[TheForge] Pointless complaining

Fri Nov 1 07:54:01 2002

Hey Dan,
And the name of this gallery would be....?

I can talk pretty on the phone for $5000!!!

Ray Miller
Cincinnati
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> From: "Dan Tull" <[email protected]>
> Date: 2002/10/31 Thu PM 07:04:17 EST
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Pointless complaining
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> If the point is " to sell my work", I'm not sure I care what you  call me.
> Goes back to the recommendation     to call it a metal fab shop, just so
> the code inspectors know what to do.
> "YOU HAVE TO PLAY THE GAME." if you want to be 'fine' art.
> Have a friend who does fab work for a guy that takes the Quilt that
> he welds up.....  to New York "art galleries" and sells them to "those"
> arteest for $5000.00  .  All my friend does is patch weld up scrap pieces,
> by the hour  ( while sweety talks on the phone).  Kinda chaps my friend ,
> that he is making windfall profits off his sweat.  But he's also not willing
> to play that game w/ the galleries.
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> dan tull
> georgia
> abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Evarts" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 6:34 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] Pointless complaining
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> > Why is it that, when calling fine art galleries to make appointments to
> > show my work, if I say I am a blacksmith that does sculpture, I can't
> > even get an appointment most of the time.  If, however, I say I am a
> > sculptor who works in steel, I'm welcomed with open arms and told how
> > hard it is to find sculptors who work in metal these days.
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