We live in a different time

©2020 Barry Smith - Screen shot of a section of home page of my website

The news of the world seems to suggest that many folk will now work from home and/or stay home. Predictions are this way of living is likely to exist for over six months.

In February 2020 Fiona and I moved Deckled Edge Press into a bigger more accessible and commercial space in our town. Our intent was that in that space we would also set up a Deckled Edge Press gallery-shop that would not only sell our Deckled Edge Press wares; but also Fiona's and my individual art works. We that is not to be for quite sometime.

We have set up an online Deckled Edge Shop for our print and letterpress work; and I have reinvigorated my online shop to begin to sell some of my bits and pieces online again.

Over the weekend I have been working to get a few more pieces into my Barry Smith Art website shop mainly: jewellery; functional items (ladles); indoor sculpture; some vessels; and some inspirational leaves. Over the next month more bits will be uploaded.

©2020 Barry Smith - Screen shot of a section of my online shop

©2020 Barry Smith - Screen shot of a section of jewellery section of my shop

©2020 Barry Smith - Screen shot of pieces that have finally made it into the shop and not just been talked about on the blog!!!

©2020 Barry Smith - Screen shot of ladles in the Functional Art section of my shop

I hope you visit the shop and check out some of the new pieces that have made their way into the shop.

Through the eyes of another

I have spent the last week: recovering from my bug; doing a cull and clean of my workspaces and stashes; and finally updating my online shop. I asked Fiona's niece Emily (Emilycmd) to take photos of products and do the tedious work of uploading (photos, words, pricing etc) the items into the shop.

I thought, in lieu of other art stuff for Friday, I would share some of the images Emily took and used. I like how Emily used the natural side light to create light and shadow. Interesting how someone can look at your work in a different way through their eyes.

©2017 Emilycmd - Detail of a Light Catcher

©2017 Emilycmd - Mountain forms on rust

©2017 Emilycmd  - Pods on white sand

©2017 Emilycmd - A line of Starburst bowls

©2017 Emilycmd  - Heart - flip-side - hope and peace

©2017 Emilycmd  - Light and texture of pyramids

©2017 Emilycmd  - Traveller's Shrine - tied and ready for travels

©2017 Emilycmd  - Bone and metal

©2017 Emilycmd  - Bone, stone and glass

©2017 Emilycmd  - A healing book pendant

©2017 Emilycmd  - Cascading crystals

©2017 Emilycmd  - As-if-holding-water earrings

©2017 Emilycmd  - Riveted earrings

©2017 Emilycmd - Bone and silver

©2017 Emilycmd - Leaf form earrings.

You are invited to check out the Shop and test the new dropdown menu of items - some new stuff in there - a few tidying up things to be done but I think the shop is looking good.

Review and refresh

The beginning of the year offers many opportunities - many resolution can be made and later broken. Fiona and I committed to reviewing our websites and refreshing them and our online shops. Fortunately we have each other to encourage; and we managed to do our review etc over the last few days.

I have reorganised my galleries in my Portfolio page.

I managed to: add a new gallery on Pods into my Portfolio page; added quite a few photos to the galleries; moved some around; and ditched a few. With Fiona's encouragement I even named my photos - that gives a bit of a hint as to what they are about. I think visitors will get a better view of my art practice now.

And I managed to review my online shop. A number of new items have been added; and I think the items are better organised. See what you think.

I still have not put any large works into the shop - always an issue with packing and transport. Still It is a good feeling to have achieved one of my resolutions for 2014. Hope you are able to check out the Portfolio galleries and enjoy the wander through a few images new and old.