What are the best and worst things about running your own business? The best things are that I am able to produce my
looking at the narrative of the property and using archive papers to create site-specific work. As far as Unit Twelve is concerned, we have been open
own work and be my own boss for a living. I have luckily got to the stage where I only undertake the workshops I enjoy and I am able to say no to those that I don’t. The worst things are no sick pay, no holiday pay and very few days off. I may be my own boss, but my boss is a slave-driver! It is very hard to turn down paid work so I really struggle to fit everything in. I am trying to sell work whilst trying out new ideas, running workshops, doing exhibitions, undertaking commissions and residencies, and all alongside the massive demands of running a gallery. There is also a lot of paperwork to be done, which I didn’t expect when I started out; the tax returns, updating the website, replying
for five and a half years and the space has evolved nicely along the way. It’s hard to say what the future will hold, but I am more than happy to wait and see what the next exciting chapter will be…. For more information, visit: www.jennifercollier.co.uk Images courtesy of Jennifer Collier
to emails (I probably spend an average of 2 hours a day just on this!), producing publicity material and updating social media, etc. And I had such romantic visions of sitting sewing all day! What do you think the future holds for you? Do you have any interesting projects in the pipeline? I am about to start work on projects for two different National Trust properties. At this point in time I can’t give further details on the National Trust projects, but this is a direction I would love my work to go in. I would love to create entire room sets in paper, Winter 2015 | ukhandmade |
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