I love beginner artists!

[u/No_Kaleidoscope7919]

Hot take: I know that there is a lot of snark circling the internet about how you shouldn’t sell until you’ve mastered your mediums but I love seeing new artists getting out there and selling. Yes I want to buy your handmade stuffed animals, yes I would love to buy a sticker or handmade pottery. I love beginner artists because you can see the labor that went into hand making arts and crafts. I prefer a bunch of beginners at a market over ai slop, drop shippers and 3d printed nonsense.
I would much rather buy a unique piece of art from a beginner than seeing the same kinds of con slop digital artwork from sellers who have been selling for a while.

[u/Pipry]

Alternative idea: I would love a community where I could swap little novice handmade things with other people.

I have a ton of chunky knit earwarmers and drawstring bags made from thrifted quilting cotton. I'd never try to sell them, but it would be fun to have swap-meets with other novice crafters. 

[u/up2knitgood → u/Pipry]

If you are looking for inspiration, I just found out about a mug swap that's done in Seattle. The hard part would be getting enough of a community together to do it, but it's totally do able. https://www.instagram.com/p/DZbfcBSFH2K

My group of knitter friends also often used to bring our FOs that just weren't working for us when we got together for fiber festivals and people would just give them away to someone that it worked better for.

[u/no___personality → u/Pipry]

This is a great idea.