David Beumee on tue 30 oct 01
Hi Gail!
Considering the foot we started off on, I wonder if you might enjoy
some thoughts on pricing, from the perspective of a potter who sells from
home, and has wrestled with the problem for 19 years.
I recently heard Mel Jacobson speak about selling from the studio as a
way to actually make enough money to pay the bills, as oppossed to paying a
gallery half.
I've been at this game awhile now, and for me , this is the only way of
selling that actually works. Sure it takes awhile to build a mailing list,
and I go to extraordinary lengths to do so, as with starting a studio tour ;
and it requires having and maintaining a space that is inviting to the
public. But getting the whole value of the piece adds up in a hurry. Ask Mel
to tell you the story of speaking up in class when the teacher came in
boasting about selling a $10,000 painting. Selling in a beautiful downtown
gallery is great for the ego, but lousy for getting the bills paid.
----- Original Message -----
From: "claybair"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: Was Money, Now sales, promo, insurance
> Hi David,
> Personally I would love if you were to continue the discussion with your
> sales, promo, insurance experiences! I missed seeing your studio.... got
> any jpgs, web site??
>
> Gayle Bair- getting ready for the Studio Tour on Bainbridge which is
> approaching way too fast
> Bainbridge Island, WA
> http://claybair.com
>
>
> David wrote>>
>
> Hi claybair and everyone-
> Thanks for welcoming me to Clayart.
> Managing sales at home in the new studio have been greatly helped by
the
> studio tour I created in Louisville, Lafayette, Longmont and Broomfield,
as
> each year has brought an average of a hundred new people to the studio,
and
> so the mailing list is growing.We have 22 people in 18 studios now, in a
> great variety of artistic disiplines, and we are in the process of
creating
> a non-profit corporation to make funding easier.The whole thing is an
> astonishing amount of work, but in a sometimes apothetic atmosphere to
art,
> it's necessary to make just that much more effort to make a good show
better
> each year. We start in September to work toward a weekend show the
following
> May. Our monthly meetings run two hours minimum, and the artists have
shown
> an amazing degree of personal initiative to complete tasks and keep the
ball
> rolling.
> I also have seasonal shows in the studio, summer, fall, and winter,
and
> I do hundred percent benefit sales for building funds for church and a
radio
> station in Boulder I support, both of which bring in lots of good feeling
> and help to build my mailing list.
> If you like I'll be happy to continue the discussion on promo work,
> insurance, etc.
>
>
> David Beumee
>
> Earth Alchemy Pottery
>
> 806 East Baseline Road
>
> Lafayette Colorado 80026
>
> __________
>
>
____________________________________________________________________________
__
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
> You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
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>
> Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at
melpots@pclink.com.
claybair on tue 30 oct 01
Hi David,
Personally I would love if you were to continue the discussion with your
sales, promo, insurance experiences! I missed seeing your studio.... got
any jpgs, web site??
Gayle Bair- getting ready for the Studio Tour on Bainbridge which is
approaching way too fast
Bainbridge Island, WA
http://claybair.com
David wrote>>
Hi claybair and everyone-
Thanks for welcoming me to Clayart.
Managing sales at home in the new studio have been greatly helped by the
studio tour I created in Louisville, Lafayette, Longmont and Broomfield, as
each year has brought an average of a hundred new people to the studio, and
so the mailing list is growing.We have 22 people in 18 studios now, in a
great variety of artistic disiplines, and we are in the process of creating
a non-profit corporation to make funding easier.The whole thing is an
astonishing amount of work, but in a sometimes apothetic atmosphere to art,
it's necessary to make just that much more effort to make a good show better
each year. We start in September to work toward a weekend show the following
May. Our monthly meetings run two hours minimum, and the artists have shown
an amazing degree of personal initiative to complete tasks and keep the ball
rolling.
I also have seasonal shows in the studio, summer, fall, and winter, and
I do hundred percent benefit sales for building funds for church and a radio
station in Boulder I support, both of which bring in lots of good feeling
and help to build my mailing list.
If you like I'll be happy to continue the discussion on promo work,
insurance, etc.
David Beumee
Earth Alchemy Pottery
806 East Baseline Road
Lafayette Colorado 80026
__________
Roger Korn on thu 1 nov 01
Hi David and all...,
I just started following this thread. A 60 year-old physicist-engineer, tech
writer, builder of Arts and Crafts houses, and 40-year part time potter, I am
turning to art in my remaining years, with hopes of becoming a person who can teach
others what those who went before have shared with me.
The practical side of this includes two big challenges: learning to promote myself,
and paying for health insurance. Do any of you Clayarters out there have any
experiences of creating groups to obtain health coverage, whether through an art
co-op/organization/club/etc? I am just joining The Potter's Council and I know that
some of these folks are working this issue, but I'm not up-to-date on progress.
Also, I need to contact the Arizona Potters Association, because I am now
co-located between the Tualatin Valley near Portland, Oregon and the Verde Valley
in Arizona. Any help would be appreciated!
