Adaptability is one of the keys to running a successful business. Often times when we start a business we have a clear idea of what that business should be. After months of creating and you aren’t seeing your product move you may start to feel defeated. Sometimes, however, it is just that you are missing …
A famous quote is often attributed to Benjamin Franklin: “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” You can easily write this off as a platitude. We all know planning is important. How often do we fail to plan for our markets because life gets in the way, or there are too many last-minute …
When I started out in pyrography I didn’t know much about woodworking. As a brand-new artist, I generally bought wood that was processed from vendors such as It’s David and Renee and Walnut Hallow. Now, to this day, I still buy a lot of my finer canvases from vendors but when you are at the …
We wrote a blog post last year on creating your own website as an artist. You can find that post here. This post is mostly about maintaining your site. This month we took a a look at our website, bzfurfur.com, with a critical eye and had to make some decisions about what works and what …
Creating a successful small business as an artist is hard work. So much has to go into creating your work, building an audience and managing the back of house. Now consider you have to do all this and still be profitable. As much as we, as artists, want our business to be about the art, …
As a small business you often have a vision. You want to create the things that you love and you want your customers to love them as much as you do. Honestly, I would love to just make the things I want to every day. In reality, though, this isn’t always how it is going …
I’m not going to sugar-coat things. 2024 has been a tough year. Prices on essential goods are going up, pay growth for most people isn’t matching the growing cost of living, and the first thing that most people need to sacrifice when going through these tough economic times are non-essentials. This includes art and home …
In many pyrography circles laser is a four-letter word. I think you need to look at these like any other tool, not as the mortal enemy of the pyrographer, but as a tool that can be used in ways to assist your work. Sure, you’ll always have know-it-alls at your markets claiming that your beautiful, …
Being an artist can be an inherently independent endeavor. More often than not it is you, the tools of your trade, and a blank canvas. You can join guilds, collectives, and the like but when you are creating it is just you and your muse. At least that was what I thought. Getting to Know …
As a pyrographer, when creating a piece, there are many things to take into consideration. What type of wood, what size, and what feelings does it evoke. Often times I will look at a piece of wood and see what I want to burn into the surface right away. Take, for example, what happened when …
