The Facebook post asking about ways to increase sales hit me like a ton of foam peanuts. Soft, but hugely enveloping.
I watched the comment thread develop. Since it was from a delightful, intelligent group of solopreneurial women, it got more observant with each comment.
The discussion explored the rationales of offering small incentives – discounts, freebies, two-fers and the like – to one’s current and especially, prospective buyers, enticing them to buy.
Then it hit me: this is NOT small! It is the crux of nearly every trading decision. It is as ancient as any marketplace. What makes it a Deal?Read More >
This is a Gen-U-Wine Henpecked Bowl, accept no substitutes!
- Materials: Clay and Glazes
- Colors: Eggshell (yes, it’s really called that!), and Iron Luster
- Fully fired to mid-range stoneware temperatures
- Dimensions: approx. 2.25″ x 4″ x 4.25″
- Capacity: about 2/3 cup, which leaves a comfortable distance to the rim.
- Dishwasher safe, but handwashing is kinder (and more tactile.)
Small Worx can be nearly anything within a small format. It’s fun when the little dishes play with texture and range freely with cut-out circles and mixed media touches.
- Materials: Clay, Glaze, Cold Finish
- Colors: Milky Translucent Grays, Black and Red
- Fully fired to mid-range stoneware temperatures
- Dimensions: .75″ x 3″ x 3″
- Care: Handwash, please.
For what it’s worth, I’ve been making artstuff out of clay since 1999 or so and have been earnestly involved in selling it since 2007. You’d think by now I would have an accurate sense of what prices to ask. You would think. But I don’t. What I always suspected, and now am completely sure of, is that monetary value is squidgy and at best thinly related to the highly subjective valuation of a work of art. Throughout the art world, price is often nebulous, magically derived, and certainly very negotiable. And Ceramics carries another challenge because of the FineArt/FineCraft pricing disconnect. Let’s look at all this a little more personally.
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