Bye Bye Society6
Hello everyone,
I haven’t logged into my website in months (can you tell??!). The last post was over a year go too… There has not been many changes in terms of where my art is going. All has been super quiet to be fair and I’m thinking about the direction I would like to go. I’m not even sure if I want to continue with it if I’ll be perfectly honest. Etsy and Folksy have been quiet for a long time now and I don’t have the time like I used to do update my shops, make work, do markets… I feel like that side of me no longer exists. I’m not sure! Maybe I’m going through some sort of career crisis; I don’t enjoy my full-time job either and I’m stuck in a situation where I can’t leave because of the hours. In a perfect world where money is not a worry (forget about paying for nappies/mortgage/food) I’d love to spend all my time investing in myself and creating art. This is only something that I need to figure out for myself.
In other (sad news) I have only recently found out that my Society6 artist account has been closed for good (tbf there was an email back in February but I didn’t open it- my fault!). I even googled it just to be double-check! It seems like on their behalf they wanted a more curated and streamlined ‘look’ if you want to put it that way. I’m actually quite disappointed about it as I was with them since 2009/2010 when they first opened and I was doing really well with them.
Maybe all this is some sort of sign I now need to push myself to quite my day time job and find something less stressful/worth my time. Have that balance of parenthood/family time and art. Perhaps that’s my goal for the next few months.
Anyway, I’m going to end my post on a positive note. I hope you’re all enjoying the start of spring!
