The Site Redesign Is Complete!

December 4, 2017 admin

It’s done… and days before my deadline. Yeah, I’m relieved and exuberant and feeling a bit like a victor cause, see, I’m basically a technophobe. I can envision, write, and produce decent photography but please don’t call on me to change a font for the entire site. Or move the navigation bar. And on and on.

Once again, thanks to my sister Mary for helping me start the process. Assuring me it wasn’t that big of a deal, I visited Mary last week – MacBook in hand. Once we had chosen the best theme, the going was surprisingly smooth (big sis was right) and I returned home with a big “to do” list and a feeling of optimism that I could do it!

The changes? Colors are slightly different – I’ve added a lot of white space which I believe makes reading easier. Some categories are gone and others added. I’ve tried to make the site simpler and easier to access. I’ve taken the time to explain “assemblage” in a number of places as it is a foreign word to more than not.

One big decision – I dropped the gourds. It doesn’t mean I won’t add them at a later date. I’ve discovered two things about my artistic enterprise. First, it takes all my available time to keep Assemblage inventory up (I sell as much as I can produce) and, second, I’m simply not turning out gourds that fit my definition of “good enough to sell”. Learning the large number of procedures one must to produce the type of gourds I envision creating takes time. And I can’t rush that as I had originally planned. One day – I’ve promised myself – just not as quickly as I hoped.

During the transition, I listed four new Assemblage Canvases. You’ll find each here on the site – just scroll a little further down the front page. I’m also providing you with a quick look…