Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Acrylic pour jewelry





the same techniques that allows acrylic poured paintings can be used to make lovely jewelry from either the spilled paint or purposeful pours for jewelry making, these will also be added to this years offerings,   I took them to work and they generated a good deal of interest. ,, I hope they do as well at a show.   $20





















Acrylic pour, new product, new risk.




Acrylic pour paintings and jewelry are the newest addition to my portfolio as I prep for this years fall/xmas craft shows.  I consider this product as a huge risk as I need to have a good selection of pieces for a show but I have no idea if the market will bare what I think I must charge for them.

A single painting 10x10 
$2-3 for canvass
4oz of paint and pouring medium at about $2/oz  = $8
mounting/hanging hardware  $2





MISC materials $3 
disposable cups for pouring
craft sticks
silicon oil
varnish
nitrite gloves

cleaning materials

so at least $15 just to produce a painting before the added the cost of sales, ie renting booths at craft shows for up to $100 per day, advertising, travel, and of course my time which most customers totally discount.

Total selling $40  price for a 10x10,  there are however sizes bigger and smaller which are prices to scale.
Don't know if it will fly but if I want to keep doing it this is what is required. 
Anyways have a look at a sampling of my work






















Pipe and board enertainment centre





I saw something very close to this on Etsy for just under $1000 dollars and decided to replicate it...

turns out those pipe fittings aren't cheap when you start using connectors by the dozens yet I managed to put this together with 2 inch think pine slabs, all the hardware, stain, finish for a sweet $340

The biggest issue with this project was finding enough of the pipe parts,, inevitably you'd find 1/2 the parts at one store and the next store carried a different brand that didn't quite match in finish or shape...   If your going to do a lot of this stuff open an account with a plumbing supply company which will make up your order for you, no dicking around at 5 stores trying to find that last matching piece.