Commissions I always have at least a 60% deposit. Not as famous as Mark and George so have to make some things I'd be happyto refuse LOL.
Pete
Famous, LMAO,
I have been to many mixed media galleries and during conversations ask if they know some of the Internationally big UK name turners, only one to date had ever heard of one this being Bert Marsh.
As a close turning friend said to me once (not George I have two friends)
'we may think in turning we are important but actually we pee in a very small pot', paraphrased of course.
The reason I only make what I want is after being forced to sprint day in day out on what I saw often as an immoral treadmill, I decide that there is more to life than the bxxx xxxt and striving for material bigger things and said that I would only ever do what I enjoy.
The great thing about turning is when you know how to use the tools, everything else is just a shape, so you can make anything from stair spindles/production items, however the interior market is also production turning just a different shape and then I teach a lot, which again I enjoy very much and then there are the one offs.
There are many many avenues in which turning can be used, and we can perhaps become blinkered in relation to the versatility of the lathe. More and more I am using it a just a part process for sculptures, oh also I am happy to drive around in a 10 year old car and holiday in Dorset.
, that's how famous I am.