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So, on the heels of my last post, I wanted to elaborate a little more on how I deal with another conundrum of artists and other creatives everywhere--pricing. I don't have control over the prices of my books, but I have full control over the prices of my artwork, and since I make a pretty big range of pieces, I don't just have a bunch of pre-made price tags to put on infinite iterations of the exact same design, slightly tweaked. So I have to put a lot of thought into this with every artwork update.

There is no single factor that determines how I will price something, and everything I create gets its own individual assessment. Apologies to those who were expecting an easy answer to "How do I price things!", but in doing this for over a decade I still don't have a single, set formula that works. And yes, I do often go back and adjust prices, either when I feel I've been a bit too enthusiastic in pricing something, or when I feel the current price is really shorting me and kicking it up a bit will still be a fair deal. So it's not an exact science; I'm not even so sure it's an art, either. It is, however, a constant learning experience.

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So there you have it. Pick and choose what works for you, feel free to adapt, etc.

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I had a little extra art time today, and this is one of the things I made. Secondhand bamboo hoop that used to be a purse handle, scrap deerskin, acrylic paint, and a red fox canine tooth. Measures just over 5 1/2" in diameter. It'll be in my next artwork update, but if you want to beat everyone to the punch and buy it now, it'll be $15 plus shipping.