From hand to mouth

Paid and voluntary jobs are often a vital part of any artist's portfolio. Paid work, such as workshop leading, can not only benefit you financially but can also be enormously rewarding. Voluntary work can be a way of learning new skills, developing contacts and gaining insight into art world workings. So the new 'jobs' section launched this month includes both kinds of work, from unpaid gallery placements to educational work. To introduce this new topic, Julia Foster writes about her experience of working with the public on a craft project in the Midlands.