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Nolo Press book "The Craft Artist's Legal Guide"
Nolo Press has an excellent book called The Craft Artist's Legal Guide - Protect Your Work, Save on Taxes, Maximize Profits written by attorney Richard Stim. It can be ordered at www.nolo.com
The back cover states "The Craft Artist's Legal Guide is the crafter's bible when it comes to making a craft business work. It gives you the legal and practical information you need to:
decide on the best business structure
calculate the ideal price point
rent studio space
hire employees and contractors
protect and register your ideas
license your work to others
get tax breaks
Each chapter covers detailed aspects of it's topic. As example, Ch. 1 - Pricing and Selling includes:
The Pricing Dilemma: How Much Do You Charge?
Selling Wholesale
Selling Retail
Selling at Crafts Shows
Selling on Consignment
Custom Orders, Shipping and Delays
Returns and Refunds
Ten Tips for Collecting Past-Due Accounts
Selling and Buying Outside the U.S.
In addition, the book comes with a CD that contains examples of legal files such as:
Invoice
Consignment Agreement
Commission Agreement
Collectiion Letters #1, #2, #3
and 10 other forms, agreements and worksheets.
The book has FAR more information than I will ever need but its fascinating to thumb thru and every part of the book will be necessary reading for someone.
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Low cost flat lapping disc can be used on you potters wheel if you, drill bat pin holes in it, and provide a trickle of water to cool it. At amazon.com, 120 grit for aggressive material removal. Click the image to purchase
Members have had great things to say about John Britt's new book, Mid-Range Glazes. Click the image to buy from Amazon.com
Purchase Glazes Cone 6 by Michael Bailey, The Potters Book of Glaze Recipes by Emmanuel Cooper, or Making Marks by Robin Hopper, all available at amazon.com. Mastering Cone 6 Glazes by John Hesselberth & Ron Roy is now out of print.
Harbor Freight is a great place to find unbeatable prices for better HVLP spray guns with stainless steel parts and serviceable economy models, as well as detail guns, all tested by our members for spraying glazes, as well as compressors to power the guns. As yet no one has tested and commented on the remarkably inexpensive air brushes at harbor freight.
The critter siphon gun is a spray alternative that is well liked by some of our members, and is available at amazon.
Amazon is also a competitive source for photo light tents for shooting professional quality pictures of your work. They also have the EZ Cube brand favored by several of our members. You might also want to purchase the book Photographing Arts, Crafts and Collectibles . . .
If you are up to creating videos of your work or techniques you might want to invest in a flip video camera
Following are a few scales useful for potters. Ohaus Triple Pro Mechanical Triple Beam Balance, 2610g x 0.1g, with Tare $169.00
And finally a low cost clone of the OHaus. The Adam Equipment TBB2610T Triple Beam Mechanical Balance With Tare Beam $99.62
ebay is a great alternative for many tools and the equipment used in the ceramics studio - kilns, wheels, extruders, slab rollers are often listed there both new and used.
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