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My first showing in a gallery… I have had Morris chairs in a local gallery for the past few months. One afternoon the owner asked if I was interested in being their “featured artist”. That’s not really my thing, and I didn’t really have the time, but thought it was a compliment for her to ask and thought it would be fun. The only stipulation was that she couldn’t sell any of the piece’s I brought in (borrowed back from clients/family & friends), and since I really don’t have time for any new projects in the next 8 months, that she price high enough that it would be unlikely that anyone would place an order.
It was a good plan, to my surprise, I still ended up with orders for several pieces, the plant stands in the pix, and a small votive candle holder. So I guess that’s good, and a little scary, but it was all FUN!
Schroeder

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe




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Jon3

487 posts in 2303 days


#1 posted 1945 days ago

Nice!

Now you’ve got to get some pieces for her to sell on the spot. I bet if she had salable inventory you’d get more sales. =)

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Scott Bryan

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#2 posted 1945 days ago

Congratulations on the show and the increase in business.

I had a friend of mine, a professional woodworker, who told me that his personal philosophy was never to turn business down. But when faced with a project that he really didn’t want to do he always priced it 3x higher than he normally would. Most of the time the client would simply decline but occasionally, when his bid was accepted, he was compensated for taking on the project.

Sounds like you need to put in a production line.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

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Lee A. Jesberger

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#3 posted 1945 days ago

Congratulations on the surprise.

Go get ‘em!

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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Brad_Nailor

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#4 posted 1945 days ago

Love your work! The tall lamp is beautiful. I have always liked morris chairs and yours is a great specimen. Nice work.

-- http://www.facebook.com/pages/DSO-Designs/297237806954248

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David

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#5 posted 1945 days ago

Schroeder -

That is very cool! Congratulations.

David

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

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TomFran

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#6 posted 1945 days ago

Congratulations Schroeder,

Your stuff is great. It’s no surprise to me that were a “featured artist.” Great work!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

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Billp

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#7 posted 1945 days ago

Your work looks like it belongs in a gallery, very nice.

-- Billp

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Joel Tille

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#8 posted 1945 days ago

Congratulations on your show and your future orders.

-- Joel Tille

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Tim Pursell

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#9 posted 1945 days ago

Congratulations! Looking at your work I can see why you were asked to be featured. The fact that your items sold at an “inflated” price means your work is highly valued and maybe underpriced normally.
Gotta be a great feeling!

-- http://www.etsy.com/shop/tpursell?ref=si_shop

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Kaleo

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#10 posted 1945 days ago

That’s great Schroeder, I’ve found that sometimes if you raise your price really high that you end up getting more business. People tend to think that if you charge to little that it must not be worth much. SO the higher the price the more it’s worth. Your line of furniture looks terrific.

-- Kaleo , http://www.kalafinefurniture.com

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Douglas Bordner

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#11 posted 1945 days ago

I agree with Lee – Go get ‘em!

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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dennis mitchell

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#12 posted 1945 days ago

You always where a class act!

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#13 posted 1944 days ago

Congrats Schroeder! It seems that you ended up doing pretty well for a first.

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shaun

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#14 posted 1944 days ago

Right on Schroeder! I love it when good things happen to LJ’s.

-- I've cut that board three times and it's still too short!

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Thos. Angle

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#15 posted 1944 days ago

Congratulations, Mark, It’s always good to hear of success. More to come, we hope.

-- Thos. Angle, Jordan Valley, Oregon

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