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Pricing your work to sell

Interesting. I know a few local woodworkers. One makes a few things for me for restaurant use - for example test tube flower vases that he makes for less than my cost of materials. They all have stands and fetes, food markets etc and one regularly has a stand at Sissinghurst Castle National Trust garden. They offer chopping boards and bowls mainly. Not much gets sold - people look and admire but don't part with money very often. Not viable as profitable businesses I fear. But that is probably not the point.
 
AJB Temple said:
Interesting. I know a few local woodworkers. One makes a few things for me for restaurant use - for example test tube flower vases that he makes for less than my cost of materials. They all have stands and fetes, food markets etc and one regularly has a stand at Sissinghurst Castle National Trust garden. They offer chopping boards and bowls mainly. Not much gets sold - people look and admire but don't part with money very often. Not viable as profitable businesses I fear. But that is probably not the point.
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Yes I’ve seen similar, but the exception was a guy I knew who custom laser burnt CNC’d messages homilies and greetings onto the things he made.
 
I tried selling turned items at fairs a couple of times, ranging from big fruit bowls to little oak door wedges. Far too disheartening to keep trying. I still have a couple of crates of stuff in the loft. The only time I made money was selling magic wands with quarts ends to a hippy shop.
 
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