[Jewelry making - Article 00586] - Re: [Orchid] CERF research findings and selling from your studio

[Hsgonnella]

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>     "Do you sell out of your studios and find this profitable?

    Yeah, this works great for pottery. I am a potter now, switching to
    jewelry. Pottery.... there's nothing to steal, maybe your gram
    scale. I would not invite the public to my studio to buy jewelry. I
    am from a bad neighborhood originally, which gives me a healthy
    amount of caution. Of course, the people on your mailing list are
    probably not going to be casing the joint. 

    Potter's are selling lots and lots of 2nds at home studio sales,
    this creates a frenzy atmosphere, I know a guy who makes 10 grand at
    his once a year sale. For jewelers I think the best thing is to be
    invited to sell at another crafts persons studio sale. Lots of
    people do this, because it makes stopping buy more interesting and
    want to come back next year.  

    If you must have a jewelry home studio sale, the people to invite
    are; everybody that you know or meet or are acquainted with, people
    who have made purchase from you before, and people who want to be on
    your mailing list. I wouldn't get on all the holiday crafts person
    guides or put up flyers, that would get worrisome.  These guides are
    really big in Portland and I have never heard of one problem among
    potters. 

    I have been selling pottery at local artists markets in Oregon. We
    (potters) all notice that there are more and more jewelers (not so
    much metalsmiths), and they are getting the most money. The local
    weekend market in Ashland which is really small....only the jewelers
    make good money. Everything else brings in grocery and beer money
    wages....not good beer mind you. 

Bye now, Holly

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