Hello all. This group is dedicated to those who derive, or wish to derive their income from their metalwork.

I truly believe that it is possible to be an artist and make a living at it. It just means educating yourself on things that might not be so familiar to you, and things you might not be so comfortable with.

This group is geared towards questions of pricing, shows, galleries, online sales, overhead, billing, taxes, math, business goals, motivation, risk taking, making a dream into reality. And anything else that gets you to your goal.

I am a self taught metal artist who now owns her own business. I fully sustain myself through my art, and am just starting to really grow as a company. To get to this point I have had to educate myself on things that the 'artist' usually shies away from. But the way I see it, if you have to do things you do not like for other bosses, it is going to be much more fun doing it for yourself.

I hope you will join me here.

Be well,
Alex in Welderland

blog entry

Title	Author	Replies	Last reply
Content Spamming and Tagging or Spamdexing	webminster	24	04/03/2007 - 5:27pm
Strange Markets for Sword Makers	webminster	11	12/03/2006 - 5:20pm
Photographing Work?	paisleymermaid	15	02/26/2008 - 2:30pm
chandelier	feorge	12	12/21/2010 - 11:32am
new rings	feorge	9	09/02/2008 - 11:09pm
How Artists are Dealing with the Recession	QuiQue	20	09/25/2009 - 6:59pm
It's Here!!	Woodford	4	01/07/2009 - 3:16pm
While I'm Waiting	Woodford	0	01/05/2009 - 3:19pm
traveling back east	feorge	5	11/23/2008 - 5:39pm
Hello	chromedome	8	08/11/2008 - 10:58pm
new website/buisness card	feorge	17	02/17/2008 - 6:39pm
Ideas about Business cards?	Valerie Rock	12	11/10/2006 - 2:32am
Spread yourself around. You never know what will happen. It could be miraculous.	Alex in Welderland	2	03/26/2007 - 11:29pm
Selling Online	Alex in Welderland	3	10/28/2006 - 1:05pm
How to get the word out.	browbrew	8	10/27/2006 - 5:28pm
Bronze Urn estimate needed	Alex in Welderland	1	11/16/2006 - 1:16pm
Oh the stress of it all...	Emfairmeadows	17	10/25/2006 - 4:18pm

event

Title	Author	Replies	Last reply
Art Opening	don thibodeaux	1	07/19/2010 - 10:09pm
CHAT time	Valerie Rock	2	11/09/2006 - 9:02pm

image

Title	Author	Replies	Last reply
sconce	feorge	2	03/18/2011 - 12:21pm
sconce	feorge	0	03/18/2011 - 12:16pm
chandelier	feorge	4	12/21/2010 - 11:31am
Art Opening	don thibodeaux	2	07/19/2010 - 10:09pm
hand wrought love	feorge	4	12/31/2009 - 2:09am
easiest way	B.J. Severtson	3	03/19/2008 - 12:35pm
work in progress for "DIRTY SHOW '08"	don thibodeaux	8	01/23/2007 - 8:23pm
morphed back again	B.J. Severtson	0	03/03/2008 - 8:19pm
tighter bracelet	B.J. Severtson	0	03/03/2008 - 8:17pm
morphed	B.J. Severtson	0	03/03/2008 - 8:15pm
This is great!!!	don thibodeaux	6	01/22/2007 - 9:51pm
3 panel wall piece returns from being nickel plated	don thibodeaux	4	01/20/2007 - 10:14pm
stainless steel chimney	don thibodeaux	0	04/22/2007 - 4:13pm
work in progress	don thibodeaux	2	01/23/2007 - 8:15pm
cetner panel	don thibodeaux	0	01/20/2007 - 10:25pm
left panel	don thibodeaux	0	01/20/2007 - 10:21pm
Imploding Cube	simmsie	8	11/19/2006 - 8:04pm