Industry icon and all around bon vivant Jerry Haines passed away peacefully on Christmas day at his home in Southern California. Jerry was one of the pioneers of the contemporary USA Art materials scene, having worked with Robert Sachs, Shiva and more recently as owner of the Artist Color Wheel Company, now lovingly cared for by his son Ken. We”ll miss you Jerry, you were one of a kind! This just in from JM Ghent, General Manager of Curry’s in Canada: “We have recently acquired the renowned art supplier Woolfitt’s Art Supplies in Toronto, Ontario”. Former owner Ben Woolfitt will be moving on to create art and pursue other passions in…
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Do You Stock Bristle Magic?
Bristle Magic is a miracle product and sells like crazy when your retail staff points out the “Magic” to customers buying brushes and paints. They will thank you! Check out this short video to see how Bristle Magic completely disintegrates oil paint off a brush! Ask your MacPherson’s sales contact for all the details, or find it in the Pricer or OEX catalog under “MVBM”. The 12 bottle POP starter assortment placed on the checkout counter is a perfect “launch” pack (item number MVBM5). httpv://youtu.be/LsL3G4O7QZo Oh, and did we mention that this video can make a terrific Facebook or blog post?! It’s fun, engaging and informative and is just the sort of content your…
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CHA Anaheim, The “Crafty” Art Supplier’s Perspective
Four ace reporters from our west coast merchandising and sales team, Joanne Quinn Owens, Sandy Goodstein, Catherine Thoele and Gary Santos collaborated to file this brief “curated” view of last week’s CHA mega show in Anaheim: ArtBin’s newish Marker case and inserts are super hot items. They’re just what the professor ordered for big collections of Copic, Prisma, AD and Promarkers and we have them in stock, order now! Princeton showcased Catalyst Contours, a hard silicone value priced decorative scrapers and blades. Besides being great for clay, these are perfect for cake decorating, and culinary arts. Check out this video: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bdxXajE9Y8 They look ideal for stores who serve schools with culinary depts., as well…
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Strathmore News January 2013
Strathmore Artist Papers™ announces its high quality fine art paper is now available in an expanded offering of large rolls. These new items were developed to meet consumer demand for a greater variety of fine art papers in roll format. A unique selection of colors, textures and weights includes specialty grades typically not found in roll format: Toned Sketch, Recycled Sketch and Drawing, Charcoal Mixed Media, Bristol and Watercolor Newsprint , Drawing and Layout Bond Artists will appreciate the convenience and flexibility of creating without size or scale limitations. Rolls are ideal for either practice of techniques or finished artwork. The new Fine Art Rolls Merchandiser is an attractive wire display with colorful self-sell signage. This display has 18 slots to merchandise all the Strathmore rolls,…
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Sanford Prismacolor & Sharpie News, Jan 2013
Prismacolor announces 44 New Premier Art Marker Colors. Bringing the total color assortment to 200 colors in both brush and chisel tip, the new colors will include some skin tones, neons, and lighter pastel colors. There will be a retrofit available for the art marker towers introduced last year allowing retailers to easily add the new colors to their assortment. New colors will be available in June of this year. In addition to the new open stock colors, Prismacolor will launch a new 12ct neutral grey set, 24ct portrait set, and full assortment 200ct set all in both Chisel |Fine and Brush |Fine. Sharpie will launch 5 new NEON colors coming this April. In 5 vibrant colors of yellow, pink, orange, green and blue,…
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Great New Sizes of “Picture Perfect” Gamvar from Gamblin
Coming soon! MacPherson’s will begin shipping new 8oz and 16oz sizes of Gamblin Gamvar: The perfect picture varnish™ in February 2013. In 2010, Gamblin introduced Gamvar in a convenient 2oz size. Based on feedback from artists and retailers, Gamblin has added 8oz and 16oz sizes. The three sizes of Gamvar, taken together, use the same amount of space as the Gamvar boxed set, which will be discontinued. Get Gamvar with your Winter BTS Orders and Save… MacPherson’s is offering all sizes of Gamvar open-stock at an additional 10% off net thru the end of Winter Back-to-School. Here are the item numbers and list prices: Gamvar 2oz: Item #GB10052, $7.95 list Gamvar…
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Art Alternatives Black Sketch Book Custom Imprint Program
Click here to go to MacPhersonArt.com to download the order form.