post production: easily the worst part of documenting your work
12.2020
time in the shop > time editing photos, for sure
Aside from getting through one therapy session without sobbing, my biggest accomplishment in 2020 is the publishing of my website!
I’ve gifted, sold, and kept a number of projects over the past decade, but recently realized I should probably document my work somehow.
Here are a couple of thoughts I have after starting this process:
The easiest and most enjoyable part is the woodworking, the actual content of this website and what I love to do. The unanticipated dreaded part? Getting my work into the digital world.
Unbeknownst to me, showcasing your work online entails considerable time and money. PP software subscriptions, learning how on earth to use it, mobilizing a mini studio... not my jam.
But hopefully I’ve been able to do the projects’ visual justice online.
Good news is I think I’m at the end of this phase of creating smaller projects, which I am able to produce more of due to the non-complex nature of their design. It certainly allowed me to gift some of my work, get my name out there, and provide pieces for more folks. But it doesn’t bring me much joy, so I’ll leave that to Etsy makers.
Besides, I think the goal is to pursue my passion of creating with wood and not worry about profit or clout.
I’d like to start off the next year by creating more furniture pieces, my favorite kind of work.
Luckily larger projects = fewer photos to process!
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