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Medium: HP Vivera ink on archival paper.
Size: 8 x 7".
Date: 10/20/2010.
Thank you for all your comments on which version of Az Highway 60 Railroad Ave you preferred.
Version 1 was the winner with twice as many votes. I took comments from both and incorporated them into today's post, along with two new figures. What do you think, should the figures stay or go? Next Thursday I will post the final piece before sending it off to the contest, so please comment freely.
I know I said I was not doing anymore product design. It's so much work and very rarely leads to a lucrative outcome. Sourcing manufacturers and bringing a new product to market are more than a little difficult, not to mention expensive. Designing and making samples is the fun part. (That's what I got to do in my prototyping business, when the companies with whom I contracted did all the not-fun parts.)
BUT a few weeks ago I gave a gift of a small, handmade, animal ornament to a La Jolla retailer with whom I had other business, and she would like them for her store. After considering it for a week I began work on a dozen samples and finally delivered them today. And now here I am once again trying to source a manufacturer just in case they do well. Oh dear.
