I just do one show a year, which is a month long gallery that a group of
use sets up in December. I've been doing it since 2002, though the
group itself has been active since the early 1980's. For me its more for
fun than anything else - my monetary goal is just to break even and
replenish my ink, paper sand matting upplies for the upcoming year.
Cards always sell well and most of the people who do 2D work sell them.
I don't do calendars but a few of the people in the group do and those
seem to sell well also. I've tried photo books a couple of times and at
best have broken even - its hard to get the printing costs on a small
run of books low enough to be able to resell them. I keep planning on
doing one of a kind handmade books but just haven't gotten around to it.
With cards, some of the folks in the group do multi-packs which work out
well. So, they may sell card for $4 each but a pack of 6 for $22 or
something like that. We are not set up to handle volume based pricing,
if we were it would be convenient to just set up the pricing scales to
encourage folks to get the one more card.
The one problem with cards is that they intrude on small print sales. If
you are selling a 6x4 card for $4 its hard to sell a matted 5x7 print
at a price that covers materials and the time to mat it.
Can't help with card printers - I print the cards myself on my Epson
3880 using Museo Artist Card paper (B&H usually has the best price).
Cost per card is about 95 cents - 75 cents for the paper, 15 cents for
ink and 3 cents for the clear bag. I usually print only 3 or 4 of any
image, unless it has a history of being a good seller and then I do 5 to
7. I can never predict what will sell well or not so go for small
batches .Since its a month long operation I can monitor and restock as
needed.
Have fun!
Mark
On 5/7/2017 4:44 PM, Marnie (aka Doe) wrote:
Okay, this is something I've been thinking about doing for years.
I've only showed photographs once before, at ANOTHER art show, not
this one. Both have ceramics, jewelry and other things as well.
To my total surprise I actually sold a photo the previous time. One of
my "artified" photos (made it all B&W, except for two things I colored
in).
This art show has been going on for years, and decided to jump in this
year.
So I am not really expecting to sell any photos. I have to bring full
sized photos, but I was thinking cards, because they do seem to sell.
Questions
1. Any other products that sell well other than cards? (From your
experience.) Not sure I want to spend the money on making up small
notebooks, calendar notebooks, or calendars, but like to hear your
experience.
2. Anyone have any particular online card making place to recommend?
Now I have to come up with a quick portfolio, regular and artified
photographs to show to the organizer.
Marnie aka Doe :-)
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