Re: Hobby shops gone,Art stores gone what next?

Posted by MarkPBG on Jul 11, 2013; 3:30am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Hobby-shops-gone-Art-stores-gone-what-next-tp4043348p4043362.html

It really does depend on the area you're in. As an artist and an active member of our local art community, I have found just by looking around that there are really only four big art/creative areas in our state. I'm lucky I'm in one of them. We've got 4 hobby shops and a dozen art stores within a half-hour of me and it seems like another opens every year. The hobby stores have almost everything, and the art stores are so big, they've got things I've never even seen online yet! It's one of the reasons if I ever do move, an active art community is going to be a necessity in choosing a location. We've also got a half dozen shops that sell raw materials for the architectural crowd. Exotic metal panels, high density and colored plastics, et.