charging for your work

[lorimendenhall]

So I've been selling jewelry for about 8 years and am profitable every year, at least enough to keep funding my art habit! so now I am really into fusing glass and would like to add some small plates and such to my inventory. the question is how do you price this stuff? the raw materials are so expensive, plus the amount of time it takes to design and fire the pieces is not insignificant. how do you manage to sell your work and make it worth your while? if you want to see the kinds of things I'm producing look at the fused glass page on my site. any input for me? thanks!!!

[Stephen Richard]

There are a lot of variables and methods to help determine your prices. Here is a set of guidelines I worked out a while back. Some of it may be applicable.
http://glasstips.blogspot.co.uk/2008/08/pricing-1.html

[Judd]

I went on line and looked at what other artists were charging for similar plates/ platters/ trays and charged about the same amount. To cut costs, you should use float (window glass). That said, people don't always buy plates. Jewelry is a personal object they can purchase and wear, while a plate is something they might display at their house.

[Morganica]

Well, if you know you are profitable with your jewelry, you're a lot farther along than many. Can you apply the same calculations to your glass?

[JestersBaubles]

I went on line and looked at what other artists were charging for similar plates/ platters/ trays and charged about the same amount. To cut costs, you should use float (window glass). That said, people don't always buy plates. Jewelry is a personal object they can purchase and wear, while a plate is something they might display at their house.

In my market, people buy plates, not pendants

Dana W.

[Valerie Adams]

In my market, people buy plates, not pendants

Dana W.

I'm trying to convince my market that they're buying centerpieces, not plates.

[Nina Falk]

good thinking, Valerie.

[Judd]

Yeah, I pitch my work as, "decorative art," and the price discourages people from using them as dog bowls - but a plate is a plate. I'm charging $85 for a piece about 8" x 12", but I'm selling in Arkansas. I could charge more, but then I'd sell less plates and make less art.