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Helping the Next Generation

9/20/2015

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Yesterday, I found in my messages area of Facebook, a message from a young woman. She lives in Cornwall and is at the university there studying Silversmithing and Jewellery. She was asking me to fill out a questionnaire for one of her classes.   My response was OF COURSE I WOULD.  

I did think it was cool that she was asking me. I don't know who else was asked but hey, if someone from the other side of the pond wants to ask me questions about I started, who am I to argue. Plus I find it interesting that part of a class has the students asking other silversmiths or any artist some questions to how others got started. 

I won't share my responses, I think you can figure them out yourself - especially if your read this blog. But I thought you would like to see the questions asked. 

FdA Silversmithing and Jewellery  - Work based Learning module.
Questions for the Craftsman 
Education
  • How do you start? what was your education?
  • How did your education fit you for a career in the industry?
  • What was missing?
  • Do you still do any courses?
Starting up
  • How did you start?
  • What kind of finance did you have? 
  • Did you receive any help? (grants etc)
Working Practice
  • What kind of workshop do you have?
  • What specialist equipment do you use? 
  • Do you recommend a certain piece of equipment? 
  • What does your typical working day involve? 
Their work
  • What (if any) special techniques do you employ?
  • Do you subcontract out any technical work? (casting, stone setting, plating) 
  • How do you catalogue your work?
  • How do you photograph your work?
  • What kind of personal advertising do you have?(leaflets, post cards, web presence)
Selling
  • How have you worked out the costs for pricing your work?
  • How do you sell your work?
  • Do you work to commission?
  • If so how do you conduct the commission process?
  • Do you exhibit?
  • Where do you exhibit?
  • How did you get into the gallery, craft fair etc
Advice
  • What advice do you have for someone starting out.
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