Frankie

Crashed out today from a bad FND flare and bought $281 in punch needle supplies in case you’re wondering how my life is going

Peachtober prompt was poppies today ❤️ 🤍💚🖤

DECAY EXISTS AS AN EXTANT FORM OF LIFE

“I have no idea why I feel so weird today” thinks person diagnosed with Feeling Weird Disease

Just listed some new ceramics! These are the first pieces I’ve been able to put out after 4 months of chronic illness. I am so freakin proud

The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Consignment-Work Exchange Agreements If you sell handmade or personally designed goods, you’ve almost certainly seen the call to action posts saying that you can sell your work on consignment at a store for zero fee in exchange for worki...

I conducted a survey about the often-predatory practice of asking consigning artists to provide unpaid labor to stores in exchange for waived consignment fees. Check it out here: bus20ceramics.com/blogs/franki...

Making art is not about creating a perfect, sellable result. It’s not even about ending up with a finished product. It’s about the practice. Its greatest rewards are internal.

Do you ever film a video and wonder if your entire social security number is somewhere in the background and you’re not gonna notice but it’ll be the first comment on the video and you’ll be so embarrassed you perish on the spot

AI only makes art accessible to those who think art must meet ableist standards of precision on a capitalist timeframe.

“Isn’t it better because it happens instantly? Saving so much time and work?”

No, you fool. You have missed the point. The practice is the destination.

AI only makes art accessible if you refuse to consider incomplete projects art.

AI only makes art accessible if you consider art to be the product and not the journey.

AI only makes art accessible if art is a trivial commodity and not a tradition of human thought and expression.

People will go to insane lengths to try to justify the use of AI for creating art. Most recently I’ve seen content arguing that it makes art accessible. As a disabled artist I HEAVILY disagree.

AI only makes art accessible if you think work made in the style of a disabled artist isn’t art

Me: I really need to lock in on my goals and refine my skills in my existing hobbies
Also me: I should try stained glass
My bank account: 👁️ 👄 👁️
Me: or perhaps piano lessons

Why the heck are artists so anxious? Why the heck are artists so anxious? Nearly every creative person I know struggles with anxiety. I’m not only talking about my friends who work in creative fields, where your bills are paid (inconsist...

This week’s blog post goes over my personal journey redirecting some of my anxious creative energy into writing my first romance novel! Check it out here: bus20ceramics.com/blogs/franki...

Worries are imagined realities, and creative people by nature can imagine and create worlds which don’t exist. It stands to reason then that creative people are uniquely predisposed to anxiety—and that creation in the right form could help alleviate it.

Me: I love ceramics, pottery is amazing, I’m never going to take ceramics for granted again
Ceramics:

Back making pottery slowly but surely after my #fnd diagnosis! Thank goodness for my wet box which kept all my pots leather hard for months during this flare. Literally cried tears of joy seeing these mugs. I’ll never take my abilities for granted again

New journal comic about all the unsolicited medical advice and strange questions I’ve gotten since my #fnd diagnosis

An image of a vase in the bisque phase with an underglaze design of a sad clown

Glazing a 14lb amphora I threw before I got sick. It’s been sitting on a shelf waiting for me and it feels like the perfect time. A tribute to CMAT’s “I Wanna Be a Cowboy Baby!”

The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Craft Markets You’re a maker selling handmade wares, and your craft has officially become something you think you might make a little money from. Etsy and Shopify seem intimidating, your follower count is a little ...

I wrote a free beginner’s guide to selling at craft markets! It goes over market red flags to watch out for, financials, what you need to get started, what makes a good market, and more. Check it out on my blog ❤️ bus20ceramics.com/blogs/franki...

Love both of these places. Great tip!

Bus 20 Ceramics Colorful small-batch ceramics handmade in Portland, Oregon. Shop here for unique gifts and fun pottery!

When solo makers try to keep up with customer standards of speed and price set by large, exploitative factories, they break their minds and bodies in the process—and the joy bleeds out from their creative practice. Read more on my blog at bus20ceramics.com 5/5

When you’ve got companies driving up the cost of groceries just because the can and billionaires sitting on a dragon’s hoard of cash that can’t circulate the economy, we’re being priced out of our homes, let alone our ability to buy things that bring us joy 4/5

The handmade market is being flooded by SHEIN and Temu resellers. Craft markets accept them as vendors, and they mark up $0.99/unit items to $20 or $30–enough to undercut handmade artists on price and drive us out. They scam customers into thinking they’re shopping small and local in the process 3/5

With all the dupes of handmade art produced by #fastfashion and international wholesaling companies, customers expect handmade work to barely break even on materials. My community faces accusations of greed and selfishness for charging enough to make as little as $3.00/hr 2/5

There are a lot of reasons why #handmadeart careers are dying. Between people expecting sweatshop pricing, SHEIN and Temu resellers infiltrating the handmade market, and stagnant wages for customers, it’s harder to make it as a handmade artist—at least without breaking your mind and body 1/5

Looking for shops who might carry my zine on #longcovid and #fnd hit me with your recs! It’s a 12 page, bound with thread on nice cream cardstock.

Graphic shows an image of Portland's waterfront. It says, "What Multnomah County services are most important to you? Let us know by taking our short online budget survey today! Survey results will be collected until Monday, March 3, 2025."

Survey responses will be collected until Monday, March 3, shared with the Chair and her policy team, and a summary of results will be posted online.

Survey: link.multco.us/budget-survey-fy2026

Learn more about the budget and engagement opportunities, at: link.multco.us/budget-process

And part 4 of my journal comic

Part 3 of my journal comic on #longcovid #pnes and #fnd