BlueRidgeMark
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Mark, you are really good. There are a ton of chainsaw "artists" out there, and most aren't really artists.
You are.
Do you make your living at it?
You are.
Do you make your living at it?
Thank you.I want to go pro,full time carving but it's a tuff way to make $.I make my living building and installing log home accessories-log railings,staircases,trim,furniture,ect. You need to be able to carve real fast to live off it and that takes experience,I've been carving part time for about four years. Maby in a few more years?BlueRidgeMark said:Mark, you are really good. There are a ton of chainsaw "artists" out there, and most aren't really artists.
You are.
Do you make your living at it?
BlueRidgeMark said:Yeah. I know a fella who worked as a maintenance man at a Thousand Trails campground for a good many years while he tried to get going full time as a wood carver.
I know what you mean about speed, Mark. This guy can take a 14" x 2' section of log, and turn it into a raccoon peeking out of a hollow log in about 30 minutes, while keeping up an entertaining patter to a crowd watching.
Marketing counts, too!
Adrpk said:My latest carving. Granted it's a little rough. But once I clean that bear up it'll be a beauty. It's a white birch. Gave me a hard time but I won. What do you think a slab of that would look like. Anybody on how long to let it dry before I slice it open. Next year, maybe two?
Sofie's cute. I'm curious about the paint. Are you also the airbrusher?carvinmark said:
Adrpk said:Sofie's cute. I'm curious about the paint. Are you also the airbrusher?
What kind of wood is Sofie made out of.
darkstar said:Wow that is so cool, I really like the colur on that turtle.
You only charge 20$ for that
Its really nice .
You are an artist as blueridgemark said opcorn:
carvinmark said:I sell more of these than even I can belive. Everybody can afford 20.00. When they watch you from start to finish(with color) in 15 min. I make these out of my cutt-offs from my business-my junk!!!
carvinmark said:No, you missed the boat here, mushrooms go for 20.00,that turtle would run ya about 450.00,but she isn't for sale. Sofie was a birthday present to my old lady.
Mark
BlueRidgeMark said:Okay, we're cross-posting. $450 is more like it!
BlueRidgeMark said:Mark, you are GROSSLY underpricing your stuff! Even a poorly done 3' bear should bring a few hundred, NOT seventy five bucks!
Check out that link to Jonathan the Bear Man - look at his prices.
Of course, it helps if you market to the right clientele....
http://www.jonathanbearman.com/sculpture2.htm
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