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Here's the passage: Neither glassblowing or warmglass craft require much skill. Neither require anything more than equipment, rudimentary demonstration, and a bit of safety instruction, to execute the craft successfully. Playing piano requires no skill either. One presses the keys down with one's f...

I describe what I do as something like making a collage with glass. The colored sheets are my raw material. If the client is unimpressed, so be it; it's not about technique or effort or degree of difficulty. It's about the look of the thing. Let's not kid ourselves. There is nothing particularly dif...

Here are a couple of links that may be useful:

http://www.craftsreport.com/july97/craf ... nment.html

http://www.allworth.com/Catalog/AC104C.htm

Regarding the payment schedule for a commissioned work, I usually require anywhere from five to twenty percent of the total cost of the work as a design fee depending on the size of the project. The smaller the project the larger the percentage. (My work is mostly site-specific, architecturally inte...

Regarding the payment schedule for a commissioned work, I usually require anywhere from five to twenty percent of the total cost of the work as a design fee depending on the size of the project. The smaller the project the larger the percentage. (My work is mostly site-specific, architecturally inte...

Given the size of your pieces if they're coming out of the kiln without cracking you're probably ok. It's not unusual to see halos at the edges of a piece. It can sometimes be difficult to interpret the patterns revealed by polarizing filters. Take a look at some commercial glass - you'll be amazed ...

Seeking any and all advice on making depression molds. I need to make several one-shot molds varying in size, the largest roughly 10" x 20" by one to two inches deep. I'll be casting clear cullet or patties, probably Bullseye, but would welcome recommendations. (Have been perusing the arch...

Yes, it's a bit confusing. Assuming it's not a site-specific and integrated work, the distinction for me would be whether I'm selling existing work or whether I'm creating a commissioned piece specifically for this client. If it's existing work (or, say, a production piece that I normally make), I w...

I agree with Bert. My work is almost exclusively commissioned architectural works for commercial settings and I'm typically brought into a project through an architect or designer where I contract directly with the client. I price the project based on what I need (and what I think the project is wor...

What kind of work are you displaying? How large, etc?

Cynthia: FYI--Dale TAUGHT marketing at RISD, or so I was told by the jeweler Etienne, who said he was in Dale's class. Pat [/i] He never taught a course specifically in marketing at RISD to my knowledge. I was there as an undergrad (71-75) and a grad student in the glass program (77-79). He left so...

This is absurd. I'd stay away from such a gallery; I don't care who they are. A contract is not about trust. A contract is a tool for communication. It ensures—or goes a long way to ensure—that everybody has the same expectations. A contract ultimately depends on trust. I would never sign a cont...

? Can Susan's patent prevent another artist from stitching glass together? I doubt it. Can the patent prevent another artist from making a work that looks similar to or references Susan's work? I doubt that as well. It may be that a style or "look" might fall under a trademark, but that's...

I think this would have been a much different, and probably shorter, thread if it was clear at the beginning that the patent in question was for the method of making the holes that the thread would go into, and not the process of sewing glass pieces together. It's been interesting though. Brock[/quo...

Having been an addict for about two years now, I am still relatively new to this field. I find myself thinking of new ideas and then I worry as to whether the color combination, shape, subject matter was something I may have seen somewhere else. I ask myself "should I proceed? Should I researc...

There are patents and there are business secrets. Once something is patented it becomes public. The beauty of the patent system is that it offers protection for the patent owner for a time, but ultimately becomes available for others to use and build upon. On the other hand, a business secret remain...

Last year I was working on a project having nothing to do with glass where I was looking for a purer PVA glue than Elmers. I found a few of different consistencies. When I needed to have a better hold than traditional glass glues like Klyr-Fire, I tried one of them. This glue is just called PVA and...

Ignore the fact that it's the Actor's Fund. Information here for artists of every sort.


http://www.actorsfund.org/ahirc/

I'm not an expert, but here's something to investigate: There are temporary health coverages that are intended for people who may be between jobs or students just out of school. They are surprisingly inexpensive and provide coverage (I think) similar to that of a Blue Cross type of insurance. The ca...

Depends on how hot and for how long. Even common stainless (303) will scale and stick to glass, though not usually at temps for simple slumping. I typically slump at 1430 in stainless molds and the glass and molds are held above 1250 for a few hours. It's, perhaps, more of a cast than a slump. I had...