tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57195378139000850452024-02-19T01:46:39.405-08:00Nocturnal CreationsArt and craft shenanigans. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02560553506662063146noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719537813900085045.post-6300691791104727012016-07-26T08:47:00.000-07:002016-07-26T08:50:34.005-07:00Creepachu I choose you!<br />
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<br />Jumping on the PokemonGo hype train -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9 year old me is exploding with excitement - as is 24 year old me, who’s not walked this much in years and suffering a wee bit for it, so is spending the day typing up blogs, downing endless cups of coffee with a hot water bottle chucked my jumper to help sooth my achy back - I'm getting old man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’ve only completed the Pikachu inspired doll so far, but the rest are in progress</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(I ran out of clay and material funds unfortunately - but fret not i'll post them when they're completed!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Each of their creepy little faces were hand sculpted using Polymer Clay (Super Sculpey by Polyform) using a pathetic array of tools - One dotting tool that's bent at one end because i rolled over it with my wheely chair, and my fingers.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(Fun fact: If i work with PC for too long my hands begin to burn - So this project ended in pain)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The little body was chopped out of faux fur using no templates, partially because i hate working patterns, i feel it takes away from the uniqueness of each piece. Each little face is handsculpted and uses no moulds (Currently) and due to this they range in size so templates are kind of pointless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Enjoy this fluffy little bundle of nightmares.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love him and he now watches over guests in the livingroom.<br /><br /><br />Check out more of my work if you fancy, Tah pal!<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Supplies I use & Wish list</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: helvetica neue, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">(These arent exact sources just similar products to what I use, Please support your local independent arts and craft shops where you can!)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b><u>How do I place an order?</u></b><br />This one's nice and simple, either send me a private message through your social media of choice, Etsy or email me at nocturnalcreations@hotmail.co.uk<br /><br /><b><u>I'd like to order something custom made?</u></b>I love to create custom work, just send me a message through the contact details above to discuss setting up a order.<br />As custom pieces can't always be sold on, i require a 50% <i>non-refundable</i> deposit<b>,</b> upfront before I start physically creating the piece.<br />(This can be paid after a initial concept sketch has been drawn)</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><u>Why do i need to give you a deposit?</u><br />This is purely to cover my materials and working costs. I never used to ask for a deposit but unfortunately I've learned the hard way that I must do so to cover myself.<br />(I've had several experiences where I've spent large sums of money and time on custom pieces for individuals who in the end never paid and left me feeling a bit down, out of pocket and wasted many days I could have been working on genuine customers orders.)<br /><br /><b><u>What can you create for me?</u></b><br />That will depend on what the piece you have in mind is, and what materials are involved.<br />I love a challenge and have become a dab hand at creating whatever's been asked. There are limitations however such as certain materials i.e. Metal work and woodcarving. I do hope to expand my skill range and delve into those in the future. If in doubt just ask me :)<br />Have a wee nosy through my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NocturnalCreationsx" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Facebook</span></a> and <a href="http://nocturnalcreations-x.deviantart.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">DeviantArt</span></a> portfolio pages for a idea of what i create.<br /><br /><b><u>How do i pay?</u></b><br />All transactions go through <i>Paypal</i> (Whether directly through Paypal, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/NocturnalCreationsx?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Etsy</span></a> or <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/nocturnalcreations_x" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">eBay</span></a>), as it's secure and we both get paperwork/receipts to refer to, to keep us safe.<br /><i>Directly through paypal</i>: This requires you to send me your email that is linked to your account so that i can send through a invoice.<br /><br /><b><u>I don't have money right now, but i really want to order something, What can i do?</u></b><br />This is a tricky one, and I totally understand as we all have these moments.<br /><i>You can reserve a item</i>; I'm happy to hold any ready to ship items items for up to one week. However unfortunately due to some negative past experiences I will hold items no longer than a week without payment.<br />If you'd like a custom commission i can book you a slot on my order list closer to the time you will be able to pay, but i <b>will not</b> begin any work before hand.<br /><br /><b><u>I'd like to cancel an order, how do i do this?</u></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If for what ever reason you need to cancel your order (<i>I understand unexpected financial issues do happen</i>) <i><b>please</b></i> let me know as soon as you possibly can so that I can offer the custom slot to someone else or re-list your ready to ship item.<br />Deposits for custom items will not be returned if work has already begun (See deposits)<br /><br /><b><u>Can i get a discount/haggle?