Comments on: Wire Jewelry Display & Booth Ideas

By: dalecgr

dalecgr — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:09:57 +0000

Hi Patricia, basically I use clamp on halogen lights. I find these in large office supply stores, sold as a: ‘Clamp-on Architect Halogen Desk Lamp’. I use one for each 3 feet of space so their lights overlap each other. They collapse down to half their size so they are easy to carry and store.

By: dalecgr

dalecgr — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:03:18 +0000

Or Barbara, unless you can justify the cost of either renting cases, lighting, etc from a convention supplier in whatever area you are working a show, find a new promoter! Sometimes the promoter is more worried about getting their booth fee and not the variety of vendors they offer customers.

By: Patricia Hall

Patricia Hall — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:36:06 +0000

Hi Dale, I would love to know what kind of lights you have behind your tables in you booth.
Thanks, Patricia

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:07:20 +0000

My booth had always been set up at the perimeter instead of a walk-in style, but now I’ve been having more and more problems with that. Howard Alan and his ACE (American Craft Endeavors) want a “professional” looking booth, by which he means a walk-in, carpeted, with glass display cases and pedestals jewelry store. I can’t fit those kinds of things in my car (most of his sellers have trucks), and since some of my jewelry is dichroic glass and drusy quartz, they look better, sparkle, in the sunlight. But he has been taking over more and more of the art shows in the south and moving into parts of the north. After having been accepted to some of his shows, I am now being rejected and advised to have a more “professional” booth, by which he means it should look like a portable jewelry store. The prices of his sellers are all high now, too. 14k gold, precious gemstones. Not everyone can afford that, but that doesn’t seem to bother his organization. So I have to find a way to make my booth more professional and still be able to carry the whole thing in my Toyota Camry.

By: dalecgr

dalecgr — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:25:02 +0000

Alona – it seems you and WS Faculty member Suzanne Hollingsworth have the same results! Everyone will discover ‘their’ best way of selling – hopefully sooner than later.

By: Alona

Alona — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:38:23 +0000

Funny you mention not setting up so people can just “walk into” your space….I have always set my booth up that way and people LOVE it and tell me it is just like walking into a Jewelry Shop! At which point I tell them yes, this is my “portable jewelry store” and they love it…I make a lot of sales this way and get repeat customers whom then come to my home studio which is set up as a jewelry shop and they buy even more. Guess I am lucky this works for me.

By: ChariT

ChariT — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:30:45 +0000

Wow! Very nice! Thanks so much for the info! I need to get a tent myself!!

By: dalecgr

dalecgr — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:32:24 +0000

Hi Pam, if you follow the link to the first article I mention, and scroll down to paragraph 13, there is a photo of how to create your own aisle, in a similar situation.
http://wire-sculpture.com/jewelry-making-blog/1386/wire-jewelry-display-booth-ideas-2/

By: dalecgr

dalecgr — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 03:58:29 +0000

Hi Junius – Congratulations on your first show! Smile, stand up to greet folks and let us know how you do : )

By: Junius Fox

Junius Fox — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:58:55 +0000

Dale, It is funny how things turn out. My first showing is going to be during a Church fund raiser. I have purchased a booth space and a nice 10X10 easy to put up tent. BTW, the tent I purchased sold for $49.00 and I hope is still available at Acadamy stores.
You are a life saver and I admire your being ever ready to help us fledglings

Junius Fox