Post by fernwood on Jul 25, 2018 9:58:28 GMT -5
Custom order for 3 single earrings. Call me old fashioned, but I can still not believe the number of people in the 60 years and older set who have multiple piercings on their ears. Male and female. These were for a male. Asked me to make 3 earrings for him. He has 14 piercings in one ear! Said it was a tradition each time he went to a new military base to get a piercing. Some were more pleasant than others. He spoke for about 30 minutes about each piercing he had. Recently decided to get back into wearing earrings. All he asked for was a couple of Turquoise ones and a bear fetish. He knew I had old stock Turquoise and asked for that. One post style, the others French wire. One silver, the others a different color. He wanted silicon backs.
I made the Turquoise teardrops. The smaller is Sleeping Beauty, the other Kingman. Vintage 1980’s. The jasper bear was purchased in the 1980’s.
After taking the photos I noticed that there is a little refining to do with the coils.
He said money was no issue. I have no idea what to charge for these. Total time to complete was about an hour for the three. This does not count the time spent making the Turquoise teardrops. No idea how long that took 30 years ago, lol.
Thoughts on pricing would be appreciated. The silver colored post is surgical steel, pretty inexpensive, say about $.05. The French Wires are an antique bronze, hypoallergenic. Cost of $.07. The silicon backs were $.02 each. Wire was about $.02 each. He said if he liked what I did, he would get more from me, so thinking of keeping this order very cost effective as an introductory rate. Maybe $10.00 each?
Thanks for looking.
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