Hi everyone and Pat who wrote: > I don't think the prices she charges refelect the time spent designing and then making the lace. Every piece she designs is made before the design is sold. There is nothing to stop you, Bev, from printing your own designs and selling them.
Good points - to the first, no matter how much $ a lace designer might deserve, in order to sell at all, the price is what the market will bear. To the second, yes Bev or anyone could self-publish, but again, "is there a Buyer?" IOW I could take the risk, but I know full well I won't make a living from it (and maybe not break even) - and few others do either. (the poverty line is considered to be about $20K in this country - it boggles my mind to think of a lace designer earning *that much* - and it is actually so little). Designing laces is not a lucrative field, but has priceless gains in terms of accomplishment and, one hopes, recognition by one's peers. Thus - my designs will appear in lace magazines, available at the cost of a subscription. My payment is usually a copy of the magazine. If someone posts a picture on the web of a lace made from one of my designs, I shall be flattered indeed. If someone publishes one of my designs and calls it their own, I'll point out the error loudly. I know they won't profit from it anyway ;) bfn Bev in Sooke, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
