Really, really, really still trying to find My People here on Mastodon. Am I on the wrong server or something? I'm a self-employed #artist / #maker / #writer ... I make #ceramics ( #pottery )... dye #yarn ... #knit ... read #sciencefiction ... have two #dogs and eleven #cats ... am a recent #widow who loves to talk about what a wild ride #grief is ... and I'm a #Floridian scared shitless for my #BiPOC and #lgbtqia friends and family. Is that enough tags? Hello? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Just saw that #Etsy has had three articles about how they mistreat their sellers in as many days. As an independent #artist myself, I've been struggling to find purchase (and purchasers) on the platform, which is why I started building #magpiemarket - a #federated Etsy-alternative. These articles just go to show how much we need a new space that helps #artists rather than uses them. Please #boost this to help us spread the word.
Hey, do you mind reblogging this post?
It would help me a ton.
I'm an artist looking for to make custom jewelry designs or music. Mother's Day is coming soon and it would be amazing to make something for mothers, as well as for anyone's self love gifts or any other special occasions. You can see my previous works here, message me for anything custom made ❤️☺️
I also made my shop half off for one week: https://www.etsy.com/shop/genderlessbyskaly
Hello everyone
This my first post on Mastodon. I'm really excited to join.
I am a French professional photographer and digital artist, and I hope you will like my work.
GIVEAWAY!✨️
For every 100 reblogs I will send 1 more person any handmade jewellery item from my shop ❤️
To support my tiny business and join the giveaway just press the little reblog button and browse the Etsy shop to choose your item (or just get any with the 10% discount code SKALY10).
Been a really rough time lately and gifting / sending supporters my works makes me happy and find some motivation. 🥰
A Seattle twist on the Little Free Library. It’s a “Little Free Art Gallery” with mini art works by local artists (by artist Stacy Milrany) #art#artist
I’ve been bowled over by the warm welcome here at #Mastodon. Thanks so much! :) As an #artist who’s struggled with the algorithmic commodification of #socialmedia, it’s been heartening to find a place that (thus far) is more like Ye Internet of Old. As to #art : Here’s a recent #watercolor#painting of a great blue heron entitled, “A Tempered Blue as of Sky and Water Commingled.” #birding#birdart#portfolioday
As I understand it once you create a Mastadon Account you are supposed to Introduce yourself. So here it goes; I am Carolyn, I am an illustrator who constantly fails at social media, and I love drawing characters that I created for my kids.
I write a good news blog/newsletter for my sanity, and I love coffee.
More impermanent art on fallen leaves. Here, a sycamore. It’s a bit like writing a letter then burning it. There’s something very healing in drawing on a leaf, with certain intentions and feelings in mind, and then letting it go. Under the tree that it fell from, then into the river that keeps it alive. A very meaningful little ritual I can’t recommend enough. 💚
I dream of becoming a full-time potter one day and quitting my day job.
I've been seeing some posts that are critical of artists sharing/selling their work, but I'm hoping Mastodon will be able to become a sustainable alternative for artists.
Please consider joining me on this journey and follow along if you like my work, and/or please boost to help me connect.
Feedback is extremely welcome. This is a loving document, it can only be honed and get better with loving input from other users. What are your best tips for #creators?
19 January 1902 | A Jewish artist David Olère was born in Warsaw. In 1918 he emigrated to France.
In March 1943 he was deported to Auschwitz where he was forced to work in Sonderkommando. After the war he showed the horrifying world of gas chambers in drawings & paintings.
While Sam Altman admits that his technology is only possible with stolen intellectual property, implying that his strategy is to steal quickly, and make more money than the lawsuits cost him... The popularizers defend the inexorability of artificial intelligence, because the opposite is democracy and legal system.
Hey, do you mind reblogging this post?
It would help me a ton.
I'm an artist looking for to make custom jewelry designs or music. Mother's Day is coming soon and it would be amazing to make something for mothers, as well as for anyone's self love gifts or any other special occasions. You can see my previous works here, message me for anything custom made ❤️☺️ https://www.etsy.com/shop/genderlessbyskaly