Wedding centerpiece rings price

[maria warwick]

I did an 18" one for a friends wedding 3 months ago.

 

I was chatting to a friend outside his canal boat and my other friend came up and asked me if I could make him a cake stand for his wedding.

I said : "sure".

 

At the time I was standing next to a convenient stump of an ash tree…. 5 minutes later I'd got out the 261 and cut him a 2" ring off the stump !

How was that for service ?!

He was happy as could be !

He sanded it up himself later…

 

Didn't charge.

 

Gave me some wedding cake after the wedding though

[Mark Bolam]

I've got my mates to do this year Coletti, so this has got me thinking.

How long felled was that piece? (Looks great by the way).

I'd go with Danish oil as well, but it does stay tacky for a day or two.

I thought I had loads of nice stuff up the yard, but it all looks pretty grim after the winter, and most of the bigger rings are halved before stacking.

Next oak we fell between now and October will probably do, I think they want 18" or so, and descending.

I was thinking of doing it in lieu of a gift, so £100 for someone you don't know wouldn't be out of order at all?

[Brett]

we rough cut about 10 birch rings and handed them to a woman, when she asked how much I said a contribution to the coffee fund would suffice, she gave me £50 and was delighted, I think £50 for what your doing is a bargain, considering its a 'specialist wedding piece'. Think how much these would be in a shop?.

[Billy]

I sold one 12" by 20" ring of sycamore to a couple for £50 no finishing at all. So 10 of those all sanded and oiled must be £250 ish.

[Coletti]

How long felled was that piece? (Looks great by the way).

 

Thank you, the timber has been down 3-4 years but it was dead standing for 5 or so years before that. I have but a few pieces of this elm left of various diamiter and I get a bit reluctant to use it as I'm not sure when I'll next some . Got a load of milled boards from the same Tree, all approx 3"×2", I'm yet to think of something decent to make with it though.

 

@ all. Thank you for the input. I had originally thought £100 but I always doubt what anything I make is worth, hence starting to think £50 but think I may just stick to the £100. The boiled linseed gives a lovely finish to any timber, a lot of gun stocks are treated with it, I'll just have to check it's food safe

[gobbypunk]

Hi English Elm is getting quite rare in any decent size and as you said dont know when you will get any more so explain this and charge 150 you could always ask what will happen to them after the wedding maybe you could rent them and then make something else out of them

Cheers Mark

[kev_s]

I think £100 is the minimum you should charge.

 

Half a days labour plus materials (tooling etc)

 

Look on Etsy and see what this kind of thing would sell for... but remember you are making something bespoke for someones big day (and wedding costs for everything are ridiculous).

 

I'd make a comment about the fact that these things could be given as gifts to the best men, maids and even think about some kind of info tag with date and names (you can buy these from etsy)

 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/search?q=luggage%20tag

 

if you present the rings as a one off just for them creation which can then be kept and gifted as a long term memory for the closest guests all of a sudden £10 to £30 each suddenly feels quite reasonable?

 

Good luck!

 

Kev

[kev_s]

THese are both £20 ish so could be used as a comparison.

 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/219109444/wood-circle-1-pcs-round-wooden-coaster?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=rustic%20wooden%20tree%20slice&ref=sr_gallery_47

 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/269272442/12-inches-large-wooden-slicerustic?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=rustic%20wooden%20tree%20slice&ref=sr_gallery_41