Filed under: session | Tags: costing, crafts council, finance, price, register of makers, research
Heather rigg covered aspects of cash flow and finance, including forecasting for the first year of business / career.
It terms of comparing my prices in relation to the competition Heather suggested looking at the Crafts Council’s DIRECTORY OF MAKERS.
Filed under: research, session | Tags: catalogue, funding, library, motivation, research, trend
The session today at Britannia Mill was great – getting back into research within a well-stocked library. I miss the feel of the paper when looking stuff up on the internet.
Some useful things came out of it: potentially some funding (if I get it right) through SPEED.
The use of the online catalogues for research is fantastic – I hope to use this for market research and to demonstrate a trend for the type of thing I am designing and making.
It’s also good just to get out and into that kind of environment – the sense that everyone around you is learning can be a real motivator.
Filed under: research | Tags: craft, East Midlands, Lustre, market, research
Through a bit of online research I realise a few of the key shows, such as Origin, have been and gone – but thankfully I have one right on the East Midlands doorstep in the form of LUSTRE - Contemporary Craft Maker’s Market on Saturday 10 – Sunday 11 November. I’ll see if anyone else in the group fancies a day out.
