personally, I'm busy trying to figure out ways to exhibit, and this takes so much time already..
Andrea