[Jewelry making - Article 00962] - Re: [Orchid] Wholesaling one-offs

[Wayne Werner]

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    food for thought....careful with that torch Eugene!!!!!!! 

    there was a gallery in new York that I consigned to. I got my work
    next to all of the people I felt were accomplished artists, they sold
    pieces that I could not. I waited 30...60...90...120...days to get
    paid. I felt like a pest every time I called...now I can kid my self
    and say I'm mr big because I an in the "cats tits gallery" 

    If you walk into a gallery and would like to buy a brooch for your
    dear old mum and have $1000 to spend do you think the gallery owner
    will try to sell you the consigned pieces or the ones he bought and
    has been sitting on for years...........I wonder? 

    I once left work in a gallery in SOHO in new York, being mr big time
    I returned 6 months latter with my lady friend. we went to the
    gallery and all the work was gone. the dollar sighs lit up my
    eyeballs and I was sure that I could get paid on the spot and blow
    all of the money on I Love New York T-shirts and Donkey shows (don't
    ask) much to my surprise the manager told me that my work had been in
    the safe for the last 6 months...it really did not fit with the new
    work they had....my dick got even smaller and we left the galley with
    the work. 

    I good gallery...and there are some out there, will send out
    quarterly reports on what sold and what did not. also if something
    sold but the gallery is not in the position to pay at that time they
    may tell you why. I have alot of respect for that practice. 

    I once had a galley owner come up to my booth at a show and tell me
    how much they loved my work. they gave me a long list of people they
    represented, wrote a big order...I sent the work a few months latter
    and they thanked me for the consignment....that was a sale a few
    months ago? 

    the best art experiences I have had have been in consignment galleys 

    I have never felt so used sometimes as I have buy consignment
    galleries. 

    the fact of the matter is that you are stocking someone's shelves
    for free. are they giving you respect, do they understand your work?
    it is a relationship, you should both feel like you win. did you get
    an add for your work in SUPER JEWELER magazine so all your friend can
    see? 

    How do I deal with it.....EASY I do not consign work to galleys I do
    not know WELL. I already know that sometimes payments are late.But
    how about this...the next time you are approached by someone who says
    they love your work and want to sell it for you. explain to they that
    the material is expensive, it takes along time to make the stuff, and
    you absolutely love your job....SO if they take a chance on you, you
    will take a chance on them. Write an order for them to purchase, if
    is doesn't sell then let them trade it in for other work at a latter
    date. Or try a 2 for 1, this is were they return one piece for
    another but also buy one more piece, it is very common in the
    business. That seems pretty fair to me. 

    Before you know it you will find yourself in THE CATS TITS gallery
    and many others all over the world. women will gasp for air when they
    think about your work. the people that sell your work will have
    mansions in the Caribbean and invite you for week long
    vacations....it could happen. 

    OK one more. have you ever heard the traffic song called "low spark
    of high heeled boys" ? it is about the music industry but it applies
    to any art promoter...remember, the low spark is the life force, the
    high heels are for you to elevate your being to the place you want to
    be in your career. now listen to the song...."the percent that you
    pay is too high priced while your living beyond all your means, and
    the man in the suit has just bought a new car from the profit he made
    on your dreams" listen to the song...you will find in the end that
    the life-force prevails and continues doing what it was meant to do.
    "it wasn't the bullets that laid him to rest...it was the low spark
    of high heeled boys"

    by the way I just write this stuff to entertain Jim Binnion... the
    guy has a great laugh 

wayne werner

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