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pricing firings

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Peelle on mon 17 nov 03


I have a friend who wants me to fire some sculptured wall hangings for him
that he is going to airbrush. Any advice as to how to set a price for a one
time firing in an electric kiln?? One suggestion I've gotten it 50 cents an
inch measured on the longest side. Sounds reasonable to me------but just
wanted some other input on.

Lyn

daniel on tue 18 nov 03


Hi Lyn,

I know one guy who used to charge - a year or two ago when I got some stuff
done - by the cubic inch. a penny and a half for bisque, 2 I think for
glaze. His top temp was cone 6 and I think this was electric. Just measure
maximum length in each dimension and then multiply by X (pennys per cu inch)
and see what comes out. This is in CA and I think its electric (I guess now
it would be a lot more - eeek). But anyhow, this method seems to make sense
in that it accounts for volume occupied in the kiln. I don't know how it
would compare with 50 cents per linear inch.

Thanx
D


Peelle writes:

> I have a friend who wants me to fire some sculptured wall hangings for him
> that he is going to airbrush. Any advice as to how to set a price for a one
> time firing in an electric kiln?? One suggestion I've gotten it 50 cents an
> inch measured on the longest side. Sounds reasonable to me------but just
> wanted some other input on.
>
> Lyn
>
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Sam or Mary Yancy on tue 18 nov 03


I have a Skut 1018 electric. Electrical power in San Francisco costs about $10-11 a load for bisk and for cone 6 - about $15-16. Not including wear and tear of the elements of course. Sam
daniel wrote:Hi Lyn,

I know one guy who used to charge - a year or two ago when I got some stuff
done - by the cubic inch. a penny and a half for bisque, 2 I think for
glaze. His top temp was cone 6 and I think this was electric. Just measure
maximum length in each dimension and then multiply by X (pennys per cu inch)
and see what comes out. This is in CA and I think its electric (I guess now
it would be a lot more - eeek). But anyhow, this method seems to make sense
in that it accounts for volume occupied in the kiln. I don't know how it
would compare with 50 cents per linear inch.

Thanx
D


Peelle writes:

> I have a friend who wants me to fire some sculptured wall hangings for him
> that he is going to airbrush. Any advice as to how to set a price for a one
> time firing in an electric kiln?? One suggestion I've gotten it 50 cents an
> inch measured on the longest side. Sounds reasonable to me------but just
> wanted some other input on.
>
> Lyn
>
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daniel on tue 18 nov 03


Hi Sam,

Good point. I was forgetting how one would determine exactly what a cu inch
might cost you in the first place.

D

> I have a Skut 1018 electric. Electrical power in San Francisco costs about $10-11 a load for bisk and for cone 6 - about $15-16. Not including wear and tear of the elements of course. Sam
> daniel wrote:Hi Lyn,
>
> I know one guy who used to charge - a year or two ago when I got some stuff
> done - by the cubic inch. a penny and a half for bisque, 2 I think for
> glaze. His top temp was cone 6 and I think this was electric. Just measure
> maximum length in each dimension and then multiply by X (pennys per cu inch)
> and see what comes out. This is in CA and I think its electric (I guess now
> it would be a lot more - eeek). But anyhow, this method seems to make sense
> in that it accounts for volume occupied in the kiln. I don't know how it
> would compare with 50 cents per linear inch.
>
> Thanx
> D
>
>
> Peelle writes:
>
>> I have a friend who wants me to fire some sculptured wall hangings for him
>> that he is going to airbrush. Any advice as to how to set a price for a one
>> time firing in an electric kiln?? One suggestion I've gotten it 50 cents an
>> inch measured on the longest side. Sounds reasonable to me------but just
>> wanted some other input on.
>>
>> Lyn
>>
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>>
>> You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
>> settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
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>
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