badhank
04-04-2008, 06:29 PM
heres another "how can we make the fam. biz a muse" and its a real noodle scratcher
ok, heres how it goes:
My father is a professional artist. He works all day in his basement studio from october-ish to May-ish creating his original handmade art, re-making more of his old designs and creating new ones.
His art is unique as it is sheet metal relief work, using brass, copper, and silver. He uses chemicals to oxidize the metal to bring out different colors. he also uses a chemical process to bond silver to the brass and copper, and electroplates gold to the silver. This is all sealed in a metal laquer to protect the work and prevent future corrosion. the rest of the process is several steps to mounting it inside a frame. The whole chemical process is of his own creating and truly makes one of a kind art. Its important to note that exactly what he does to produce his art is fully only known by him.
Spring and fall he travels all over the united states selling his work at art exhibitions and greek festivals. theres a point in the middle of the summer he works to create more of his best sellers in time for fall.
www.vaxxine.com/zoudis or zoudis.com is the site, and you really need to have a look at some of his work to understand what he does. The site is slightly dated as i made it something like 6+ years ago when frames/tables were the common way to organize things. Also he has 350+ designs that he still makes, so u dont really have to go through all of them.
There is no automated anything on the site because there is no guarantee that he will have that particular piece/pieces in stock at any given time, and often there is a 3-4 month waiting period if he has to start from scratch.
I would love to hear any ideas on ways to approach this differently
ok, heres how it goes:
My father is a professional artist. He works all day in his basement studio from october-ish to May-ish creating his original handmade art, re-making more of his old designs and creating new ones.
His art is unique as it is sheet metal relief work, using brass, copper, and silver. He uses chemicals to oxidize the metal to bring out different colors. he also uses a chemical process to bond silver to the brass and copper, and electroplates gold to the silver. This is all sealed in a metal laquer to protect the work and prevent future corrosion. the rest of the process is several steps to mounting it inside a frame. The whole chemical process is of his own creating and truly makes one of a kind art. Its important to note that exactly what he does to produce his art is fully only known by him.
Spring and fall he travels all over the united states selling his work at art exhibitions and greek festivals. theres a point in the middle of the summer he works to create more of his best sellers in time for fall.
www.vaxxine.com/zoudis or zoudis.com is the site, and you really need to have a look at some of his work to understand what he does. The site is slightly dated as i made it something like 6+ years ago when frames/tables were the common way to organize things. Also he has 350+ designs that he still makes, so u dont really have to go through all of them.
There is no automated anything on the site because there is no guarantee that he will have that particular piece/pieces in stock at any given time, and often there is a 3-4 month waiting period if he has to start from scratch.
I would love to hear any ideas on ways to approach this differently