</u></b><br />Not really. I like to think I price fairly, and I receive several comments a week that i am undercharging. I only charge enough to cover materials and some of my time.<br />I do offer (When i can) discounts for some high value orders/multiple purchases.<br />L<span style="line-height: 19.5px;">ow-balling</span><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"> is extremely offensive, please don't.</span><br /><br /><i>See my previous blog post for a break down of what's involved behind the scenes</i>: <a href="http://nocturnal-creations.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/why-handmade-products-are-so-expensive.html" target="_blank">Link</a><br /><br /><b><u>How long will my custom piece take to create?</u></b><br />This is dependent the size and complexity of your order and how busy my commissions list is.<br />This can be any time between a few days for smaller simplistic creations up to a few weeks to even over a month for a large or detailed work.<br />I work as quickly as I possibly can but please remember i'm human and occasionally need a day off to recharge and refresh my motivation levels.<br />See <i>Communication</i></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><br />Communication</u></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I try my utmost to communicate as much as I possibly can usually within 48 hours of receiving a message, but please remember i'm human and will occasionally take a day off.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will update you with step by step progress photos so that changes can be made if required and you get a little insight into what is happening. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You're very welcome to ask for extra progress photos/angles if you desire</i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please be reasonable with communication however, constantly messaging me is more likely to hinder your project than progress it, handmade work takes time. On the other hand, please be available to reply to me at least once a week, as large periods of time without communication means that i can't continue the project until we've discussed the current stage.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><b><u>Can i get some freebies?</u></b>In a word. No.<br />I'm not at that stage in my career or financially able to hand out free products that I spend so many hours working on.<br />Where i can I do sometimes sneak a little thank you gift into paid orders.<br />I have in the past sent out some promotional freebies, and plan to do so again in the future when i'm able, but I source the individuals myself, I do not give out items for the sake of it.<br /><i>Please stop sending me sob stories and angry messages because i won't send you free stuff, it makes me a wee bit upset :(</i><br /><br /><b><u>Will you upload my piece to social media?</u></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes I will*, as i'm very proud of all my creations and wish to show them off to others (As i would hope you'd want to do too). All my uploaded images contain a minimum of 2 watermarks with my name and <i>Nocturnal Creations</i>.<br />This <b>does not</b> mean that i will sell your piece to anyone else (Unless payment isn't made after 1 week of completion).<br /><br />*Unless you specifically request that i don't upload it immediately i.e. <i>if it is a gift for someone that you don't want to see it. </i><br /><br /><b><u>I'm commissioning something a a gift, can you send it to their address?</u></b><br />Yes i can, just remember to tell me when you order. I can even write/print a little message if you'd like so the recipient knows who it's from.<br /><br /><b><u>I had another idea but you've already started my piece, can you change it?</u></b><br />Within reason, yes. This will depend on what stage of the process your piece is in.<br /><br /><b><u>Can i alter the piece once I've received it?</u></b><br />To be perfectly honest, I'd rather you didn't. I put a lot of love and care into each piece i make. If there are any alterations you would like made we can do so during the creation process.<br /><i>However</i>, if you'd like to add your own little personal touches and do not intend to claim the piece as your own or sell it, i haven't a problem with that. In fact, i'd love it if you sent me a photo of the changes you made!.<br /><br /><b style="line-height: 19.5px;"><u>Can I resell your artwork?</u></b><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><u> </u><br />In short, no. I do not give permission for you or anyone else to resell my artwork<br /><i>(</i></span><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><i>Unless there is a signed contract between myself and yourself)<b> </b></i></span><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><br />Artwork can be given as a gift, but there can't be any monetary gain.</span><br /><br /><b><u>Is your work stamped/signed? Does it come with paperwork?</u></b><br />I'm not quite at that stage yet (Maybe one day) But i do sign all my paintings/drawings and do what i can to sculptures. I am working on getting stamps made and some certificates in the future.<br /><br /><b><u>Can i share/use your artwork?</u></b><br /><b>Sharing</b>: You're very welcome to share my work and images, just remember and credit me.<br /><br /><u>Can i use your artwork/images as banners/in videos/ as a wallpaper etc?</u><br />Yes you can, however i do not give you permission to alter the image or remove my watermarks.<br />(<i>As above please remember and credit me</i>)<br /><br /><u>What about commercial use?</u><br />I do not give permission for my artwork or images to be used commercially.<br /><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><i>(</i></span><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><i>Unless there is a signed contract between myself and yourself)<b> </b></i></span><br /><br /><br /><b>Postage and Returns</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All sales are final<br /><br /><u>Postage</u><br />All packages are initially sent through Royal Mail.