hip hip hurray! another edition on {…a place for twiggs}! ok, asides from being happy for this edition (and i will explain it in a minute), these few weeks i have been thinking about several things. first this blog… what is its main point… what do i want to achieve with it… second, and also related with the blog, i feel a major pleasure in promoting independent artists and am quite inspired by other talented people behind showcases like {papernstich}, {poppytalk handmade}… and third how can i match all this & the portuguese community, that i find not so united in this goal of growing businesses through a local community.
so when thinking about all these issues… and that first one is not quite clear yet, i began to think about creating this community, a local community… though it should never be considered a closed-to-the world community. instead a united community, united by the same goals and opened to the world, so that all interested people may join and strongly show their support to these talented artists.
what is {local markets} then?
a portuguese community dedicated to the very best portuguese talented & independent artists that strive for an original work and exquisitely executed handmade design & photography.
who can {join}?
this community will firstly be present in {facebook} as a page. you can join to show your support & maybe in a future moment, other projects may be put up, and you will get first hand news! in the future there will be also a blog, in order to showcase the very best portuguese, talented & independent artists & photographers.
and what about this blog’s edition on {local markets}?
once a week, there will be a special feature for these artists, to spread the word about their talent, to introduce you to new & fresh work.
can i {submit} my work?
well, if you are portuguese… then yes. you do not have to live here, but you have to be portuguese. portuguese people are well-known strivers so it is natural that there are several talented hands & minds around the world… these can join in too! but just one small note: as there is a main goal of choosing the best… there is a philosophy behind this, a mood, a way of thinking… so not all work will be accepted. but this is not because it is not good enough… but in order to keep this a high quality edition, artists will be carefully chosen.
interesting… i was analyzing {local markets} icon and it says “buy local”… this means you do not support buying internationally?
oh no, not at all. i support buy handmade. and as in a matter of supporting our talented artists, i support buying local. i may be wrong, but i guess we lack some kind of patriotism of our products, though this is changing in a significant way. this is just a way of supporting portuguese products, which does not mean in a direct way that i do not support international products.
the image chosen for this new edition is already shown in this blog and you can also copy it and place it in your website… spread the word about {local markets}.
tomorrow we will have our first {local markets} edition.
hope to see you tomorrow for some handmade support!
have a great day!
twiggs
Milk Woman says
Yay! Great idea! I'll have all the support you need from my side… For starters, I'm stealing the badge to put in my blog!!