Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

Easy assembly. I had this thing in use fifteen minutes out of the box. With a little fiddling I got a huge canvas secure and finished the painting that busted my flimsy old model.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

Great value for a price, delivered on time, Jerry's Artarama Online Video helped in the simple 20-second assembly process.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

Always wanted a studio easel.
I couldn't resist the value.
I'm not disapointed.
Very Happy!!!

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

This is a sturdy easel. The only problem is the piece of wood that holds the canvas. The screw could be a lot tighter. My canvas will sometime slip if I move the easel. Other than that, it is a great easel for the price.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

I LOVE THIS PRODUCT AND FOR THE PRICE AND HELPFUL CUSTOMER SERVICE WHEN ORDERING AND FREE SHIPPING I LOVE IT EVEN MORE. THE ONLY DRAWBACK I WOULD SPEAK TO IS THAT AN EDGE AROUND THE AREA WHERE WE TEND TO PUT SOME OF OUR TOOLS WHILE WE ARE WORKING (THE MIDDLE BAR UNDER WHERE THE CANVAS BOTTOM RESTS) SO THAT THEY WOULD STAY PUT BETTER.... A NICE IMPROVEMENT BUT I CAN LIVE WITHOUT IT.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

Very nice product. It arrived with little assembly needed. It is well made and provides a sturdy support. I was looking for a small easel that would look nice as well as functional.

I am very pleased with the product

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

Easy to assemble, sturdy and serves purpose to securely hold large and small canvases

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

Very good value, nice hardwood contraction that is easy to adjust. Small footprint makes it practical to work in confined spaces.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

I list myself as value oriented when in fact value without quality workmanship is no value at all. This is a good work horse of an easel and it handles all my painting needs with out distracting me with adjustments or maintenance. It is sufficent to the need when the need is big. A great value of good quality. It would take a very heavy piece to require more than this easel offers. A good deal -maybe a steal.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

This easel is made of 1" thick boards except for the base, which is made of 2" pieces. Just as a few people said, the bottom cross member/shelf does not hold well and will slide as you are painting. I just retighten it frequently as I'm painting. All they had to do was have another fastening brace (total of two) instead of the single they have for you. I'm surprised to see that this easel is sturdy, even with the thin board construction. My instructors sturdy easels are made of 2x4's and this one is made of 1x's, but seams sturdy enough. The boxes this easel is packed in need major improvement! It will ship to you in a double box which should be good enough but the cardboard is really cheap. This is a major issue because the legs of the easel pop out, then what ever parts come loose will escape during shipping. (I will show some pics of the replacement easel box...nothing eacaped though) Also, the easel will have mold on it due to poor packing. My first easel's wood support was cracked and some nuts and bolts escaped during shipping due to the poor box material.I thought UPS was just rough with it until I cut the boxes for recycling...cheap cardboard. Overall, with a coupon code; I paid [$] for this easel. It is surprisingly sturdy and is a great alternative to the expensive easels. It can use some improvement in design and packaging, but I would consider buying more if I had a teaching art studio. Yep, I still recommend this to a friend...with a warning of it's flaws. Jerry's has great customer service and handles any issues I have professionally and fairly. I will continue to spend my fortune on their web site ;)

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

I use pastels so I needed an easel that could be adjusted to a vertical position and slightly forward. However, some instruction would have been appreciated. The video on the website does not play.
I have two small brass plates with the ends bent at 90 degrees, left over. Anyone know what they're for?

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

I just opened a gallery and gift shop, this great easel at a great price allowed me to buy the easel
in time for my open house to use as display and now to use when I teach classes after setting up studio space. thnks

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

I use this in my studio for my work and also to teach from. It was very easy to assemble and very sturdy. I have recommended it to all my fellow artists and my serious students.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

i was looking for an additional easel for my studio which could accommodate large paintings. This easel came assembled.... BIG PLUS .... and it works very well for small paintings as well. If you are looking for an easel where you can easily make adjustments, this one is not like the one touch or crank models. But it is sturdy and holds the canvas well. I also like that the platform base is placed so that I don't keep kicking it (as in others I have tried).

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

Great for sitting or standing. May require some drilled hole(s) in center post for pegs to hold large canvasses or boards in place. Otherwise, weight could cause sliding down the frame. Although no instructions are included, was easy to put together.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

basic easel for studio use. Down side was that one of the screws that made the easel adjustable to support the canvas was stripped, so the lower support slipped and dropped, rendering it useless. I had to drill holes and place dowels into the easel to fix the problem.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

I use this to complete artworks at home. It holds a canvas 4' X 3' easily.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

Exactly as represented-a quality work horse for home art with good features, function, mobility and fold-up storage (if ever needed; looks good simply resting in place). Just the slightest hint of assembly instructions would have been helpful but by the time I got to assembling the second easle I had it down (a room temperature IQ will suffice for this assembly) . The assembly instruction video on web site would not function after several attempts.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

The problem with this easel is the catching mechanism does not work. Even on lighter canvases the bottom will still slide down....the ratchet system is still the best way to go.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

This product is exactly what I've been looking for. Very flexible & it accommodates a wide range of canvas sizes. It is also very stylish and has a nice color. I highly recomment it for small studio or house studios. [...]

