[Clayart] Pricing

[KATHI LESUEUR]

On May 13, 2018, at 9:47 PM, Snail Scott wrote:

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>> On May 12, 2018, at 10:51 PM, Paul Lewing <pjlewing at comcast.net> wrote:
>> ...This museum should be ashamed of themselves.  Even if the artist set that price, they should tell this person to charge a fair price. 
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> When I was just getting started, young and ignorant, I was asked to make a slip-cast ‘limited edition’ work for the gift shop of a museum, in conjunction with an upcoming exhibition I would be in…my first big break! .... 

> For this reason, at least, I am not certain that all the blame rests with the artist mentioned. Such shops are still often run in highly predatory ways. In their quest for handmade cachet with sweatshop-markup prices, they often seek out the young, naive, or foreign, who see such opportunities as their big break.
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> Snail Scott
> claywork at flying-snail.com
> www.snailscott.com
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I learned early in my wholesale career to stay clear of museum shops. They always want a special deal because they are "non-profit". They are often run by people who don't have a clue about handmade work, "this isn't exactly like the picture of the sample", and they always pay late.

KATHI LESUEUR
http://www.lesueurclaywork.com