Russel Fouts on sun 15 aug 99
I was really struck by Dick Lehman's essay in the summer issue of CM
regarding his "satori" about packaging appropriate to the item sold.
I hadn't really given it much thought until I read this article. My pots are
non-functional, decorative, something to be displayed, fondled (sig is nice
to touch) and treasured. Yet I was wrapping them in newsprint (clean) and
stuffing them into paper bags (new). Not really the image I want to project
for my pieces. So I'm re-thinking my packaging.
Pietro Maddelena in Italy sells his designer raku plates and bowls in hard
paper boxes with a corner that lifts up to reveal the color of the piece.
I've bought pieces in japan that were packaged as carefully as Dick
describes in his essay. I've bought pots in Belgium that were wrapped in
wonderful handmade paper and tied up with raffia (not very protective but
beautiful). Most of the time, the pots I've bought were wrapped in foam,
bubble wrap, newspaper or sometimes not at all.
I'm leaning towards hard paper or wooden boxes and have started looking for
sources for these. (If anyone can recommend sources in Europe, I'd be
grateful)
But what I'd really like to hear is other people's thinking on this issue.
We've discussed endlessly the ins and outs of packaging for shipping. How do
people package for "presentation"?
Do you consider it important or not that the packaging reflects the value of
the piece?
Do you have different kinds of packaging depending on the type of item sold
or perhaps if the item is to travel a long distance or is to be shipped?
Russel
Russel Fouts
Mes Potes & Mes Pots
Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 223 02 75
Mobile: +32 476 55 38 75
Http://users.skynet.be/russel.fouts
http://www.Japan-Net.ne.jp/~iwcat
Now that I'm a "grown-up",
I don't have to go to bed until I'm tired,
can eat what ever I like
and hang out with whom ever I please.
So how come I'm tired at 10:00,
actually LIKE liver
and my Mother adores Enzo!
Nanci Bishof on mon 16 aug 99
Russell,
Just double pack for shipping. Helps the items to arrive alive too. Inner box
can be your presentation packing. Create one that reflects your work. The
giftwrap increases the anticipation. Its a gift in itself. Then protect that
with cushioning of your own choice in a suitable shipping box at least 2-3
inches larger on all sides than your presentation box. I recycle plastic
grocery bags, they're light in weight & cushion well when packed densely.
nanci
Brian Crocker on mon 16 aug 99
Russel,
I suggest you contact Bryan Hannis [Valemount Canada] on e.mail,
potter@valemount.com
He has a good packaging system...
At 04:52 PM2:10: 15/08/99 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>
>I was really struck by Dick Lehman's essay in the summer issue of CM
>regarding his "satori" about packaging appropriate to the item sold.
>
>I hadn't really given it much thought until I read this article. My pots are
>non-functional, decorative, something to be displayed, fondled (sig is nice
>to touch) and treasured. Yet I was wrapping them in newsprint (clean) and
>stuffing them into paper bags (new). Not really the image I want to project
>for my pieces. So I'm re-thinking my packaging.
>
>Pietro Maddelena in Italy sells his designer raku plates and bowls in hard
>paper boxes with a corner that lifts up to reveal the color of the piece.
>I've bought pieces in japan that were packaged as carefully as Dick
>describes in his essay. I've bought pots in Belgium that were wrapped in
>wonderful handmade paper and tied up with raffia (not very protective but
>beautiful). Most of the time, the pots I've bought were wrapped in foam,
>bubble wrap, newspaper or sometimes not at all.
>
>I'm leaning towards hard paper or wooden boxes and have started looking for
>sources for these. (If anyone can recommend sources in Europe, I'd be
>grateful)
>
>But what I'd really like to hear is other people's thinking on this issue.
>We've discussed endlessly the ins and outs of packaging for shipping. How do
>people package for "presentation"?
>
>Do you consider it important or not that the packaging reflects the value of
>the piece?
>
>Do you have different kinds of packaging depending on the type of item sold
>or perhaps if the item is to travel a long distance or is to be shipped?
>
>Russel
>
>Russel Fouts
>Mes Potes & Mes Pots
>Brussels, Belgium
> Tel: +32 2 223 02 75
> Mobile: +32 476 55 38 75
> Http://users.skynet.be/russel.fouts
> http://www.Japan-Net.ne.jp/~iwcat
>
> Now that I'm a "grown-up",
> I don't have to go to bed until I'm tired,
> can eat what ever I like
> and hang out with whom ever I please.
>
> So how come I'm tired at 10:00,
> actually LIKE liver
> and my Mother adores Enzo!
>
>
Brian Comley-Crocker.
4 Erica Street,
Tea Tree Gully 5091,
South Australia. [e.mail] crocker@dove.net.au
Phone/Fax: 08 8264 4136
The Crock maker.
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