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18th June 2017, 06:52 PM #1Member
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Any Huon Pine fans out there?
Finished this one today - it's a 695x290x33mm serving platter I've spent the last few days working on. The most time-consuming parts were filling the knot with resin and hand carving out the 'bowl' at either end with my new scorp - totally worth it though. Polished it with 1500 grit emery paper and given it it's first coat of grapeseed oil. I plan to give it a couple more and then wax it with spoon cream. The bowls are a bit of a novelty - something you can put your nuts or grapes into while you've got your cheese and sliced meats on top.
It's my first time working with Huon and it won't be the last as I picked up 3 slabs of it from a guy very cheaply for what it is. I have a few ideas in mind but to be honest it's probably just going to make more serving platters.
Out of interest what would you guys charge for something like this?
Cheers!
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18th June 2017, 11:25 PM #2
Different! Perhaps bigger than I would be comfortable using domestically but for a big spread or a commercial setting in a restaurant/catering event it looks pretty much perfect. Well done; it's beautifully finished.
Price? Sheez; that's always the tricky part. Commercially you have to add up the cost of the raw materials and apply a cost to your man hours and tool depreciation; when you come up with the final figure that seems "reasonable" it's somewhat depressing to work backwards and realise you're selling yourself at $1.75/hr.
This would probably go down very well with the hipster crowd so I recommend you search for a cafe/restaurant that uses words like "jus" and serves "avec" with everything. Wear slim glasses with bold frames; almost grow a beard and pitch it to them. For that lot you'll have to think a bit harder about price; basically come up with a reasonable figure as above; then multiply it by 250%. If they quibble; throw in the word "artisan".
See here for an example!
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20th June 2017, 12:03 AM #3
Nice work. As for price, i sold a Birds Eye Huon Pine cutting board last year. 500 x 400 x 35mm with a natural front edge. $350. It went to a kitchen in Germany. I also sold a fruit platter 600 x 280 x 35mm hollowed out by hand. Also Birds Eye Huon Pine. $275. Its in a kitchen in Tassie. The first one was done on spec the second a commission. If your platter was in a gallery in Richmond or Battery Point (both in Tasmania), it would be priced somewhere between what i got for mine.
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22nd June 2017, 03:43 PM #4Member
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Thanks Sheddie. It's hard working out what to ask for it, I thought $300 would be a good starting point and if I get haggled down a bit I'd take $250-$275, but then the old man (who knows a bit about timber but is by no means a guru) told me I'm crazy and with the right marketing and photo shoot I should be asking $500 for it given the rarity of the timber and the size and quality of the work.
Really don't know how to proceed but I think I'll start by doing a proper photo shoot and see how they come out.
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23rd June 2017, 12:01 AM #5
Its important to offer up this type of woodcraft to the demographic for whom the price is not a deal-breaker.
Hope you get a good price for it.
cheers.
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24th June 2017, 09:13 AM #6Senior Member
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Totally love this wood. have made several pens from it and love the result, always looking for more!!!!
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24th June 2017, 08:58 PM #7Novice
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Great platter. Made this for the wife for her cook books. Not much woodwork, let the timber speak for it self. Picked it up on a trip to Tassie.
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Cheers Geez
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27th June 2017, 03:24 PM #10Member
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The first look at the results from the photo shoot last night. The best part was eating all the food with my old man over a few beers once we were done taking photos.
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