Justin Atkin’s journey as a stained-glass artist started at his family’s church, Mount Bethel Baptist in Belton. In the sanctuary loomed a huge stained-glass window depicting Jesus holding a lamb. “I looked at it and looked at it,” he remembers. Step two was spotting a sign on a metal building while he was driving to Due West. The sign offered classes from a professional stained-glass artist. He not only learned from her but has since helped her with installations. “I’m liked

One way to engage potential buyers in your artwork is to show them the work in progress. Anderson Artists Guild member Matthew Brophy, a potter, says that this is something he started doing about a year ago—and that it’s important. “On my larger, more expensive pieces, I take pictures as I’m creating them: just thrown, bisque fired, design drawn on the piece, and two shots of the glazing process,” he said. “That way, people see the piece being created from start to finish. Pe