A jeweler in Anchorage wants me to fill a case which Pete describes as about
30" x 12". I figure with that space I should make three groupings. So all of a sudden I'm looking at doing "collections".I have been making jewelry item by item, because I was selling onesies. But if I have a bunch of things, I think they will look better and sell better, if they look more cohesive.
Thinking of displays, it seems to me that merchandise is often grouped by price. That it would be good to have some light springtime pieces that are more moderately priced. And then a group of subtly rich pieces, and a group more brightly colored items. I'll try to flesh this out in groups.
This kind of organizing is bringing me back to my thinking about serendipity. And also about working faster by doing sveral similar things at once. I have often worked in that way. You know, grouping things for one necklace and then having another bead pull me into something different but similar. Sometimes just a variation, but usually a variation that looks like a cousin, not a sister.
Does anyone have experience putting 10 or 20 pieces? Does this make things look less unique, as Diane mentioned regarding many listings in a row by the same artist?
Tina