A (good) friend is doing a craft fair.
She has asked me to do a small print workshop / demonstration thing there anyway (i do silk screen printing onto metal work for work, but this will just be t shirts, bags etc)
So the key point is ill be there anyway, and it wont cost me anything to sell a few bits and pieces. And, i dont have to have a full stalls worth, as they can just go on a table with someone elses stuff.
Because of all of the above, i thought i might knock up some stuff and see how it sells, more for interest, than i think ill retire off it...
I thought, possible "stuff" might include -
Maybe end grain chopping boards with some sort of cnc cut resin filled "something" to make them more unusual?
I mean this is not an illustrative photo, but this is our one at home, thats been chopped on for some time now (ignore the witches egg) so somthing along those lines? I think i made that one about 80mm thick, so slightly different to commercial ones anyway. Again, maybe cnc cut something into it to make it more novel?
Ahh, heres another photo ive just found. It was just for us, and, yes, it would have been better if i had paid more attention to strip alignment on the final glue up -
Or pippy resin serving boards or something?
Drinks coasters? Seems pretty dull to me, but i guess people buy that kind of stuff (i do not).
Im looking for ideas for pretty but low value items. None goes to a craft fair expecting to spend £150 (at least not in rural devon!)
People say i should sell these, until i tell them what they would need to cost, and then they think otherwise -
Again, not exactly a christmass craft item anyway!
I do bits of wood for work, but wood work is not my main trade (im a metal worker, printer) so im just looking for suggestions really.
I weld / spray also, so i dont know if any of them could be bought into a craft style saleable item?
Im sticking loads of photos on just so as someone may be able to suggest somthing around the same skill set?
Bits of metal again -
CNC cut bits of wood?
But, yes, its got to be cheap and easy and in that price range that does not need all that much consideration?
Maybe led powered resin lights or something? (led mainly as then theyre not 240v, and you can just flog a Class II plug in transformer, and not have to be concerned with certification, etc.)
Its November sometime i think, so time to knock up some stuff, and it will get the Christmas traffic.
Any suggestions would be most welcome?
Again, not looking to retire off this, and its outside of my usual scope (i sell specialist stuff on the internet - virtually all for export overseas) but looking to have a bit of fun, as much as anything much else.
Thank you.
She has asked me to do a small print workshop / demonstration thing there anyway (i do silk screen printing onto metal work for work, but this will just be t shirts, bags etc)
So the key point is ill be there anyway, and it wont cost me anything to sell a few bits and pieces. And, i dont have to have a full stalls worth, as they can just go on a table with someone elses stuff.
Because of all of the above, i thought i might knock up some stuff and see how it sells, more for interest, than i think ill retire off it...
I thought, possible "stuff" might include -
Maybe end grain chopping boards with some sort of cnc cut resin filled "something" to make them more unusual?
I mean this is not an illustrative photo, but this is our one at home, thats been chopped on for some time now (ignore the witches egg) so somthing along those lines? I think i made that one about 80mm thick, so slightly different to commercial ones anyway. Again, maybe cnc cut something into it to make it more novel?
Ahh, heres another photo ive just found. It was just for us, and, yes, it would have been better if i had paid more attention to strip alignment on the final glue up -
Or pippy resin serving boards or something?
Drinks coasters? Seems pretty dull to me, but i guess people buy that kind of stuff (i do not).
Im looking for ideas for pretty but low value items. None goes to a craft fair expecting to spend £150 (at least not in rural devon!)
People say i should sell these, until i tell them what they would need to cost, and then they think otherwise -
Again, not exactly a christmass craft item anyway!
I do bits of wood for work, but wood work is not my main trade (im a metal worker, printer) so im just looking for suggestions really.
I weld / spray also, so i dont know if any of them could be bought into a craft style saleable item?
Im sticking loads of photos on just so as someone may be able to suggest somthing around the same skill set?
Bits of metal again -
CNC cut bits of wood?
But, yes, its got to be cheap and easy and in that price range that does not need all that much consideration?
Maybe led powered resin lights or something? (led mainly as then theyre not 240v, and you can just flog a Class II plug in transformer, and not have to be concerned with certification, etc.)
Its November sometime i think, so time to knock up some stuff, and it will get the Christmas traffic.
Any suggestions would be most welcome?
Again, not looking to retire off this, and its outside of my usual scope (i sell specialist stuff on the internet - virtually all for export overseas) but looking to have a bit of fun, as much as anything much else.
Thank you.