<br /><i>UK</i>: 1-3 days*<br /><i>Outisde UK</i>: 5-14* days<br /><i>From the date i dispatch them<br />Delays may be unavoidable such as heavy traffic times (Christmas etc) and strikes etc</i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the product is lost or upon receiving you notice that the item has been damaged during transport, you should report this to me as soon as possible and send me some photos of the damage. I try my hardest to ensure your item is packaged to the fullest of my ability, but sometimes a rough journey my result in minor mishaps.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the damage is minor i can suggest a repair method, however if the item has major damage we can discuss refund or exchange, this may take a while as the item has to be returned to me and i'll file a damage report to my post provider. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For packages that are not cashed at your post office within 14 days, I reserves the right to charge you a handling fee to cover return shipping and freight companies' administrative costs.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If a returned item is shipped international, please clearly mark the package 'RETURNED GOODS', to avoid any Customs charges. I am NOT responsible for any return Customs charges made. Any charges incurred are the responsibility of the customer.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The first 8 months of <i>Nocturnal Creations</i> has been an interesting experience so far and i thought it'd be fun to see if i'd made any progress. By far the pieces most suited for this little experiment were those that I've created the most of, Dragons. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Why have you made so many dragons?, I'm not entirely sure. I've never been the biggest dragon fan, but i have found myself spending endless days sculpting hundreds of the little critters and i've noticed that my "style" and techniques have slowly progressed over time.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This first trio are not technically the first ever dragons I've sculpted, but they were the first in a while, and the only ones i have photos of. <br /> These wee fellas were hand-sculpted from super-sculpey. At this stage all i had was a butter knife and my hands to work with as i hadn't brought the majority of my craft supplies from my Mums house when i moved, so they took roughly 1.5 - 2 hours each to sculpt as i was struggling with the lack of tools, and refreshing my skills after a long break from sculpting anything larger than charm bracelet charms. After a curing they were hand painted with "value" craft acrylics...repeatedly until the paint finally stuck. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="text-align: center;">5th June 2014 (Left) </span> 13th June 2014 (Below)<br /><br />These wee guys were made because i wanted to try out a new style, and hadn't quite worked out how to make wings yet.<br />(Left) This was my first piece using a basic armature made from tin foil and he's around 2.5 inches in length, I really struggled as my clay was super soft and he sagged a little during baking.<br />(Below) This was a request for a friend, and i really focused on getting this guy to look semi-decent, i spent extra time researching anatomy (Based on a leopard gecko) and it took approximately 6 hours of sculpting, rage quitting</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, re-sculpting, texturing</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and painting. I developed my basic armature by strengthened it with armature wire. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This piece is probably still my biggest achievement, For those of you who follow me elsewhere you'll know i have a bearded dragon called Kira that i love to pieces and people always joke that i should make her little wings so she can be a real dragon. So i thought i'd take things a step further and make a sculpture depicting her as a "real" dragon. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> After 8 months of scrimping and saving i finally had enough money put aside to treat myself to a brand new box of Premo Sculpey clay thanks to the recommendations from several other polymer clay artists. This has been a huge break through for my coloured clay sculpting, i've been so used to battling with old fimo that was close to rock solid. I'm still in the early stage of learning the art of polymer clay but i personally see a huge improvement from those first few pieces i made back in march to those from this month. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Art Trade Form</b><br /><i>I know this looks boring, but i've had a much higher response than i expected and this is a way to make sure no-one gets lost or missed out!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>NOTE</b>: I hope to manage to trade with everyone, but this may not be possible (I'm only one person!), please don't be offended if i don't get back to you immediately, i'm going to try my hardest to complete them all :)<br /><br /><b>Name</b>: (Your name) Obviously haha</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Page name</b>: (If you have a page or business)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Link to shop/page</b>: (If you have one, So i can leave a link as credit)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Location</b>: (Country of where i'll be shipping your piece to, we'll sort addresses later!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Date</b>: When you'd be available to trade (i.e. "October - November")</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Preferred trade</b>: Custom, Themed or Surprise me.<br /><b>Medium(s) (You'd like to trade)</b>: What sort of art/craft piece you create i.e. Jewellery, painting, drawing, plush toy<br /><b>Medium(s) (You'd like to recieve)</b>: What sort of art/craft piece you'd like me to create for you i.e. Jewellery, painting, drawing, plush toy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Subject preference</b>: What sort of things do you like animals, horror, nature<br /><b>Favourite colours/Combinations</b>: Green, black & Purple etc<br /><br />Either PM me on <i>Facebook</i> or E-<i>mail me</i>:<br />https://www.facebook.com/NocturnalCreationsx<br />nocturnalcreation@hotmail.co.uk</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a way of exploring some creative freedom and have a bit of fun creating something outside commissions, while receiving something nice at the end, meeting new people and doing some light networking in the process.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What the trade is not</b>: A way to gain free stuff or for others to get "Free" products from myself, by sending something of minimal effort in return. We both should be putting as much love and care into the work as we would usually whether it be for family, friend or customer. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b>How many will you take on?</b>: I'm still working on that, i'm going to have to think about realistic numbers to fit in with general life, commission work and not making myself broke with postage costs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />1. <b>A custom piece:</b> We both tell each other a few Likes/Dislikes/Passions, Favourite colours and a preferred medium or two (I.e. Sculpture, Painting etc), and the other party can create something with their own creative freedom.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But if you do have something particular in mind that's already been made, feel free to ask!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. <b>A themed piece:</b> Where we both work from the same theme, but take the art/craftwork in our own direction and have complete creative freedom to do our thing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. <b>Surprise me!</b>: Represent ourselves, Have complete freedom! Create whatever you want and show a little bit of yourself/interests</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What will we trade</b>: Something hand-created whether it be a small sculpture, plushie, needle felting, painting, drawing etc. If you have a art/craft page or business remember to send each other a link so that we can "advertise" it for each other once we receive our trades.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Limited critique: </b>We're trading for a bit of fun NOT as paying customers so it need not match your exact vision or be strongly critiqued. we want to let the other persons creative juices flow.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Cost</b>: Obviously nothing to take part!. But each individual has to fund their own materials and P&P so it is entirely up to yourself how much you spend/use on the project. (Same applies to time and labour) Please check out the <i>Fair</i> <i>Trade</i> section. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Fair trade</b>: This is difficult to judge as we all value work differently, we have to take into account time, value, materials and skill level. We can discuss this between us to suit both sides before starting the trade.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Postage</b>: It's up to both parties to finance the P&P of the item they are sending</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may want to take into consideration size and weight so that it doesn't end up too expensive.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Remember to get a proof of postage receipt in case they get lost)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Deadline</b>, 1 - 2 weeks, but we can discuss altering this if required. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This gives each party enough time to squeeze in the artwork to their busy schedules. But it also gives a completion date to brush up on working within a time-frame.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I started a trade, but i can't meet the deadline!</b>: That's okay! Just remember to keep in contact so that we both know what is going on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />. All participants are at least 16 years old (or have parental permission)<br />. No illegal items (This should be pretty obvious) including firearms, blades, explosives, copyrighted items etc (Fan items are acceptable though)<br />. Proof of postage and keep postage reciept in case anything goes missing/gets damaged on it's journey.<br />(Feel free to send via a tracking service if you want extra peace of mind, this is at your own expense though)<br />. Stick to the deadline, if you do run out of time don't worry! Just remember and let each other know and keep them up to date (Don't take part if you think you may have to withdraw)<br />. Once you receive your package, remember to show them off!, Post them on your page etc to brag about your new pretty things. <br />. Remember to say thank you to your partner!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> So I've been considering for a while different ways of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">having a bit of creative freedom and fun away from "work" and commissions, all while </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">boosting recognition, learning new things and meeting new people/connections.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The latest thought has been, how about doing an <b>art trade</b>?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I've been wanting to do a few of these for years, but for various reasons I've not managed. Age was a issue, as most of the art forums i've followed for years required you to be either 18 y/o or over be a high level/point scoring member. Another reason has been the strictness of the rules, i know they're there for a reason and help secure the trades dos and don'ts, but some of them really pushed me out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As i'm used to creating pieces for others i thought it'd be nice for a wee change to also get something pretty in return (That didnt go towards bills, taxes and pet food)</span><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What type of art trade?</span></u></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was thinking along the lines of creating either</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. <b>A custom piece</b> based on the other persons likes/specifications</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(A mini-brief perhaps)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. <b>A themed piece</b> - Where we both work from the same theme, but take the art/craftwork in our own direction and have complete creative freedom to do our thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. <b>Represent ourselves</b> - Have complete freedom! Create whatever you want! Showing a little bit of yourself/interests</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A <u>group art </u>exchange</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Slightly more complicated to manage.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Focuses less on the page itself, but brings together the community</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone works on the same theme, and we have a new theme every month.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once all pieces have been made photos are e-mailed to me and i'll upload them into a album where people can choose to trade with one another or just admitre the gallery and awe at everyones creativity and different directions</span><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's involved?</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Deadline</b>, say one month from the start of the trade</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This gives each party enough time to squeeze in the artwork to their busy schedules. But it also gives a completion date to brush up on working within a timeframe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Limited critique</b> (We're trading for a bit of fun NOT as paying customers (However feel free to discuss this outside of the trade) so it need not match your exact vision or be strongly critiqued) so we give a basic description and let the other persons creative juices flow from there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Cost</b>: Obviously nothing to take part!. But each individual has to fund their own materials and P&P so it is entirely up to yourself how much you spend/use on the project. (Same applies to time and labour)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Postage</b>: It's up to both parties to finance the P&P of the item they are sending</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Both parties do not have to post the items if they wish not to, but most must agree prior to starting the project, or discuss later on and both come to a arrangement.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(It wouldn't be fair if one person kept theirs and received the trade, and the other got nothing in return)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />. All participants are at least 18 years old (or have parental permission?)<br />(Or should it be 16? Or should there be any age limit?)<br />. No illegal items (Should eb pretty obvious) including firearms, blades, explosives, copyrighted items etc<br />. Proof of postage and keep postage reciept<br />(Feel free to send via a tracking service if you want extra peace of mind)<br />. Stick to the deadline (Don't take part if you think you may have to withdraw)<br />. Once you receive your package, send photos to the Swap Organiser so that they can display them in the Swap Gallery (Remember to say thank you to your partner!)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02560553506662063146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719537813900085045.post-66169383469382407452014-06-05T16:40:00.000-07:002014-12-01T14:32:20.708-08:00Why handmade products are "so expensive"<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10pt;">
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> I may not be well established (yet,
hopefully i will be one day) but in the short 6 months that </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">I've</span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> been attempting to start a career as a Freelance artist/craftsperson, I've heard/read all kinds of comments others have </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">received</span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> about their work, from
people who just don't quite understand the volume of work and </span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">finances</span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> that are involved in creating handmade products.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 115%;">"I could make that for a few quid"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 115%;">"That seems overpriced for what it is"</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; line-height: 115%;">"Will you do it for free, it's just a hobby after all"</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"> I've so far had many awfy happy repeat
customers giving lovely feedback, but reading these</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> comments have made me worry that i too am perhaps charging too
high. The majority of comments i get from people are that i
should charge much higher as i'm underselling myself. It's a horrible task
trying to find a happy medium.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> It
might not be like <i>your</i> typical job, in fact it's anything but, we don't have to
report back to a "boss" as such. We don't work your typical 9-5
shift, (We don't work when it “suits us” either, which is the illusion most
people seem to have). We work ALL the time, personally even if i'm not
physically doing work there's barely a moment in the day where the cogs aren't
turning thinking of new ideas or how to improve previous projects. Even when i
sleep i don't get peace, i often find myself waking up and having to reach for pen&paper
or my phone to jot down a idea that's inconveniently popped into my head mid slumber. I even pull inspiration from my dreams, which create some weird and
wonderful gems. One of the very few bonuses i've discovered so far is that
I don't have to suit up for the day and make myself look like a presentable
human being, i can kick about looking like i've been dragged out of a hedge
