FAIR TRADE
How much money goes bact to the artist?
If we've heard that question once, we've heard it a thousand times and it's a good one. "They get paid first".
Artist tell us what they would like to get, and we consider what end price that market will bear.
So then what?
The artist receives his order, for say fourty of his "crossing trees" designs. At the time he received that order, he also receives full payment for all fourty pieces.
In this way, we not only meet, we exceed fair trade practive guidelines, which set a 50% minimum. One month later, the art is delivered to our warehouse. In other words, we absorb all of the rist. If a flood washes out the workshop, the loss is ours. Not everyone works on those terms, but we do. Always have,always will.