John Baymore on sun 27 jul 97
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.......neighbors booths in Philadelphia, it seemed to me that the people who
were
jiggering or casting vast quantities of work were not saying so in thier
booths. I.E, nowhere in their booth was a sign that said for example, -
best jiggered ware in S.C. - or - finest slipcast porcelain etc. They let
the buyer assume it was handmade because they are in the Rosen handmade
show and thier booth neighbors have signs saying hand-thrown porcelain etc.
They don't seem proud of it. It SEEMS a little slippery of them
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My point exactly. Yes, this is the reality of it.
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This is no reflection of the quality of their work. Indeed the quality
exceeded
many of the handthrown work there. Still, I didn't get the impression they
were up front about it.
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Precisely. Quality is NOT the issue. Honesty is. If they were upfront
about it, they might lose sales to the people who were attending that show
EXPECTING hand thrown or handbuilt work. And as we all know, the almighty
dollar rules, ethics be damned. :=7E(
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When you go in my booth, I have a sign that says wheel thrown, and the
small 5=22 spheres were clearly marked - cast.
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Sincere congratulations to Don for his honesty, integrity, and courage in
posting the method used to produce the spheres........ and BTW they are
wonderful pieces. Being honest about how they are made when showing in
THAT venue brings the work to a level playing field with all the other work
in that show....... the buyer can honestly decide if they CARE how the work
was made. They can certainly SEE what it looks like (nice=21).
Well said, Don.
Best,
....................john
John Baymore
River Bend Pottery
22 Riverbend Way
Wilton, NH 03086 USA
603-654-2752
JBaymore=40Compuserve.com
Phil Concialdi on tue 29 jul 97
For what its worth, some of you pompous pottery people make me laugh. I have
been in this business for 25 years, (note word business, not hobby) and have
made thousands of pieces, from thrown to cast and sell my work based on the
customers preception of its quality. If the customers likes the work they
will buy it. weither it is hand thrown or slip cast makes no differences
except to PPP's. The basic tenet of business is pricing your product at a
fair price and if the demand is great enough you can and should charge more
for your work. If you completely make handmade items you can be sure if the
quality is not there or if you can not find a buyer then there is no price.
For those of you that feel you are in a special club because you HandMake
you work. good luck
Boyd on wed 30 jul 97
True it is, many of us are pompous, proud and prideful. I think what your
trying to say is that you create bottom line, not pottery. It's OK, we all
have our own drummer. Good luck
Boyd
Iron River MI
At 08:29 AM 7/29/97 EDT, you wrote:
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>For what its worth, some of you pompous pottery people make me laugh. I have
>been in this business for 25 years, (note word business, not hobby) and have
>made thousands of pieces, from thrown to cast and sell my work based on the
>customers preception of its quality. If the customers likes the work they
>will buy it. weither it is hand thrown or slip cast makes no differences
>except to PPP's. The basic tenet of business is pricing your product at a
>fair price and if the demand is great enough you can and should charge more
>for your work. If you completely make handmade items you can be sure if the
>quality is not there or if you can not find a buyer then there is no price.
>
> For those of you that feel you are in a special club because you HandMake
>you work. good luck
>
>
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