What brand of resin are you using?

Lee Watermann wrote on Jan 14^th, 2019 at 2:37pm:


43 oz? Is that a typo? Seems like a pretty high number

Can you post some pictures of your finished mills?

Leo, About the same here. When you sell at galleries, how is there commission figured? They want 50% around me. I don't know if that is after the cost to make is taken out.

I'll look into posting pics, Richard. If I can't I'll PM you for your email and will do it that way.
Lee
ps: I think more info from others is a good thing. Thanks all.

Lee... Noooo! That is NOT after the cost to make it is taken out!!

If you bought a piece of wood for $30 and then figured you spent 6 hours at $20 per hour to make it that would be $150 before any profit OR the gallery cut.

If the piece can only sell for $200 then the gallery gets $100 and you lose money.  The gallery doesn't care what you have in it, only what it can sell for. It's up to you to make sure that you can cover your expenses  and a profit from your half of the final price.

THIS is why I hate galleries.

I have this same problem with framing art. It might take $500 to frame a piece but the gallery doesn't reduce their commission just so the artist can cover the cost of framing.

This is usually why art in galleries have crappy framing....white mat and crappy shiny silver metal frame.
It allows the artist to frame it enough to display but not so much as to lose money.

When i do a piece for $500, usually the final price of the art is in the $5,000 range so no problem there.

Our best bet is to try to sell at craft/art fairs and only need to pay the cost of the show...or have our own website...or have our own gallery.

65/35 is getting more and more rare. The standard is 50/50.

Ralph Fahringer wrote on Jan 18^th, 2019 at 10:04am:


The way I see it, charging for your labor may not be "profit"  but it is certainly "wages"  and a net gain to your income. 

My second point is that I don't think that charging for your labor is necessarily accurate.  If Glen Lucas can turn a bowl in 20 minutes and I need two hours, should he charge less for his bowl than me?  Are you sure that you deserve to charge $30 an hour when a production turner is more efficient?

My final point is that I do not begrudge a gallery owner his or her 40-50%.  Their costs (overhead) are significant.  Plus they are providing the service of exposing your work to a large population of motivated buyers.   We have a guy in our club who doesn't like galleries and sells at 20 shows per year and brings in $20-30K per year.    His costs-to-sell (table fees, travel expenses, time spent traveling and manning the booth) are in the 40-50% range.      

One aspect about galleries is that they are an option for sales.  Like a former VP of Sales once said, "You have to put your product in danger of being sold.  If you keep it in the warehouse (or your home) nobody is going to see it to buy it."

Dick Bernard wrote on Jan 20^th, 2019 at 6:51am:


Dick, like many of you, I like to see what others are making and selling, (which is far different than just posting).
I see items on many sites including Etsy and others that are priced far too low 9below cost) for what they are and others that are priced far to high for the level of skill presented in the listing. This is of course My Opinion.
This is why I asked to see what is actually selling, if you want to list your price that's up to you. Thanks to those who posted their pieces but more are always welcome.