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The Next Wave

By Tammy Powley, About.com

Back when I first started selling my jewelry at art shows in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there weren’t many shows in my area. Most popped up around the holidays, but other than that, you didn’t see them that much. As the years progressed the number of shows increased and the length of time in between them decreased to where it seemed like you could participate in an arts and craft show almost every weekend of the year. This proliferation of shows could account for what I began to see in the diminishing quality of the art work and general atmosphere of the shows. Many of them soon felt like flea markets rather than shows of hand-crafted art work.

I see my opinion often echoed by other jewelry makers on the Jewelry Making Forum. While there are still plenty of success stories when it comes to art shows, there seems to an increased number of reports of inferior imported goods and show promoters who put the number of booths they can rent over the quality of the art.

So, what is the solution to this problem? Is there an alternative to the arts and craft show for those who want to sell their unique one-of-a-kind jewelry creations?

I’m going to put myself out there and say, “Yes.” There are many alternatives, and one in particular I believe is slowly overtaking the arts and crafts shows of yesterday: today’s jewelry home shows aka jewelry parties. (Scroll down for links to the rest of this 4 part article.)

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