Socials + Shop Changes
Much is currently shifting with Beastie and Bone regarding where my work can be found and purchased, and where I'll be sharing my journey of art-making and fascination with the natural world.
A big part of this shift is due to the changes in many major social media platforms that I don't agree with. In particular, Meta's consistently shady use of data, scraping of users' platforms to train their AI, security issues, and ever-growing monopoly of the social media field as well as political and cultural ties that I do not want to support.
So, effective of this post, I no longer have a Facebook or Threads account for Beastie and Bone, and will no longer be focusing on Instagram as my main social sharing app. I'll be pouring much more energy into Patreon, as accounts are free, ads are few, and you who follow along there are far more likely to see what I've got to share! All the free content I'll be sharing there, however, will also be available on this blog, and I'll be posting regularly on:
If you're not a big content person, though, and the idea of receiving more notifications through Patreon moving forward isn't one you like, I've gotchu. I have finally launched the Beastie and Bone Happy Mail Club! It is a monthly membership available through my online shop that gets you the exclusive monthly miniprint and/or sticker of the month, that's all, no fuss, no muss, no profile needed, no extra notifications.
Here's the breakdown of the Happy Mail Club vs Patreon perks, so you can pick which you prefer moving forward!
Happy Mail:
- Monthly sticker and/or miniprint
- No profile/account required
- No notifications/posts other than shipping confirmation
- Easy to gift to others, as no account is needed, only their shipping address
- Cancel at any time
Patreon:
- Monthly sticker and/or miniprint, + downloadable goods for select tiers
- Regular free blog posts/shop update notifications
- Early access to all new art and goods + first-dibs on commission slot availability
- Access to the Patreon-exclusive online shop (remaining stock of previous months' art)
- Exclusive gift-aways
- Voting rights on new projects, merch, and art themes
- Can be gifted to others, but Patreon account is required
- Cancel at any time
In a nutshell, if Patreon is for extroverts, the Happy Mail Club is for introverts. You don't have to interact with anybody, you just get the art sent right to ya.
And finally, I have some updates on how you can shop Beastie and Bone art and goods! Due to recent EU restrictions on shipping, I can no longer ship directly to the EU and UK through my online shop (with the exception of the Happy Mail Club).
So I have relaunched my INPRNT storefront. INPRNT produces lovely quality prints, and ships internationally at affordable rates, so my digital art prints are available anywhere in the world, now!
Moving forward, I also hope to expand my lineup of consignment and wholesale partners, have my work more consistently in galleries, and attend art fairs and markets outside of the Knoxville, TN sphere. The winter has been a nice, quiet time in the studio for me, but I am looking forward to getting to see you folks in person again!
This was quite the info dump of a post, so if you've read this whole thing, thank you! I believe in transparency and communication. If you do have questions about these changes or anything else, let me know in a comment! Many of these changes were a long time coming to feedback I'd received from y'all, and I'd love to get more proactive in improving things moving forward.
In the meantime, take care, and be well, and I am excited to keep sharing the wild and wonderful with y'all through art!
Stacia