Keep it Weird: The Canon
In the discipline of art history, there is a rich legacy of challenging social norms aesthetically. I think the iconic heavyweights of the Pop Art or Renaissance movements would wholly approve of the off-center homages on Etsy. Looking for inspiration? This week's Keep it Weird is a crash course in the …
Artistic Endeavors: Matt Revelli of Upper Playground & Juxtapoz Magazine
Upper Playground is a design force for a new generation, where underground artists emerge and art shows up on T-shirts, baseball caps, online videos as well as gallery walls. Bridging art and fashion, Matt Revelli, creative director of Upper Playground (which he founded in 1999), recently took on the …
There's No Place Like Here: Communal Living with Nikki Silva
Friend Etsy on Youtube & Blip.tv | Subscribe to Etsy's iTunes Podcast | MP4 Verson Like all our videos, feel free to re-post and embed the video on your blog! (music by Forrest Lewinger, animation by JuliaPott) While traveling to help promote Etsy as a sponsor of the Bay Area Maker Faire, I was fortunate enough to …
Open Studio Tour: May Luk
In this Open Studio Tour series, we'll be snooping around Etsians' creative spaces to find out the story behind the drawing table. We want to know all about our artists, and in the process, perhaps get a bit of inspiration for our own workrooms!A couple of weeks ago, I participated in the ACC show in San …
Last Call for Artists: One of a Kind Show, Etsy Artist Pavilion
UPDATE: Deadline extended! Apply by Monday, September 28, for a space in The Etsy Artist Pavilion, at the One of a Kind Show and Sale in Chicago and New York, at a significantly discounted rate. At this time, applications are being reviewed for all non-jewelry crafts — since jewelry artists did a great job of …
Framing for the Future: The Starving Artist’s Guide to Framing
If you are a 2-D artist like myself, you probably have more artwork than you know what to do with (that’s why we are here on Etsy, right?). The question is, how to put it all on the wall looking smart and professional without breaking the bank? Appearance makes a difference in how your artwork is perceived, so it is …
About Us: Adrian a.k.a. adrian1
Adrian, a.k.a. adrian1, has been a steady member of the Support Team since November of 2006, one of the first Admin to be hired. He's always worked part time, and so he is a bit of a mysterious, though charming, figure around the Etsy offices. His fingernails often caked with paint, this artist/Etsy Admin moonlighter …
Instant Gratification: The Polaroid Legacy
In 2008, the Polaroid Corporation announced that it was ceasing production of all of its instant films and cameras. In a digital age, many believed that Polaroids were a nostalgic, but redundant, throwback to the analog era. However, even a cursory glance at Etsy reveals that there are many amazing artists …
Framing for the Future: Conserving Artwork
Since I work for a frame store, I have a lot of opportunities to see the “How-to's” and “How-NOT-to’s" of framing. We often reframe work that was purchased from artists. Sometimes it is a bit painful to see how the artist has framed or matted their own work, and in the process made preserving their art more …
The Sister Project
It just doesn’t feel like an office to Margaret Roach unless people are excitedly showing her things they just made by hand, and she is in turn showing those to an audience. The former editorial director of Martha Stewart Living left last year to pursue her own forms of creative self-expression from her …
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