Art Supplies…
As art stores go I am attracted to a few, and the reasons are fairly stand out. Locally Frame Factory (Jenny and John) are always able to handle my framing and bits and pieces fairly well, a bit of a chat, a wander about picking up bits and pieces and I’m off. Parking can be tricky at times as they are on a corner… but hey that’s life. On a bigger scale though Neils Printmaking Supplies in Brunswick (don’t let the name fool you!) has all the quirkiness you could want from an art supply store and good prices to boot on most things.
While in Melbourne, St Lukes Artists Colurmen 32 Smith St Collingwood are up for a chat (check out their KHADI paper! made in India by a few hippies! and their Golden Acrylics, the BEST acrylics under the sun.) it’s like entering an olde worlde apothecary without the old worlde bit jars of raw ingredients etc set off the theme.
It all comes down to service, quality and value, but the big thing for me is the friendliness, heck some of what I buy is tre’hexpensieve anywho… so the friendly chat pushes me over the edge just a tad… They don’t know me from a bar of soap or if I am a big timer or a no timer… so that’s great same service no matter how big I’m not.
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