Success of Bone & Rust Art Co.

I recently have been posting about my first booth at the Juke Joint Festival. I wanted to write an article and let you know how I did in sales and on making new friends. I sold several pieces of jewelry, art, and a few sculptures. I sold a Chicken-Wire Taxidermy Deer Form sculpture to a lady from Atlanta, GA, a Dog Skull Cross to one of my friends from Clarksdale, MS, a huge cross made from chrome that came off of an old ford truck to acouple from out of town, a Salvaged Copper Wire Cross to my fifth grade teacher, and a Wooden Cut-Out of Mississippi to my friend's mom. I also sold a  paintings and at least eight pieces of jewelry.

Jewelry:

1)"Entangled Teeth" (Raccoon Teeth) (Earrings)

2)"Snake Vertebrae & Pink Pearls" (Earrings)

3)"Pick Your Fight" (Guitar Pick) (Necklace)

4)"Skeleton Key" (Necklace)

5)"Glass Beads" (Necklace)

6)"Glass Beads" (Necklace)

7)"Leather Cross Cuff" (Bracelet)

8)"Relic" (Necklace)

Painting Artworks:

1)"All Eyes On The Wierd Girl" (Painting on 11x14 / Canvas Panel)

2)"Untitled" (Painting on 8x10 / Canvas Panel)

3)"Cotton in the Field, Cotton in the Sky" (Painting on 4x12 / Streatched Cotton Canvas)

4)"The Patch-Worker" (Painting on 4x12 / Streatched Cotton Canvas)

5)"Disaperaing History" (Painting on Streatched Oval Cotton Canvas)

6)"Patch-Work Landscape" (Painting on 12x12 / Streatched Cotton Canvas)

7)"Plug-Head" (Experimental Painting on 11x14 / Canvas Panel)

8)"Pillbug-Man" (Experimental Painting on 11x14 / Canvas Panel)

9)"Untitled" (Painting on 8x10 / Canvas Panel)

Sculpture Artworks:

1)"Life As We Know It" (Modge-Podged Images on Found Object / Salvaged Metal Self)

2)"Chicken-Wire Taxidermy Deer Form" (Chicken-Wire, Deer skull with Antlers, and Deer Jaw)

3)"Dog Cross" (Real Dog / Coyote Skull, Epoxy, and Wooden Cross Painted White)

4)"Ford Chrome Cross" (Cross Made From Chome Embelishments from a Vintage Ford Truck)

5)"Mississippi License Plate Cut-Out on Wood" (Assemblage on old Cypress Wood)

6)"Twisted Copper-Wire Cross" (Copper-Wire Hand-Bent into a Cross)

7)"Abandoned Spaces" (Mississippi Salvaged Wood Cut-Out with Hand-Textured Front)

Jewelry Debuting At The Juke Joint Festival

"Leather Cross Cuff No.1" 2014 by Britt Burchfield

"Cotton Boll Necklace" 2014 by Britt Burchfield

"Tire Swing Necklace" 2014 by Britt Burchfield 

"Oh! Deer!" 2014 by Britt Burchfield 

"Entangled Teeth Earrings No.1" by Britt Burchfield 

"Skeleton Key Necklace" 2014 by Britt Burchfield 

"The Pulley & The Prism Necklace" 2014 by Britt Burchfield 

"The Craftsman Necklace" 2014 by Britt Burchfield 

"Bamboo Panel Necklace" 2014 by Britt Burchfield 

"Leather & Spring Necklace" 2014 by Britt Burchfield 

"Elegant D.N.A. Necklace" 2014 by Britt Burchfield 

"Untitled Necklace" 2013 by Britt Burchfield 

Our Debut: The Juke Joint Festival 2014

   The public debut of Bone & Rust Art Company is just one week away, so I am getting excited. It's not only an adventure for me, but a step out on a limb; a step away from being an artist who just paints. I am making this session because as an artist I don't won't just one thing associated with my name, I want a million possibilities to be at my reach. I have come to the realization in my personal life and life as a creative spirit, that: It's not about the time you spent, but the technique in with you did it. I have prayed over the past few weeks that all will go well next Saturday, that I have enough artworks and products, and that I meet more people than I can remember! I also have prayed that I make a name for myself. I want to be able to make something that touches the life of another person, because Art is supposed to do that and if it doesn't than what good is it? I want someone to see a piece of mine and say, that's from Bone & Rust Art Co. and tell others about it. In life so far I've had three artist mentors. Bradley Gordon, Hayden Hall, and Randall Andrews have all inspired me and encouraged me along my path as an artist and as a young man starting out with a long road ahead. I look at them and see Clarksdale's Van Gogh, Piccaso, and Basquiat. Men who are and will be remembered for who they were and the art that they gave to the people. Two of these three men that I look up to own pieces of my art, one owns at least four of my artworks and the other owns one piece. I love discusing new ideas and projects with them. They give me their honest feedback and that's one reason I look up to them. I have been packing up all of my art pieces and products for the Juke Joint Festival and I've almost packed it all into boxes and bags. I would be lying if I said that I wasn't scared for a bad result, or loosing profit from is journey that I've been making over the past two years. All I can do is advertise, pray, and show up. Can't wait to meet all the people who come from out-of-state and other countries.