Roger Korn
McKay Creek Ceramics
rogerk1941@earthlink.net
presently in AZ: 520-567-5699
back in OR, around 10 December: 503-647-5464
cell: 503-312-2781
claybair wrote:
> Hi David,
> Personally I would love if you were to continue the discussion with your
> sales, promo, insurance experiences! I missed seeing your studio.... got
> any jpgs, web site??
>
> Gayle Bair- getting ready for the Studio Tour on Bainbridge which is
> approaching way too fast
> Bainbridge Island, WA
> http://claybair.com
>
> David wrote>>
>
> Hi claybair and everyone-
> Thanks for welcoming me to Clayart.
> Managing sales at home in the new studio have been greatly helped by the
> studio tour I created in Louisville, Lafayette, Longmont and Broomfield, as
> each year has brought an average of a hundred new people to the studio, and
> so the mailing list is growing.We have 22 people in 18 studios now, in a
> great variety of artistic disiplines, and we are in the process of creating
> a non-profit corporation to make funding easier.The whole thing is an
> astonishing amount of work, but in a sometimes apothetic atmosphere to art,
> it's necessary to make just that much more effort to make a good show better
> each year. We start in September to work toward a weekend show the following
> May. Our monthly meetings run two hours minimum, and the artists have shown
> an amazing degree of personal initiative to complete tasks and keep the ball
> rolling.
> I also have seasonal shows in the studio, summer, fall, and winter, and
> I do hundred percent benefit sales for building funds for church and a radio
> station in Boulder I support, both of which bring in lots of good feeling
> and help to build my mailing list.
> If you like I'll be happy to continue the discussion on promo work,
> insurance, etc.
>
> David Beumee
>
> Earth Alchemy Pottery
>
> 806 East Baseline Road
>
> Lafayette Colorado 80026
>
> __________
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
> You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
> settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
> Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at melpots@pclink.com.
Juliana K. Hart on thu 1 nov 01
Roger,
Sometimes the local Chamber of Commerce has insurace offers for members.
I also met a member of my chamber who is an insurance broker, who
seemed to be able to get good deals.
Juliana
Roger Korn wrote:
>Hi David and all...,
>
>I just started following this thread. A 60 year-old physicist-engineer, tech
>writer, builder of Arts and Crafts houses, and 40-year part time potter, I am
>turning to art in my remaining years, with hopes of becoming a person who can teach
>others what those who went before have shared with me.
>
>The practical side of this includes two big challenges: learning to promote myself,
>and paying for health insurance. Do any of you Clayarters out there have any
>experiences of creating groups to obtain health coverage, whether through an art
>co-op/organization/club/etc? I am just joining The Potter's Council and I know that
>some of these folks are working this issue, but I'm not up-to-date on progress.
>
>Also, I need to contact the Arizona Potters Association, because I am now
>co-located between the Tualatin Valley near Portland, Oregon and the Verde Valley
>in Arizona. Any help would be appreciated!
>
>Roger Korn
>McKay Creek Ceramics
>rogerk1941@earthlink.net
>presently in AZ: 520-567-5699
>back in OR, around 10 December: 503-647-5464
>cell: 503-312-2781
>
>claybair wrote:
>
>>Hi David,
>>Personally I would love if you were to continue the discussion with your
>>sales, promo, insurance experiences! I missed seeing your studio.... got
>>any jpgs, web site??
>>
>>Gayle Bair- getting ready for the Studio Tour on Bainbridge which is
>>approaching way too fast
>>Bainbridge Island, WA
>>http://claybair.com
>>
>>David wrote>>
>>
>>Hi claybair and everyone-
>> Thanks for welcoming me to Clayart.
>> Managing sales at home in the new studio have been greatly helped by the
>>studio tour I created in Louisville, Lafayette, Longmont and Broomfield, as
>>each year has brought an average of a hundred new people to the studio, and
>>so the mailing list is growing.We have 22 people in 18 studios now, in a
>>great variety of artistic disiplines, and we are in the process of creating
>>a non-profit corporation to make funding easier.The whole thing is an
>>astonishing amount of work, but in a sometimes apothetic atmosphere to art,
>>it's necessary to make just that much more effort to make a good show better
>>each year. We start in September to work toward a weekend show the following
>>May. Our monthly meetings run two hours minimum, and the artists have shown
>>an amazing degree of personal initiative to complete tasks and keep the ball
>>rolling.
>> I also have seasonal shows in the studio, summer, fall, and winter, and
>>I do hundred percent benefit sales for building funds for church and a radio
>>station in Boulder I support, both of which bring in lots of good feeling
>>and help to build my mailing list.
>> If you like I'll be happy to continue the discussion on promo work,
>>insurance, etc.
>>
>>David Beumee
>>
>>Earth Alchemy Pottery
>>
>>806 East Baseline Road
>>
>>Lafayette Colorado 80026
>>
>>__________
>>
>>______________________________________________________________________________
>>Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>>
>>You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
>>settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>>
>>Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at melpots@pclink.com.
>>
>
>______________________________________________________________________________
>Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
>You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
>settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
>Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at melpots@pclink.com.
>
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