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No retail sales No online competition Experience the difference www.edhoy.com Mark Abelgaard educate. lead. inspire. COATINGS BY SANDBERG, INC. www.GlassArtMagazine.com Glass Art TM • January/February 2014 • 5 Glass Art Letter from the Editor Volume 29, Number 1 Publisher ~ Maureen James The New Year Fosters New Opportunities Editor ~Shawn Waggoner This issue of Glass Art includes a special look into Copy Editor ~ Darlene Welch the lives and work of three artists who have made Accounting ~ Rhonda Sewell stunning contributions to the glass art world. Ruth Circulation Manager ~ Kathy Gentry Brockmann was one of the pioneers of kiln formed Advertising ~ Maureen James glass and the Bullseye fusing movement. A disciple of Boyce Lundstrom’s, Brockmann put fused glass on the Graphic Artists ~ Dave Burnett map with her groundbreaking masks and large public Mark Waterbury commissions. Copper wheel engraving artist, Alison Contributing Artists and Writers Kinnaird, combines thought-provoking content, modern imagery, and hi-tech lighting to Michael Barrett, Colleen Bryan tell her luminous stories about mankind and its struggles. Kathy Barnard creates deeply Tony Glander, Gwyn Kaitis carved and etched glass, stained glass pieces, and carved granite-and-tile murals for site- specific commissions. Kate MacLeod, Mark Veit All three were self taught, relying upon mentors and a shared pool of knowledge to Shawn Waggoner, Darlene Welch advance their art. All three achieved their aesthetic and technical goals through experi- Glass Art™ mentation and discovery, adding their own knowledge to the pool in the great circle of ISSN 1068-2147 is published bimonthly community sponsored learning. Barnard reflects: “I didn’t know the rules, but I also didn’t know the limitations.” by Glass Patterns Quarterly, Inc. The glass art industry is unique. 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Ad Materials January 30, 2014 Ad Materials March 30, 2014 Issue Mails February 11, 2014 Issue Mails April 14, 2014 6 • Glass Art TM • January/February 2014 www.GlassArtMagazine.com www.GlassArtMagazine.com Glass Art TM • January/February 2014 • 7 Hot Glass Studio Profile Renee Wiggins Taking Ownership of a Business through Strategic Use of Social Networking by Colleen Bryan henever Renee Wiggins isn’t spending time at the torch or shipping product, she is working at the computer on the WInternet. Most glass artists realize that they have to turn to social networking and the Internet to help them market their work these days, but Wiggins, of Tucson, Arizona, uses the medium to strategi- cally advance her business goals with a savvy and sophistication that set her apart. Beyond simply throwing messages over the wall in hopes that they will keep her visible to prospective buyers, the lampworker leads us through a constellation of Internet tools and describes how each contributes to her overall business plan. Marketing As Wiggins comes up with new designs or product, she advertises Renee Wiggins Belize. them on her Facebook page for Renee Wiggins Design. Intermittent postings deal with what is new, sale items, upcoming shows, and The artist is especially excited at the prospect of Etsy Whole- other promotional concerns. Wiggins makes good use of images and sale, which is now in beta testing and has the potential to provide adjectives in her Facebook posts, which feature richly photographed online visibility to wholesale buyers. Her business plan calls for her beadwork and jewelry. to diversify away from strictly original one-of-a-kind pieces and Wiggins maintains two Etsy stores on that virtual marketplace. move toward making more sets and collections. She would like to She first established JetAge Studio in 2008 to sell a small line of mur- distribute those products through wholesalers rather than acting as rine, and it blossomed to include frit and changeable jewelry supplies her own retailer. As Wiggins’ business plan makes these shifts in for other beadmakers and glass artists. When she perceived that her the next few years, the emergence of Etsy Wholesale could provide art was taking a back seat to the supply lines, Wiggins opened Renee ready access to wholesalers who now are reachable only through Wiggins Design.