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My best tip was for a Chevy store client. Did a bunch of interior graphics and window work. Sent in the $5600 bill and he doubled it with a note on the stub,"Well Done!" It blew me away!
-------------------- Preston McCall 112 Rim Road Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 text: 5056607370 Posts: 1561 | From: Santa Fe, New Mexico | Registered: Nov 1998
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Joe; Receiving a "Tip" usually means that your price was to low. I told you several years ago to start selling your name as an artist because you are more than a vendor offering services to the mediocrity. As you think, so you become.
John www.handpaintedcanework.com PS did you ever carve that eagle you asked me for permission to carve from my plans.
-------------------- John Kurtzman J.G. Kurtzman Sign Shop 97 Taylor Ave. Norwalk, Ct. 06854
----------------------------------- Creative communication since 1959 Posts: 213 | From: So. Norwalk, Ct. USA | Registered: Sep 2000
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I worked at the Nethercutt Collection in the late seventies.... I did some painted canework on the '28 Minerva, but was not able to get the same amount of depth as the original canework on the 1930 Rolls Royce Brewster bodied town car. I have since seen the beautiful work you did on two of the other Rolls in the collection. Would you be willing to share a few secrets as to your methods and materials ? .... if not, I certainly understand.
While working at the Collection, I was responsible for pinstriping, fabrication, casting, preparing parts for chrome, woodwork, and a lot of the final assembly work of the body, trim and interior. Wonderful job which I hated to leave, but wanted to get away from Southern California smog and congestion....
I'm interested in seeing some of your other work.... do you have another website ?
Regards, Jim
-------------------- Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain ! Jim Moser Design 13342 C Grass Valley Ave. Grass Valley, Ca. 95945 530-273-7615 jwmoser@att.net Posts: 488 | From: Grass Valley, Ca. | Registered: May 2006
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As soon as I catch up on all my other low-ball orders, I'll shake the dust off the plans (which are a work of art to begin with) and give it a shot....if I get-er done, what should I charge?
Next time you're in the hood, stop in!
Joe,
Makin Chip$ and Havin Fun!
ps the tipping customer is from Fairfield.....pretty nice little town, I hear
-------------------- Joe Cieslowski Connecticut Woodcarvers Gallery P.O.Box 368 East Canaan CT 06024 jcieslowski@snet.net 860-824-0883 Posts: 2345 | From: East Canaan CT 06024 | Registered: Nov 2001
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