Teenage Market

The Teenage Market is an chance for all the young artists in the stockport area to get themselves out there and have a really good time! The event is held inside the old Stockport Market Place on the 28th of April. Hannah, Katie, Lyndsay and I have been selling our designs. We attended the event not only to get ourselves out there, but to raise money for our Final Major Project Shows, so it's all for a good cause! 

The Teenage Market was such a fun event, we are all trying to figure out if we will be able to make the next Market in July, we met loads of really nice people and also bumped into a few familiar faces! It really boosts your confidence when people come to admire your work, and especially when people actually want your work. From what we learned today, we were not very prepared, since it was our first time there we quickly learnt what we should do for our next Market. It appeared that there was quite a variety of cards, so selling cards was difficult since pretty much everyone sold them. Our best seller was the Canvas bags, having sold nearly most of them! I went around to have a nosey at other peoples stalls and there was so much to choose from, from clothing & jewellery to art prints & canvases. Next time I would like to make some clothing, like different kinds of t-shirts (sleeveless, cropped) some thing a bit different. Tie-dye also seemed popular. I would also like to make more household items like tea towels, mugs, stickers, anything that can be used. I saw a lot of prints throughout the day but it didn't seem to get that much attention. 

The day was very busy, there was a radio station there, some professional dancers, and some nice local musicians doing covers of popular songs. There was also a henna artist there, which i was drawn to, but i resisted! After a long day of selling from 10am to 4pm, we managed to raise........*drum roll*...... £25! Well done to all of us!

Our stall ;)