Reflections on a "Hand-made" Craft

First of all, i want to bid farewell to Piggy who showered for a few days and then was hijacked by a hard-driving (teenage) couple who drove a hard bargain for it, even though i explained to them that the Piggy is a full-bodied one, meaning to say i used up a lot of clay for it. Anyway, they wanted it at that price so i let it off at that price. Now i am sighing a little over it. But life's like that - this kind of entrepreneurial decisions are irreversible. And i am the better for it because i learnt something precious about being an amateur entrepreneur.

In general, people want a good (cheap) bargain for things, including hand-made stuff. Every project takes time and time means money. So it boils down to how much value you place on the time-taken to achieve the colours and the effects that you want and the handiwork that is created.

Next, people have shrewd eyes - and one thing i have learnt - the passion that i put into my creation is immediately noticed by people who appreciate the work put in. But then comes the irony - they also want it at a good price - like what our former PM said about Singaporeans going to Aussie-Land - we go around saying "Cheap, Cheap."
These are things definitely not available in those Value shops.

So i conclude positively that people still have to be educated about hand-made, original, one-of-a-kind artistic stuff. Art galleries nearer to the heartland may be one solution to this malaise.

For the Piggy, i am glad that he's found a home.

Anyway, my booth-venture ended last night with a Greek lesson - "Dunamis" - my company name, is not pronounced "Doo-na-mis" but "The-na-mis" (The correct pronunciation of "the" and not the usual way many people say it). That's fresh and that came from the mouth of a Greek - A handsome Greek young man, that is.

Just great - i have learnt TWO lessons - one on entrepreneurship and they other a language lesson. May the God of Greeks be praised! ;-) Oh i forgo -the greeting in Greek is "Jesu."

In Hebrew, it's SHALOM - PEACE inside and peace outside

AMEN!