How to Make It: 25 Makers Share the Secrets to Building a Creative Business (Art Books, Graphic Design Books, Books About Artists)

by Erin Austen Abbott

Overview

This is the ultimate tell-all, show-all guide to making a living by making things. Featuring 25 profiles of illustrators, jewelry designers, ceramicists, painters, clothing designers, and printmakers, How to Make It provides a behind-the-scenes look at the daily rituals and best practices that keep these creative entrepreneurs on track. With Q & As, insider tips, and DIYs from each maker, these pages offer guidance and encouragement to artists just starting their careers and to professionals looking to take their creative business to the next level. Brimming with practical advice and inspiration, this book is a perfect gift for anyone interested in making it as a maker.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452150017
Publisher:	Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date:	03/07/2017
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Erin Austen Abbott is an internationally exhibited photographer, a regular contributor to the blog June and January, and the owner of Amelia, an art and design shop in Oxford, Mississippi.

Table of Contents

Making It 8

1 Blue Delta Jean Co: Tupelo and Oxford, Mississippi 11

2 Board and Bread: Nashville, Tennessee 19

3 Britt Bass Turner: Roswell, Georgia 27

4 Caroline Z Hurley Studio: Brooklyn, New York 35

5 Coral & Tusk: Brooklyn, New York 43

6 Fay Andrada: Brooklyn, New York 51

7 Ferme À Papier: San Francisco, California 59

8 Forage Haberdashery: Media, Pennsylvania 67

9 Gold Teeth Brooklyn: Los Angeles, California 75

10 Jen Hewett: San Francisco, California 85

11 Jenny Pennywood: San Francisco, California 91

12 Kate Roebuck Studio: Chattanooga, Tennessee 99

13 Knot & Bow: Brooklyn, New York 107

14 Maryanne Moodie: Brooklyn, New York 115

15 Matine: Washington, D.C. 125

16 Moglea: Audubon, Iowa 131

17 Paper & Clay: Memphis, Tennessee 139

18 Quill & Fox: Lake Oswego, Oregon 147

19 Scout Books: Portland, Oregon 155

20 Son of a Sailor: Austin, Texas 163

21 Sycamore Street Press: Heber City, Utah 171

22 Teranishi Studio: Santa Ana, California 179

23 The Object Enthusiast: Kansas City, Missouri 189

24 Walnut Animal Society Los Angeles, California 197

25 Woodlot Vancouver, British Columbia 205

Acknowledgments 212

Editorial Reviews

01/02/2017
Readers curious about starting a creative business will find these 25 interviews with artisans an entertaining introduction to the challenges and rewards of turning art into a livelihood. Abbott, a photographer and owner of a design and home goods shop in Oxford, Miss., leads Q&A-format interviews with printmakers and painters, clothing and jewelry designers, and other skilled artisans, who recount how they made their passions into businesses. Readers quickly learn that the creative businesses require a tremendous amount of time and energy. Jessica Tata, a jewelry designer and co-owner of the Son of a Sailor store in Austin, Tex., describes her daily life as a “whirlwind,” a term that could apply to all the artists profiled here. Abbott asks how people stay organized, where they seek advice, and how they decide how to invest; the answers provide useful guidance to anyone looking to juggle a number of demands and set priorities. In addition to photographs of the artists at work, the book includes craft projects developed by the artisans for beginners, giving the book a broader appeal to readers dreaming of giving up their nine-to-five jobs or just considering new hobbies. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

Readers curious about starting a creative business will find these 25 interviews with artisans an entertaining introduction to the challenges and rewards of turning art into a livelihood.” —Publishers Weekly

“Readers curious about starting a creative business will find these 25 interviews with artisans an entertaining introduction to the challenges and rewards of turning art into a livelihood.” —Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher