My personal best

[Bob Rolfe]

thought it bet to do a snap shot for my personal development on the carving forum hope you a like it im thinking of doing a market stall. Anyone think of a price I can charge and public will pay that will be great

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last shot is the finished product but I could poss do better with better finishing tools

 

 

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[Bart]

Nice carving Bob

 

My other half sells some of my carvings at local farmers markets, the one thing ive noticed is the more detailed / more expensive carvings don't sell as well / quickly as mushrooms, don't know why but im constantly having to do mushrooms. Pricing stuff is tricky, i just carve for fun, so as long as i get my costs back and a small profit im happy so sorry i cant help you with that perfect price.

[dervishcarving]

I have found teh same thing Bart... people like simples. Even if the more fancy isn't a lot more expensive they still prefer the simple. Except my neighbour she has asked me to make a thistle! I ended up having to take inspiration from a carving i found on the internet... worked out ok. I find if its not a commission piece then a price over £50 can be problematic unless its a big lump of wood (like a stool)

[MAB]

nice piece Bob

most of my work is commissioned and so have not had a lot of stall type sales experience. my advice is to bang out a few simple carvings that dont take up too much of your time and therefore you can sell fairly cheeply. This type of flower subject would sell quite well i recon. maybe some different types and 3d ones. once you get practiced you can produce them quite quickly. gets your name out there too and you will start to get the 'thistle' type jobs coming. good luck