I live in Cincinnati. Most people that have never been to Cincinnati know nothing about it or they think it's something that it's definitely not, i.e., a mid-western conservative, dying, rust-belt city.
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Without going in to detail, the city hit a low point about 10 years ago and has been slowly climbing upward. The city is waking up from a slumber, shaking itself off and moving forward at full force. Once negative and apathetic natives are changing their minds about their city and starting to contribute on a grassroots level. Plus, I guess I've always liked rooting for an underdog, or at least enjoy the hard work it takes to reach a goal.
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Thinking I could so something to help, I started my designcincinnati blog a few years ago. Since I opened an Etsy shop, I thought it'd be great to create a series of interviews about Cincinnati Etsy sellers. I'm proud to introduce these artists, and Etsy in general, to my local readers. I thought it'd be nice if I share them with a larger audience here on my studio blog.
Check out the Etsy Cincinnati interview series on my other blog and maybe you will find a new favorite artist.
artists above: 1. FiveDot, 2. Sky Dreams and Frog Cottage, 3. Arian, 4. Andrew Neyer, 5. Randel Plowman (visit his cool blog, too.)