Carved Coyote Skull 1

[naamah_darling]

Happy Monday! Time for some bones!

I mentioned I'd been skull carving. Here's my first effort, a coyote skull engraved with spiral designs.

Comments

wow.

[malruniel11]

I'm simply amazed by that. It's absolutely beautiful. I'm not a huge bone person, still that completely impresses me. I look forward to seeing the others as you do them!

[dragontrap]

DUDE! I would totally want one....

[naamah_darling]

Ahahahaha! Your icon made me snort VERY loudly!

(And thanks!)

[dragontrap]

Hehe look up a series called Chii's Sweet Home, you'll find tons more

[naamah_darling]

I penciled it in so it would be symmetrical, yeah. I'm WAY too scared of ruining a good skull to just dive in like that.

I meant to take pictures of it in the drafting stage, but never did, nor have I done so in the other two. I really ought to, though, just to show what a bloody disaster it looks.

[greyladybast]

Those are truly works of art. Beautiful, unique, and inspiring in a way I can't quite articulate. Lovely!

As for pricing, I R A Kollidge Stoodint who just finished up a marketing class. I've still got the book, and it's got a formula for break-even pricing. If you like, I can look it up for you and post it here. If nothing else, it can serve as a starting point for you, maybe.

[naamah_darling]

I'd be curious to see if it matches my own formula. If you have it around sometime, I wouldn't mind seeing it at all!

[greyladybast]

Actually, I can still access the notes online, so I found it right away. Basically, you pull a price that sounds about right out of your ass the air. Then figure out the cost of your materials and labor. Subtract that number from your price to find out how much each unit will contribute to your fixed overhead, in your case probably your cost of living. Divide the fixed overhead by the subtracted price, and now you know how many items you need to sell to break even. Repeat the process with a new price until you get numbers that look right for the product. Thusly:

price - unit cost = contribution to overhead. Fixed overhead/contribution to overhead = number of units needed to sell to break even. Repeat until you get numbers you like.

[naamah_darling]

That's the formula a friend of mine gave me, actually. I've been trying to work out how that intersects with the fact that I don't work steadily.

I am, however, by my own estimation, paying myself a reasonable amount per hour beyond cost of materials.

[naamah_darling]

Mostly Skulls Unlimited, Moscow Hide and Fur, and two or three trusted eBay sellers (teratrap and alpinewildsheep come immediately to mind).