I made my first easel as a birthday present.
As my daughter's 20th birthday approached in 2009, I decided to use the few shop tools I had to make her a birthday gift. She was studying oil painting, so an art easel seemed a good choice. My resources were so limited that I built it from the cheapest wood I could find. It was my own design. Fortunately, my daughter liked it and began to use it immediately.
Her art teacher liked it too. He had been teaching her without payment, so I made another easel from better wood - and an improved design - and gave it to him. He's still using it.
Friends and co-workers thought I should try to sell my easels, and that is how Easelmark began. I have sold many of my easels, but gave some to an art teacher friend for his classroom. He, in turn, gave some of them as gifts to deserving students.
In keeping with the small beginnings of Easelmark, I make every easel myself and hope to maintain a connection with every artist who acquires one. I hope you, too, will come to appreciate "the easel that is art."
To learn more about Easelmark and see photos of my products, visit www.easelmark.com.