backwards because i don't often have to meet people face to face, which suits
my introvert-verging-on-hermit personality.</span></span></div>
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doesn't seem to be taken into account by those outside the creative community is the amount of time, energy and money
involved in keeping things running, there's so much more involved than your
average Joe seems to think . I've had countless heated discussions with friends
and family about the situation and little support from all but a few, and usually
coming out with the same old "helpful advice" like the life coach gurus that they are.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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"You should just get a normal job like everyone else"<br />
"There'll never be a future, why waste your time?"<br />
"That's not a job, it's just a hobby"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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That's all fine and dandy if you're happy being a sheep and conforming to the
masses in their vision of the "normal life", </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">I've</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> always strived to
do something a bit different, if i fail, i fail. That's my problem, not anyone
elses. If things don't work out at least i can wipe the slate clean and be
content that i know i really tried, rather than going through my life doing the
same mundane tasks day after day wondering "What if".</span><br />
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The very first thing people don't realise (in my case) is the amount of
research and planning that has gone on behind the scenes, for literally YEARS,
this isn't a spur of the moment decision, this is something i planned to do
from a young age, i worked 3 jobs at one stage with barely any sleep, no social
life what so ever, rarely even taking a sick day and the once in a blue moon
day off, all to scrimp and save every penny so i could try and achieve my
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Research->Design -> Sourcing materials->*Trial&error->*Development->Final
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(</i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Not including the *stages in between where time is allowed to contact the client
to discuss if the project is meeting their specifications or if they want some
changes made</i>)</span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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running)</i></i></span></div>
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<br /><br /><b>Learning skills and techniques</b> - Before you can create anything you need to develop the skills/techniques to do so, we're human too, we had to LEARN how to do what we do just like anybody else. Skills/techniques can take years to
even get a slight grasp of. I often hear/read </span><br />
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<span lang="EN"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Oh that's easy, i could
make that for cheaper". </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">O RLY? That's nice, well go on, you do that and tell us how it turns out. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To start with there is
learning from scratch whether it be a new material and figuring out how it
works and reacts when used in different ways, or finding the best technique to
suit the job at hand. <br />
Then the tedious task of learning by doing, mistakes are made, materials and time are wasted, but confronting these and improving from them is key. I personally NEVER add
this cost to the seller, this comes out of my own pocket. This is not including
the money spent on </span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">educational materials such as books and courses.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN"><b style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Researching</b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> - Countless hours spent researching materials, subjects, techniques etc before a project can begin. This not only includes time, but electricity bills, library fees and internet bills</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="background-color: black;"><b style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN">Designing</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"> - This is mainly time based (Where the hourly rate gets involved), we often find </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">ourselves</span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"> losing track of what hour in the day it is, starting work in the morning, playing about with different ideas to provide variety and make sure the client is completely happy, next time we look up it's the early hours of the next morning and we’ve forgotten to eat, drink and realise we’ve been wiggling in our seat for the past 2 hours bursting for the loo<br />(Calm doon bladder I’ll finish this sketch first).</span></span></span></div>
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that i've disc</span><span style="background-color: black;">overed where i see a lot of </span></span></span></div>
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that for cheaper",</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="background-color: black; color: white;"> Well yes, you probably could. If that's the way you see
it i'll send you the raw materials (e.g. Block of clay and armature wire) and you can do the rest yourself, if that's all you're willing to pay for that's all you'll get. It's the <i>time</i>
involved in applying the appropriate skills and techniques to make the finished
product. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> e.g. When
you take a car into the garage to get fixed, you're aware you'll have to pay for the
parts, and you need the mechanics skills for them to fix it and will have to pay them a
hourly rate on top which tends to be the most expensive aspect. It's the same
deal when it comes to handmade items, especially custom and unique work, where
