Art Work I’ve produced so far (Constructive Criticism encouraged)

[Fivetide]

I'd like to order a "Sitting Man 2" please ?

.Me

Hi Lee, this is the next problem I have, how much do I sell them for, all in all theres over a days work for one piece although noe I have done the artwork I can reproduce them more quickly, in your hosnest opion and I would only proably make 10 of them how much would you pay for one.. I know its a hard thing to judge?

[WandrinAndy]

That's great stuff you've made there FiveTide!

Must say I particularly like the Kneeling Girls, they remind me of something similar I did with copper sheet back in high school days......

There's something rather pleasing about the female form.... though I haven't worked out what exactly it is yet ;-)

[Ricardoco]

There's something rather pleasing about the female form.... though I haven't worked out what exactly it is yet ;-)

Oh that's easy.. they lack nuts...Rick

[kingcreaky]

That's great stuff you've made there FiveTide!

Must say I particularly like the Kneeling Girls, they remind me of something similar I did with copper sheet back in high school days......

reminds me of somthing I did in schooldays aswell


excellant work david. If I hadnt spent all my money on a cnc machine id definately buy
Fame

easily my favourite.

Dont want to offend either by putting a value on it.

keep us posted with these creations... would be good to see more work from other members aswell.

[martin54]

David, putting a price on something like this is always going to be difficult, it is with any sort of art but you could start by pricing them as a normally manufactured item & if your happy with what that works out to then sell them at that & if your not because it is artistic then add a bit more on.
You might have to bump your labor rate up a bit though as your working from home & won't have a lot of the usual stuff required to work out a labor rate.
As for the design & toolpath creation side of things if you intend to stick with 10 of each piece then just divide the time it took by 10 to give you a price for this part of the process that you can add to the other costs.

[D.C.]

You could always check to see what similar work sells for on craft sites and similar places

wood on Etsy, a global handmade and vintage marketplace. carving&view_type=gallery

Folksy - Search results

A list of some other similar UK sites:
UK Sites Like Etsy

As for honest artistic feedback, Greenman is always good, the sitting men, standing man, theo and girl 2 are really good, girl kneeling one looks like she has a huge blister on her arm which is a bit freaky and I have no idea what is going on with the blue paint on top of your knots, is it a symbol with meaning that I'm not aware of?

[Fivetide]

Thanks DC those are very helpfull and thanks for all others feedback I have 4 more to add I'll post here first .. just whittleing away lol

[martin54]

One thing to remember when working out what to charge is where you intend to sell & how, reason I say that is because some people selling on the internet will work on volume alone & if your only going to produce a limited run of each item you don't want to be selling at the same price as the guy that is mass producing something.
Have seen some of the prices people charge on the auction sites & they must be working for nothing or next to nothing, sure some of them don't think about a lot of the costs involved & look purely at material cost.

[Lee Roberts]

Hi Lee, this is the next problem I have, how much do I sell them for, all in all theres over a days work for one piece although noe I have done the artwork I can reproduce them more quickly, in your hosnest opion and I would only proably make 10 of them how much would you pay for one.. I know its a hard thing to judge?

Humm,

It depends what you want for them, are you going to sell them in art galleries full time as much as you can with the plan to make only 10 of each then move onto something else, in turn making them possibly rare or sort after? People pay allot of money for Art dont they...

As we know art is in the eye of the beholder, because of recent events in my life and events that are waiting to happen, i can relate to the expression "Sitting Man 2" is giving off, this is of course from my own interpretation of the piece. I can also appreciate it for just the art that it is, regardless of the meaning i can find with in it.

I lost my mother-in-law less then 12 months ago and i'm coming to terms with the fact that my grandfather is now taking his last breaths and its just a matter of weeks rather than months, i'm VERY close to my grandfather and was close to the mother-in-law, for me "Sitting Man 2" portrays the devastation and pain i'm going through at times at the momment.

While i say the above, i'd also like to own art created by "one of the guys i know on the forum", it would be nice to hang it and have people ask if i made it and tell them "no a guy i know made it, isn't it nice, there was only ever 10 of them made".

I wouldn't want to insult what the piece means to you Five by offering you a price. Try to work out what you would be happy to let one go for, as i would like to own one.

.Me