Google has this very nice little feature that allows you to see all the news items related to a specific keyword search. So a couple of months ago, I set this up in my Google News headings, with the keywords "antique mirrors". I have been most pleasantly surprised by the results. I get new stories almost every day, demonstrating the demand for antique - or very good-looking antiqued mirrors. I wonder if they are as beautiful as the mirrors I make?
My biggest obstacle in this game is public awareness. Designers, decorators and the public at large at best have very vague notions of what distressed mirrors are, or what they can do for an interior. They go to large glass companies and are shown huge sheets of imitation antique mirror. This stuff is so horrible it makes you want to give up living. So every now and then it is heartening to see articles online on the arcane subject of antique mirror-making. They encourage people to go out, look properly and hopefully mail me for a quote. This article came by recently, from the UK - based Guardian newspaper. It contains links to other mirror-makers...check out some of those prices!
I enjoy seeing the work of other mirror-makers online. There are very few folk in the world who have this kind of knowledge. There are even fewer who can make an antiqued - or distressed mirror look 'right' while avoiding the feeling that it's just clever chemistry. In my opinion, there's a profound difference between something that looks like the splattering of paint-effect style antiquing, and the artistry that turns a silver plate into a profoundly atmospheric surface. You'll get that at Cape Mirrors, folks, and few places besides.
My biggest obstacle in this game is public awareness. Designers, decorators and the public at large at best have very vague notions of what distressed mirrors are, or what they can do for an interior. They go to large glass companies and are shown huge sheets of imitation antique mirror. This stuff is so horrible it makes you want to give up living. So every now and then it is heartening to see articles online on the arcane subject of antique mirror-making. They encourage people to go out, look properly and hopefully mail me for a quote. This article came by recently, from the UK - based Guardian newspaper. It contains links to other mirror-makers...check out some of those prices!
I enjoy seeing the work of other mirror-makers online. There are very few folk in the world who have this kind of knowledge. There are even fewer who can make an antiqued - or distressed mirror look 'right' while avoiding the feeling that it's just clever chemistry. In my opinion, there's a profound difference between something that looks like the splattering of paint-effect style antiquing, and the artistry that turns a silver plate into a profoundly atmospheric surface. You'll get that at Cape Mirrors, folks, and few places besides.
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