you're paying for the artists specific skill set/knowledge and their time to
make it.<br />
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<b>Material costs </b>- This is one of the few parts people tend to slightly
understand. Personally i tend to only charge what ever fraction of the
materials i will use, but i do know others that charge for full sets of new
materials per project. Some things however are still overlooked such as varnish
for protecting work or wire for armatures to make sculptures more structurally
sound, these things are all taken into account when it comes to setting commission prices.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the line involves replacement parts or entire tools, electricity to run a
majority off them (even the humble glue gun needs to be powered one way or
another), when you're using all that potentially dangerous equipment you need
to protect yourself eh? So on top of that is safety gear. There are some things
that we just cant afford to/have space to own so we have to hire them from
others which adds yet more pennies onto the costs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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on our online stores, blogs and </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">catalogue</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> don't come cheap whether we hire out
the equipment to use ourselves, hire someone else with their equipment to do it
for us or buy our own, we've got to fork out for the physical equipment
(Camera, lenses, carry bags, lighting, batteries, memory cards) which can cost
from the hundreds to the tens of thousands for the top end gear, we also need computers to upload
the images, and pricey software so that we can tweek imperfections in the shot to show you the final product in
all its glory. Not to mention time and money spent learning how to use all of
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us artist as they are our little home from homes (or in my case home in my home
aka a corner of the living room) whether it's
renting a space, building our own/converting a room, furnishing the
work space, and the maintenance of the
area such as replacing bulbs and paint. We have to fund it all. </span></span></div>
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– Many of us creative types are working at ridiculous hours, when you are all
tucked up in bed 24/7 we’re working, when you’re getting up for work, we’re
still working. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="background-color: black; color: white;">“Why don’t you just work normal hours like the rest of us then?” </span></span></div>
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customers can be anywhere in the world, that means different </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">time-zones</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> and
those customers also expect the same amount of </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">communication</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> as anyone else. So we stay up, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">to achieve deadlines and update our clients dotted about the globe, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">fueled by unhealthy quantities of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">caffeinated beverages.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="line-height: 115%;">Listing fees</b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> – We have to pay fees
for you to find our products in online stores (They may say they don’t charge,
but believe me they do). There is often a listing fee </span><i style="line-height: 115%;">per individual item</i><span style="line-height: 115%;">, then a percentage is taken off </span><b style="line-height: 115%;">IF</b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> the item
sells, then for all of us who wish to keep our customers payments secure, another percentage
gets taken off by use PayPal and similar services. Then of course after that there is your tax&VAT where applicable. </span><br />
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<b style="line-height: 115%;">Transport/travel costs</b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> – We’re
ordinary people, not wizards, which some seem to think. We can’t just summon
the materials (Or teleport to the post office/customer/exhibition) we have to travel to do so. This requires transportation. This is also the reason some creative
types only post on certain days as some of us don’t have a reliable transport
route or vehicle. Unfortunately this
costs us a pretty penny whether it be bus/taxi/train </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">fares</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">, fuel money
for lifts of friends/family or running your own vehicle (Which </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">involves</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> all the
fun and games of insurance/tax/mot/parts/fuel and other such money pits)</span><br />
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<b style="line-height: 115%;">Postage and shipping</b><span style="line-height: 115%;"> – “Postage is
HOW MUCH?!” We know, and we feel bad. But we just can’t afford to not take
payment for P&P for every single customer. The little extras we add in to
make your purchase that little bit extra special and secure enough to survive
their journey also add up including boxes/jiffy bags, bubble wrap, tissue paper,
gift boxes/bags, business cards, the occassional freebie, THEN postage prices
itself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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(Unless we’re lucky enough to have someone else do it for us) we have to design
and pay for business cards, posters, space in magazines/websites/shops/public
spaces, not to mention website and server costs. This can take up unhealthy
amounts of time making sure the widest possible audience can see our creations
and have the opportunity to purchase their own.<br />
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<b>Anything else?</b> – Well yes actually.
