Post #283897 by teaKEY on Wed, Feb 7, 2007 1:48 PM

well, I don't think people know what to make of original mugs. Not talking about original ideas/designs, but original mugs. Like the difference of an original painting verse not.

If your talking about a $40 mug with a run of 100, the totally profit is 4000 minus time for sculpt and materials for pour. And say that 20 artist proofs sold on avg. of 200 each, thats an additional 4000. so $8,000.00 for one sculpt and 120 pours. And there isn't even an original mug evolved.

Mine, so for is $65 for all the work to sculpt and the original design that only one person in the world will own. I'm not even going to make this design again.
All the love that pours from my hand goes directly into what you are buying. Not seen to often.

Certainly no profit here. Not sure if I'm even going to make a lot of these for sale much longer unless I see the appreciation. Its understandable though

People are use to molded mugs. I think that they enjoy the fact that they know others have it. I probably could have made a molded mug of ten copies and they could have all sold for 100 each.

What can I say, its certainly a labor of love and I just want to share that love with someone special out there :)

My highest goal is to make the highest grade of mugs in the world. I know that I could do it based of the ideas that I already have in my head but I do see that the world isn't ready yet. But what can I say, most artist never see their work truly valued. I think that Van Gogh sold one or none paintings before he died. Well, I might have him beat by tonight.