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

use it for myself, great product, love the built and sturdiness of it, great product at low price, would definately recommend it.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

This is a well built easel. It's stable and rock solid. It has a few flaws, which others have mentioned. There are no instructions (which should not be an issue if you are at all left brained)and the parts are not even in a bag, so they'll spill all over when you open the box. Those are only minor annoyances. The biggest flaw is the design of the bottom canvas support. Turning the knob shown in the middle of the shelf tightens two wedges against the back of the mast. Since the wedges and the mast are both varnished, there is little friction, and the canvas support cannot hold much weight without slipping down. A light canvas is probably not an issue, but a heavy one, a panel, or a drawing board would cause the shelf to fall on your toes. It's a simple fix. I used a small clamp. Others mentioned drilling a series of holes to put a peg in. In any case, it's not a deal breaker, but it's something of which you should be aware... It's still a great easel at a really low price. I would buy it again in a heartbeat!

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

I found this easel to be just the right size....big enough to be sturdy but still manageable and easy to move. I think this was a great find and purchase.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

Very good value for the money.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

I was in the market for an H frame easel and choose this one because it is a basic, solid, no nonsense wood easel offering both quality and value. I looked at quite a few and the unbelievable price sealed the deal.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

Great appearance , nice finish. Like the adjustability . Price was great . Perfect for a part-time artist , can be left out when not in use.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

[...]Bottom slide box was in several pieces. Re-glued about eight parts, no instructions included, based on the picture on the box. It looks awesome. Its a gift. I have no idea if it will be funtional or not.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

I was looking for a sturdy, adjustable easel for drawing at church service. This quickly folds up to transport, but is quite durable and can handle a large drawing surface. Would be great easel for studio work.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

No instructions for putting this puppy together, but easily figured it out. Outstanding quality for the money! I have owned easels 4 times as expensive as this and the "Carolina" smokes them all.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

Great easel at a fantastic price!

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

The easel is fine, not what I expected, but also not an expensive easel. It came in a destroyed box that had been taped together with the cheap plastic knobs broken and the wood on the back split and chipped from sticking out of the box. Should have returned it, but decided you get what you pay for. I will not order anything from this company again

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

I like the construction of the easel and the thin base as I don't have a lot of room. My only regret (and this is my fault) is that I did not order an easel with wheels for ease of movement. But this easel is great for the money!

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

[...].EASEL looking and working perfect,specialy with big canvases that I am using very often.Like to have more of them for my incoming exhibition.Buy without any doubt.PAOLO Bianchi [@]

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

This is a high quality easel, very fuctional, and an outstanding value.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

The easel is nice. Has a lot of use capabilities.It handles large sized canvasses which I like to work with. However it is missing two nut tighteners and there were three parts that didn't belong to the easel

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

Product cost was great for the quality of this easel.[...] Also it fits well in my apartment. Thx Jerry for the great product.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

This is a great Easel for the money. Very sturdy and easy to use and exactly what I was looking for. Very easy to put together and it also looks wonderful in my office/studio!:) I will be using it for oil painting. I would purchase this again in a heartbeat! [...]

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

Functionally a nice product. Unfortunately, the lower shelf was assembled incorrectly and the locking mechanism did not work. Being a woodworker, I was able to modify it to function properly. The average person could not do this. There were no instructions for assembly included and no detail photos to help out with assembly. The assembled unit looks different from the picture on the box so that did not offer any help either.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

This easel is all that it claims to be - sturdy, easy to fold and stow away, and of nice oiled wood with the little rubber bumpers. The design could be improved: the center mast will slip down as soon as you loosen the nut on the top clamp. It is inconvenient to have to hold up the mast while you are inserting a canvas, especially a larger canvas. I have propped the center mast up with a piece of wood which I remove after the canvas is inserted. I think I will go further by drilling a series of holes at intervals for the sizes I work in, and inserting a peg to hold the mast up when changing canvases. I don't mind doing this for what I paid for the easel, but go for a cable-suspended one if you want real ease of adjustment, especially if you work in anything larger than 16x20. IMHO, the ratchet models can pinch your fingers.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

This is a great easel for the money with a good range of size adjustments. The knobs to adjust canvas dimensions are a little cumbersome.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

this easel is great because you can paint almost any side of canvas.it is a little dificult to remove a large size painting from it but you can handle it, it is beter the ones that had a cranksee my work at [@]

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

I really love the Carolina Art Easel. I particularly like that it moves up and down. It handles large canvases very well. And you can stand and paint or sit and paint at different heights.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

This easle was very inexpensive and it really shows it. I was surprised at how small it is and light weight. The turn screw that holds the part that holds the canvas is barely effective. If I lean at all on it, it slides down. I am using it as a display easle, mostly.

Comments about Creative Mark Carolina Studio Easel:

I was surprised by the quality and ease of use of this easel.