These are just the costs behind keeping the creative side of our lives alive and kicking, we
often forget about ourselves and that we need to look after too.<br />
These don't include essential living costs that most people in a “normal job”
use their wage to pay for, the fun grown up things like rent, bills, food, pets
and all their related needs, medical/dental bills. Not to mention luxuries such
as spending money for social/leisure activities and god forbid a holiday!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white; line-height: 115%;"><i style="background-color: black;">Do you still think handmade commission work from independent artists is too
high?</i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">There's just so much involved behind the scenes especially
if you're a lone wolf, that even I myself didn’t think too much about until I took
on the </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">challenge</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 115%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Everyone is so used to the same cheap mundane mass produced products being spewed out onto shelves from big name multi-million pound companies, so don't want to pay decent rates for something that can be created just for them</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="line-height: 115%;"><u style="background-color: black;">In a “Normal job”</u></b></span></div>
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
You wouldn't want to be underpaid for all of the above.<br />
You wouldn't be very pleased if your boss turned round after all your hard work
and decided they didn't want to pay you this month/at all or said to you "I'll
pay you next week when i have money"<br />
You wouldn't expect someone to tell you "You're overpaid" or your
boss to decide "they want to suddenly pay you less than you’re due.<br />
You wouldn't ask a big branded shop to sell you their item at a lower price
because that’s what you think it is worth.<br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: black;">So why should we be treated like that?</i></span></div>
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<br />.....The tragic thing is, even after that entire rant i'm still selling sculptures that
take up to 10 hours to complete for as little as £15...that's £1.50 per hour
not including anything else listed above. <b>BAH!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> These are the first few wee monsters i made many moons ago in roughly 2009/10 when i was just leaving/left high school and seem to think i'd fund my life creating creepy and cute art&craft creations and live happily ever after. Oh to be that young and naive. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I took a rather long break from monster making to focus on College&Uni (Of course a Art&Design course) but recently attempted to recreate my wee monsters in a newer more refined design. <br />The result...These wee cuties!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02560553506662063146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5719537813900085045.post-16900762020926530082014-04-02T06:55:00.002-07:002014-04-02T06:57:01.568-07:00Food, glorious food!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> No this isn't a blog post about my dinner...although i am one of those weirdos that takes photos of their food. *Shrugs*<br /><br /> This is all about my food/sweetie "candy" inspired jewellery pieces. Something which i remember looking through DA years ago going "I'm never going to make things like that, they're too complicated and mines'll look crap", but here we are, it's pretty much what i've spent the last few months doing, and now i'm completely addicted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's some of the first few pieces of jewellery i ever made, besides a few beaded pieces as a kid.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My first ever piece of clay jewellery was a very crudely made cupcake bracelet in 2008 followed by some Paracetamol, Polo and Loveheart pieces using a pushmold i made. Closely followed by various other charms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not much has changed really, still been pottering about trying out new ideas and techniques, one day i'll have practiced enough to be half as good as some of the people out there...maybe.<br /><br />Determined to eventually make some doll house miniatures..but first i need to spend a few days writing down and cataloging all my ideas to try make some space in my little overloaded brain. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Good question. I've noticed through out my years on art/craft sites that the focusing on art/craft has been diminishing. For example, DeviantArt, in my angsty younger self teen years i wouldn't of had a bad thing to say about DA because i spent a majority of my life drooling over all the pretty things. But now that i'm trying to further myself and my career i'm noticing that there's less focus on the artwork and more on selfies and sexually explicit art work. Which i don't have a problem with, they're their own form of art, however i've discovered through a wee experiment of my own that a majority of users are no longer interested in the art side of things (from us little lesser known art/crafts people anyway) unless it's a photograph of a female (Most likely baring all or in a pose only fit for a contortionist) or fan related art...which has also taken a weird turn.<br />So to sum things up there, my rainbow hair throughout the years has somehow drawn attention to my artwork. </span><br />
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</i> I decided to upload several art and craft pieces, as well as several "Selfies"at the same time on consecutive days and see if my feedback/notifications differed. Well, they did, horrendously, my <i>art/craft work</i> received dribs and drabs of attention, the odd fav here and there and about 10 notifications overall in 24 hours. <i>Selfies</i> on the other hand opened some form of attention floodgate with constant favs, watchers, llama badges and few unsettling private messages over the 24 hour period</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> So, most people would start of their first blog with bios, and a long winded background history, I'm going to skip that part and move on right into the pretty pictures :)<br /> I apologise in advance for my brutal slaughter of the English language, i'm rubbish when it comes to writing, as will soon be very apparent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> </i> I'm one of those people who's always been obsessed with the idea of apocalypses and the undead, and with the whole <i>The Walking Dead </i>craze that's currently at a all time high, I thought i'd a few pieces to commemorate my creepy passion.</span></div>
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