pendants by Sol

[Sol]

want one? everything in the group shot is in my possesion, the others are examples cept fer the moss n onyx one thats mine

[jokersdesign]

Those are tight. I really like those shapes. Alot better then just round one.

[Sol]

thanks man i try....igot tyred of round one s real quick, lately trying to fuse stuff tofether,like a spiral,reversal,and an opal all in one piece...its just finding stores that want em.....

[Sol]

wanna know something sad? this whole group photo just crashed to the floor in my garagey and man it doesnt look so good for a few of em...into the kiln stat....

[christopher]

Oh, Sol, you're killin' me. . .I want to come take a class from you more than ever!!!

[Sol]

everything in the group shot is gizzzzzone......new batchin 5.4.3.2.1....

[xiaan]

Maybe makin belt buckles would be a good application for your "huge" pieces. I ve never seen a turtle belt buckle., either.

[Sol]

well then...turtle hmmmm..... big psychadelic turtle with a reeversal shell and opal eyes?.......its in thye works...

[Sol]

more eye candy,mmmmrasta

[harryhood]

what do you charge stores for them, wholesale?? i make the same exact type, i didnt copy your style its just what i make good, and stores want them for like 10$ which seems fair but some say i could be gettin 13-15$.

tom

[Sol]

man ive seen at least 50 blowers who make the little frittys,i take absolutly no offense,which ones do you make and do you have pics? just cause you can copy the style doesnt mean they should be sold for the same, there are ways of grading your work, the whole firsts,seconds.odds way seems to be the way to go with it in my book. look at the pendant, does the lens have any flaws? is the art centered in the piece?is the clasp without acute angles? are there air bubbles in it? is the color perfect or did you boil it? all of these questions are what i use to price my work. i mean my girlfriend that i just taught in the past 5 months bangs out mushrooms and frittys and flowers all day, but should she charge the same price as someone whos been makin em for ten years. there are so many sides to this "pricing issue" usually i charge 15-20 for the reversals or "wig wags" as there called. also depends on wether i use a solid color clasp,a clear one, or opals as accects and yadda yadda yadda, i charge anywhere from 7-12 bucks for regular reduction flowers,and 12-25 for tube reduction flowers cause they are usually WAY more intricate. those frittys never sell for more than 8 bucks, i can make like 15 an hour, 120 an hour is GOOD FUCKIN MONEY, and they sell so fast it sickens me cause id rather make something delibritly funky over the random -ness of the frit-splosion....any way i blab on

[harryhood]

http://www.glassartists.org/Gal6153_New_Gallery_Page.asp

these pics are from when i first started making em, ive perfected them now tho...perfect lens and loop everytime. so i guess ill start uppin the price a little, seems like shops dont want to pay it even tho they rave everytime i bring em around.

[Sol]

yup, man ive seen really nice reversals go for 50 bucks, iknow thats nutz but ive seen it first hand i hope these words do some good.....