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People ask to buy an article at which you may have sat and worked 100 hours.
I consider I am worth as a fairly skilled lacemaker at least 10 to 15 GB
pounds per hour. So that would make the piece in labour costs at least 1000
GBP. No-one would
In a message dated 14/09/2003 02:55:35 GMT Daylight Time,
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This particular lady will not accept No for an answer, and she keeps
pestering me. She is an artist who sells her pictures - and having seen
them
in the shop, I know how much she's charging. However, her
Of course, if one did not want to enjoy the pleasure of seeing the inquirer
stroke out at the probable price of a piece of commissioned hand made lace, one
could direct the questioner to the antique market. Lace dealers are selling
pieces of lace that took hundreds and hundreds of hours of work
Some people know the price of everything and the value of nothing!
People ask to buy an article at which you may have sat and worked 100 hours.
I consider I am worth as a fairly skilled lacemaker at least 10 to 15 GB
pounds per hour.
So that would make the piece in labour costs at least
I agree! I know a lady who keeps asking me if I sell my lace, because she'd
like to buy a piece for her daughter. I don't know whether the daughter would
even appreciate a simple lace bookmark, and as I'm always struggling to find
time to work projects for myself without making lace for others
Ruth- if you like her paintings, you could choose the most expensive one in the
shop and offer her an appropriately small bookmark in exchange - on the barter
system.
Malvary
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