Make It Alaskan aftermath...

On Wednesday, a friend of mine mentioned an add he saw on craigslist looking for someone to share a tablespace at the Make It Alaskan festival at the Egan Center in Anchorage. I had never set up at a festival before, but figured why not? I corresponded with the person in questions, and we ended up as three seperate people in a single "booth space", which was essentially a table agains a wall. I had very little prep time, and it showed in my display. I made lots of mistakes, as one should their first time out, and a few sales. Nearly everyone who stopped by complimented the work, so while it wasn't necessarilly a succesful show as far as my wallet is concerned, it was in regards to my ego/confidence in the quality of my work. I'll certainly be setting up at other shows, better prepared, with a larger variety of work and a bit more experience. For future shows i'll likely be having prints of some of my photography and drawings for sale, as well as some smaller, simpler carvings to satisfy those who can't justify spending more than $50 on a carving. The show was definitely worthwhile for, if nothing else, a market research experiment.

I've also begun the move of my carvings for sale to http://seangrady.etsy.com with appropriately adjusted pricing. I recommend checking out etsy if not just for my carvings, but for all of the other hand made items available from other artists and craftspeople there.

Make It Alaskan!

Via very last minute invitation, I will be sharing booth space at the Make It Alaskan Festival at the Sullivan arena in downtown Anchorage this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. All of my carvings currently available will be on display, as well as thousands of handmade goods from other Alaskan artists and craftspeople, so head on over, stop by and say hello! I'll be in location M-4, which isn't on the map, but is right next to S-6. Maps can be found on the website below. Cruise the perimiter, you'll find me.

http://www.miafestival.com/

*Bring a printout of this post and i'll give you 10% off web pricing on any carving I have on display.

Thanks! -sean