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excessive. Instead, she is targeting her

energies at art fairs and bazaars. She
believes they offer better marketing
opportunities for artisans like herself
who produce goods that are utilitarian
and affordable.
"Determining prices was very hard
for me and I talked to a lot of people
before I set up a schedule," she says.
"The barrettes, at $12 each, and
change purses, at $15, take about one
hour for Newman to produce and are
her least expensive items. Challah
covers, at $50 each, are the most
expensive items now, but she is con-
sidering making some larger pieces.
The lifestyle at Ein Dor is one
where flexible time and extra work
space are not casually taken for grant-
ed, and Newman has been giving
thought to her next career moves. She
has no plans to teach art to the young-
sters on the Kibbutz, preferring to
keep her work and her craft separate
but equal for the time being. As the
only artisan working in fiber at Ein
Dor, she sometimes feels the isolation.
"When I visit my family in Ann
Arbor, I meet with a friend from art
school, who criticizes my work. "It's
wonderful. I don't have that in Israel,"
she says wistfully.
The distance between Tiberius,
Israel and the United States creates
some logistical problems, too. Over
Labor Day weekend, Newman's par-
ents ran the booth she rented at the
Jewish Arts Festival in Suffolk, Long
Island outside of New York City
because she was not able to leave the
Kibbutz at that time. Last spring she
showed her work at a bazaar held at
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield, and she
has been invited to show her work
with other artists at two Chanukah
bazaars in Ann Arbor this month.
Economic success in crafts
depends on having a steady supply
of items to sell as well as outlets in
which to sell them. Newman has
taken positive steps to organize her
production at Ein Dor. "I now have
studio space," she says. "I had to
ask permission for it. There are
other artists on the Kibbutz and
there's a waiting list. Getting time
off from my work assignments is
more complicated, and I'm not
pushing for that just yet," she says,
smiling. 11

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