What is a Handmade Artist?

Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 May 2009 09:56 Written by Chainmaille By MBOI Friday, 22 May 2009 08:56

Weekend sculptors of stone and clay. Garage rat woodworkers. Grandmas and college students addicted to chainmaille and beads. Steampunk creators and jewelry makers. Hobbyist knitters and crocheters. Empty nest parents that do watercolors in the now, spare room. We are reusers and recyclers. Some sell their work, while others are just “learn-a-holics”.

What do you do on the Handmade Artist Forum?

Share creations. That first necklace or a practice painting.  Seek advice from others who’ve ‘been there, done that’. Learn how to make your creations better, and take better pictures of them.  Offer help to those starting a business from a happy pastime and support each other when you just can’t make it how it looks in your head. Have fun and remember, the crafts may be different, but we all have passionate love for art and respect each other’s dreams.

Offer compliments, critiques and kind words. The competition is friendly and lighthearted.

Promote each other’s works, with free advertising of online shops on the forum and through online programs like Twitter and Blogging. While there are no fees or dues to be a Forum Member, we ask that in exchange for advertising your work, you participate in the discussions in a positive and friendly manner. Friends are made fast and easily here.

Who can join the Forum?

Basically anyone! Handmade Artists’ Forum is a family friendly group. We encourage all creative people that work with their hands to make decorative, functional, and FUN items to join our Forum. Who knows, you may teach US something.