Annual Planning

I'm just finishing up my annual planning here at the studio. It's hard to get this kind of thing done because while I'm doing it it feels like a waste of time. Once it's done though having a plan for the year ends up being incredibly beneficial.

This year needs a plan more than most. I feel like I'm all over the place with what I'm trying to do.

Right now I feel like I am running two different businesses and not giving either their due. I make leather goods. I make cyanotypes. There is a bit of a middle ground but most of the time I feel like I'm trying to push forward on two fronts.

I've known since I start down that path that it was going to lead to some big changes in the way I do business and what my business looks like. I also knew there were going to have to be some sacrifices, some of which I wouldn't be comfortable with.

This year's planning has involved a lot of asking myself about what things I'm doing that are successful but I no longer want to invest my time or energy into. Learning to see something as successful but not worth continuing has been a hard lesson.

Getting it down on paper feels like a big step. The choice has been made, a direction picked. Already I can feel myself letting go of the things that I have to let go of.

Anyway. Big changes are coming to Wright & Rede this year as I transition away from trying to be a little factory and continue evolve my artistic practice.

Look for a new release of prints from my October residency later this month. I am also working on a whole new line of wet molded leather vessels that I'm hoping to launch in March.