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Originally Posted by nekokami
Do you bring a portfolio to a job like that? Just curious.
Also, around here we have a "League of NH Craftsmen" that operates a couple of stores with member products and exhibits at an annual fair. This is for jewelry, pottery, fancy woodwork, weaving, etc. It's a juried group. Is there something like that where you are?
http://www.nhcrafts.org/ |
Manufacturing these days is about crapamine building. A portfolio is pretty useless. All they want to know is where you worked before because they love to get secrets from one another. A CV is adequate. My best asset is my website, this way they can have a good idea of my work quality level.
Fairs and exhibits are expensive propositions. You have to pin down exactly
what can be sold and at
what price. Can you imagine working for a month on a piece with 2000$ worth of exotic wood and not selling that piece?
The best I got from those fairs is a contract for a library or a crapamine kitchen, all of which can not even cover the expenses brought by the exposition.
What I'd like to see though is something that happens only in big US cities. Galleries dedicated to artful furniture. I dream of making a masterpiece, the kind that takes years to make. Of course there is no such gallery over here, just the local Ikea.
Thanks for caring Neko.