Thursday, February 7, 2008

Freshly Dipped - New Online Art Store



The good peoples over at
Formulawerks clothing have launched a new venture - an online art store -- Freshly Dipped -- supporting their network of talented artists, currently numbering 30+. They sell artwork, prints, apparel and more. Lifted from the site, here's a little background:

Why does it exist?

I (Ryan / Escape76 from Formula Werks) had been shopping for new artwork with one of my friends. Even though I personally know all of the artists whose work I was shopping for, I found it almost impossible to know what works were sold, unsold, available, lost, or whatever by looking at people’s websites, MySpace pages, Flickr pages, etc. I spent a ridiculous amount time emailing, texting, messaging, and calling people to find out what was available for sale for both my friend and I to purchase.

After a couple of months, I was randomly thinking and thought it would be cool to open a site where artists can directly sell their canvases, prints, or whatever other goodies they have. I know a bevy of artists who have tons of complete works that are not necessarily being shown for sale anywhere, and I thought this was both a waste of space and a waste of possible income and exposure for the artist. Why hide all the goodies?

So this is why I came up with freshlydipped.com. I talked to several artist friends from both FWX and our immediate circle, and everyone seemed to think it was a good idea. We went ahead and started working on the site and talking to more people, and here we are.

Go browse, buy and support some independent artists!
www.freshlydipped.com

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