Wendy Rosen on tue 9 mar 99
Just to clarify our rules...
Our application states that the artist must be a full-time craftsperson,
legal resident or citizen of the country listed below (US or Canada),
producing the work described herein. He/she must be a dependable resource
for wholesale accounts providing prompt and reliable service on every order
taken. Mark-up must provide for a keystone mark-up. (wholesalex2) The
artist must be the owner of the company, owner of the designs, and work
must be made under their supervision using domestic labor and materials
(where applicable).
Our rules provide that the "design interest" of any piece must be designed
e by the artist. This provides for artists who purchase "blanks" to use
them if they are altered or heavily embellished. We have attempted to
exclude and/or limit the use of commercially molded products and have on
many occasions denied future exhibit opportunities when we felt that the
surface embellishment was not strong enough.
I personally feel that simple forms of slip cast work has it's place in our
show if it is used only as a "canvas" for surface decoration. I have also
permitted a small number of glass artists to use glass blanks as a canvas
for engraving. If possible, I strongly encourage artists to find blanks
"Made In The US or Canada"... if the blanks are not made domestically the
objects for sale must be properly marked. Engraved by artist Tom Smith.
Glass from Poland.
There will be no future to our community if we do not embrace both
technology and other types of production. We do not live in a vacuum...
the rest of the world is taking advantage of each and every opportunity to
improvd production methods.
Instead of worrying about production efficiency from one technique to
another why not start a movement to "promote" the wheel or slab techniques
for their own value above the other processes... A simple hangtag would
help customers learn more about the process so that they could CHOOSE one
product over another! Customers tend to CHOOSE pieces that have uniformity
only because they don't understand the value of the process and the end
product... let's make hangtags with "poetry" about the process and offer it
to customers so that they will be "romanced" by what's truly handmade!
See ya in Columbus next week!
Wendy
Wendy Rosen
The Rosen Group
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