PRICING YOUR WARES

Editors Note: This information was gleaned from the
Oregon Potters Association February Newsletter, and is \tem:
reprinted here with their kind permission. Prices are in Mug

US dollars.

The results have been tabulated from our OPA Pricing Dinner Plate
Questionnaires. 31 people responded. The responses are Salad (smaller) Plate $18 ($9-26, 13)
below, and the prices on the left are for the “plain, small, Large Platter
undecorated pieces”. The prices on the right are for the — Small bowl

‘Teapot

Plain: Fancy:

$15 ($5-22, 19) $22 ($7-28,15)

$61 ($35-110, 11) $113 ($53-250, 13)
$26 ($16-36, 15) $46, $31 ($20-150, 16)
$24, ($15-33, $24 15)
$66, $48 ($30-125, 15) $146, $98 ($40-G600, 19)
$15 ($8-24, 18) $24, ($12-52, $24 15)

“fancy, large, decorated or complicated pieces”. The first Small serving bowl $26, $20 ($14-50, 18) $38, $38, ($14-75, 17)
number is the average price. The numbers in parentheses Large serving bowl $47, $40 ($24-95, 17) $82, $60 ($35-250, 18)

are the range of prices and the number of people who — small pitcher

responded. If the average and median price were substan- Large pitcher
tially different, the median price is in italics. So, “$22, $20 Small jar
($7-48, 15)” means the average price was $22, the median Large jar
price was $20, the responses ranged from $7 to $48, and Small vase

15 people responded. Large vase

Obviously, functional ware was much easier to categorize — [kebana/flower frog $26 ($16-35, 4)
and had less variability in the pricing. People also tended — Casserole w/ lid

to make more work that fit into functional categories, so
the larger sample size there gave better averages. In gener-
al, there did not appear to be a difference in price ranges
for work fired in different types of kilns. The people who
sold their work for higher prices seemed to also sell their
work in a larger variety of parts of the country. The two
people whose work was the least expensive both mostly sell
in Southern Oregon (although other people who sold.
there had more typical pricing). People with some of the
highest prices sold here in the Northwest, although they
generally sold quite a bit of work in other parts of the
country, too. A couple of people commented that they
have not raised their prices in a long time and, although
they must do so soon, they are worried. about raising them

now. Colander,

TransFormations Update:

The exhibition team has been working towards creating a fabu-
lous exhibition that will celebrate the Guild’s 50th anniversary
in great style. The exhibition TranFormations is in three sec-
tions. The first will celebrate and recognize the importance of
our founders and elders in the understanding of our own histo-
ry. We have conducted interviews and taken some great photo-
graphs for this section; we will also be including some of the
works by our elders. The second section is an installation of
juried. works submitted by Guild members. We have 62 sub-
missions and the jurors are very excited about the quality of the
work. The third section will contain source books that, for the
first time, will bring together the biographies and samples of
works by as many Guild members as possible. These will be
kept in the Guild’s archives and will form the basis for an ongo-
ing effort to provide an accessible data base of BC potters. We
are also currently exploring funding sources so that we can also
produce a publication that will be the memory of this great
event.

Carol E. Mayer

May 2005

Lamp w/ shade
Pie pan

Flower pot
Garden ornament $17 ($6-30, 4)
Pump jar
Small sculpture
Medium sculpture $68 ($35-120, 6)
Large sculpture

$22 ($12-45, 12)
$41 ($24-95, 11) $67, $52 ($28-180, 12)
$24 ($8-40, 9) $45, $35 ($12-138, 11)
$52, $60 ($18-80, 9) $83 ($24-200, 12)

$19 ($4-50, 17) $43, $31, ($15-200, 20)
$62 ($15-150, 16) $196, $120 ($30-1000, 19)
$28 ($18-53, 5)

$73, $64 ($40-140, 9)
$223, $163 ($105-400, 3)
$32 ($25-42, 7)

$29 ($19-40, 3)

$41 ($41, 1)

$18, $14 ($12-30, 7) $23 ($14-40, 5)

$18, ($3-35, 5) $53, $48 ($5-90, 5)

$343, $311 ($75-900, 8)
$533, $350 ($350-900,3) $922, $750 ($125-2300, 9)

$32 ($18-65, 13)

$53 ($30-68, 10)
$141 ($65-200, 4)
$23 ($15-32, 8)
$14, ($4-25, $14 5)

People listed. a few other items, most of which were too specialized to be help-
ful to everyone. A few notables were:
French butter dish, $23 ($20-28, 3)
Sake set (pitcher w/ 2 cups),

$37 ($33-40, 2)
$37 ($33-40, 2)

U2can Raku - bisque donations needed!

Our two major Raku fund
raising events are coming
up soon: June 18th and
= July Ist. Both events will

“) be at the Ocean Art works
space on Granville Island.
As usual we are in need of
both volunteers and bisque
ware. If you are interested
in donating either, drop
off your Raku appropriate
}. wares at the gallery or con-
tact me to volunteer:

Markian Kyba
604-254- 4008

) Photos courtesy Markian Kyba

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