[Jewelry making - Article 00127] - Re: [Orchid] Rant about SNAG and Clasp

[Kimberly Starbard]

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Hi Joanna:

    I'd like to preface by saying that I visited your website the other
    day and it looks great. Very well done photos and original work. I
    would have written before. but I didn't want to be a sycophant and I
    didn't know you needed any kind of pep talk. 

    This is a shock to me because I thought you must be doing great. i
    like your work and (as I said when i got the book) I loved your book. 

    Well, on going to Clasp. I'm no expert, but this affair is a new one
    and(as such) probably is in need of teachers. it's just a guess, but
    seeing as how they don't have their full line-up of teaching
    offerings out yet....I am wondering if it might still be up in the
    air. Possibly they are in need of instructors. It's worth a shot and
    the worst that could happen is they say no thanks. I for one would
    happily pay to take a class with you. Why don't you get your resume
    together and call them? Then they will pay you to go to Clasp...or at
    least part of it, right? 

    On selling, again I am no expert. If you have had a few accounts for
    a while and they are successful, could you negotiate for the
    galleries to buy your work outright? If I am correct, the gallery
    usually gets a discount for paying up front. This could be a good
    incentive for some of your accounts to make the switch. 

    Other outlets for selling your work.....have you heard of guild.com?
    It's a website with good networking and catalog selling
    opportunities. It could give you more exposure. You have to have
    multiples so it's really not the venue for selling one-of-a-kind
    work, but I can tell you that the catalog is beautiful and I think
    your work is a good fit for it. If I understand it right, you make
    the sale and then you send the work. The Guild gets a cut (of course)
    but the important thing is that you make the sale first and then you
    send the work. less risk right? Does anyone else have any experience
    with the Guild?

good luck Joanna
Kim
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