JoDa Glassworks

Cereal_MF

Green goes to brown, n that's what I stand for.
Ok guys. Disregard yesterday's little emotional/mental road bump. Today was a new day and I locked down the production gig in stone.

I'm proud to announce that I have partnered up with our good friend randy over at puffitup.com to bring some of my custom tastes to the masses. We are starting off with primarily solo and air stuff but plan to grow together in this endeavor. So to those that have orders, their comin. To those that wanted to place orders, it's going to be a minute. I'm not going to completely abandon the custom stuff I just have to find a rhythm so I can balance all. They will be far fewer and further between though.

I honestly think all of your positivity forced some sort of karmic shift for me. So thank all of you.

What a difference a day makes!
You're awesome dude im so happy hahaha!
 

WoodVillain

Backwoods Rated
AWESOME!! So glad things are working out bud!!

Now, more selfishly, maybe the slide wont have to be my only JoDa piece, i may get to try an Air stem as well after all :rockon:

@VaPeD&CoNfUsEd not sure if you got my pm, but my offer to build you a web store for a gallery and custom orders still stands. Very happy to see you've turned it around and I might get that custom piece one day after all. :tup:

WOW, that is an awesome gesture there!!

JoDa id JUMP on this offer... even if your not quite ready, the site could be there when you get ready... For now you could use it as a picture gallery or something.... Unless you know how to create a website... this it can be a HUGE headache and a costly adventure.

Now im computer dumb but.... I paid for a domain name, wanted to just have a simple page where i could post my contact info and a few pictures of my work.... Im talking a single page, no links, no online ordering, NOTHING.... I never did figure out how to create the page, and when i contacted a company that "helps" create websites they wanted nearly 200 bucks IIRC.... To make a single page for me... I passed, facebook is free HAHA.
 

VaPeD&CoNfUsEd

JoDa Glassworks
Glass Blower
Also guys, this recycler NEEDS to sell.
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280$ shipped to your door (if ur in the U.S. That is). The function is on fucking point! Plus it's mine and @yeti_house_glass 's first collab and its #1 out of a soon to come series. Own a piece of what is hopefully to be part of glass history.
 

SSVUN~YAH

You Must Unlearn, What You Have Learned...
Also guys, this recycler NEEDS to sell.
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280$ shipped to your door (if ur in the U.S. That is). The function is on fucking point! Plus it's mine and @yeti_house_glass 's first collab and its #1 out of a soon to come series. Own a piece of what is hopefully to be part of glass history.
Wow I didn't even notice the fumed dots before! That's badass!!
 

Enchantre

Oil Painter
Joda, m'dear, I think I'm ready to throw some grandmotherly advice at you, which you are free to disregard if you like, of course.

You are an amazingly talented glass enthusiast. You have a great eye, a depth of creative inspiration, and an amazing amount of drive. Unfortunately, like so many brilliant people, you seem to have skipped over the "busting your chops" period. Yes, your stuff is so very good, people will pay you to make stuff for them. However, you are not a master of your craft yet, and part of mastering your craft is pacing yourself while you are still learning the basics.

You have to be able to produce consistent work... "every piece unique" seems like a great marketing plan, but it also hides that the basics aren't mastered. You also need to put aside the ego trip that is custom orders/glowing reviews/amazing photos, and work on consistency and efficiency.

Becoming a master will mean it will take you less time to design, plan, and execute designs. You will have less glass wastage, and you will sleep better. This is the benefit of getting into production work... and fabulously, that's where you are going! With a need to provide consistent, uniform-ish designs, you will develop the mastery - the economy of elegant design, with the efficiency of effort & materials, and will find yourself, perhaps after another year, easily meeting your various obligations.. THEN launch a custom blowing business again, knowing that you've got it handled, on all fronts.

Most small businesses fail due to lack of understanding the back end of business... not the products, not how to sell, not how to provide customer service, but in the business end, the planning, the finances, the taxes, the paperwork, the fed/state/local regulations, insurances... all this should come AFTER you master your craft, and have the free time & sufficiently reduced stress level to be able to put time and effort to it. Until then, I'd recommend selling through retailers, like you will be now, and let this pack of hyenas wait for their next opportunity to get some truly stunning glass (this includes myself, alas, as I had a truly kick-ass JHook idea involving flowing flames from the ENano dragon...), when it is right for YOU.

Anyway, that's it. Take it or leave it.

I truly wish you the best! :)
 
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