Christof Maupin, Artist<p>Like so many artists, I'm moving my online presence away from Etsy. Despite their transparently defensive claims to the contrary, and an abundance of nonsensical "happy talk" by their marketing team, Etsy has become an outlet for cheap, machine made, imported junk. Artists with personal and creative integrity are fleeing the Etsy brand in hordes. Much of my work can now be found on my Ko-fi site: ko-fi.com/christofmaupin07 <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/goodbyeEtsy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goodbyeEtsy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Kofi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kofi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/hotglass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hotglass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/glassart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glassart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/glassartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glassartist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/lampwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lampwork</span></a></p>