Time savers, memory aids and pet peeves

If you’re wondering why I seem to take so many pictures, it’s to keep, not just a record of what I made on a certain day but, somewhat of a memory aid. Sometimes people will contact me and refer to a piece by name that I might have made several years back. It could get embarassing if you don’t know what they’re talking about.

I use the pictures as well as sale tags on the rack; there is a lot less folding and re-folding of each item necessary when the potential buyer sees a picture of the whole thing in the first place. I also add price, size and silk weight to the tags; obviously, not all pieces can be priced alike as they are not created alike. This picture shows tie-dye, by the way. Not all forms of hand-dyeing should be called tie-dye. Just a pet peeve of mine I suppose.

And why are my pictures so static? Isn’t silk that’s meant to fly more beautiful if you show it in flight? I suppose it is. I love looking at pictures of moving silk. It’s glorious to behold, but could also hide an infinite number of sins. I like people to see exactly the pattern they’re buying. It prevents a whole lot of potential grief if you sell anything from a website to a client who hasn’t had the chance to see the item up close first.

They’re not perfect pictures, but I’m working on it. I only have a very small space where “Bambi” the mannequin stands at attention at all times — very convenient as long as one is willing to forget ever using a certain part of their dwelling ever again — but the lighting is less than perfect.

It’s on my to-do list, really. But I’d rather be dyeing. Which is what’s going to happen right now.