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Features
Opportunities Grow for Minority Artists
in Crafts
by Daniel Grant
Emerging
Artist: Karen Kerchen–Assembling the Pieces of an Artistic Life
by Victoria Woolley
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This Month Online
Picking up the pieces
Mike McCormick is putting the pieces together, both literally
and figuratively. His road to success as a mosaic artist has
been both circuitous, and rocky. If you ask him, it still is…but
he’d also tell you the journey has been worth it. Before
he found his passion — and developed a business creating
custom made mosaic furniture and art pieces — McCormick
spent nearly 20 years as a traveling salesman for a major apparel
company, battled alcoholism, moved across the country and started
his life over, from scratch. And during that time, he’s
overcome monstrous hurdles to make a go of his now multifaceted
business, Mike Mosaic, which includes direct sales through his
store front, sales through his Web site and classes taught in
his studio. Find out more HERE. |
Columns
Business
Wise
Inside the Mind of the Buyer
by Mary Strope
Crafts
Photography
Slide Review: Part I of a Two-part Series. Choose Backgrounds Carefully for Your
Work
by Steve Meltzer
Show
Business
Give Your Booth a Facelift
by Bruce Baker
Crafts
Finance
Net 30? How Do You Decide?
by Patti Dowse
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On
the Cover: Ron and Christine Sisco, of Treestump Woodcrafts,
in Tumacacori, Ariz., created the mesquite bowl featured
on this month’s cover. The Siscos use a chip inlay
process to place small pieces of turquoise in natural voids
in the wood of their bowls. They exhibit at shows nationally,
and recently opened a gallery near their studio. For more
information, visit www.treestumpwoodcrafts.com. For more
work from wood artists, as well as mosaic artists, see this
month’s Insight section.
Photo
by David Egan Photography, www.davidegan.com
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