When I started working in my two-car garage with my steel stored out in the rain and snow in my yard, I never envisioned how far creativity and blood, sweat and not a few tears could take me. I worked hard, charged too little because I was too honest and eventually succeeded in spite of myself. Professional metalwork is not a slam-dunk. Every job has to be personally attended to and we dare not blink an eye lest something goes wrong. What it always comes down to is the integrity and quality of attitude of those who work with you. Always hire the best you can afford. That is not always a dollar decision but one of the pure lust for the fire and hammer. I hired a lot of art students for peanuts and taught them enough so that they could make a good living should they choose to do the deed. They were grateful and in the end we had a "Golden" reputation.
There's more: I mean selling, designing, buying the materials, doing the work, installing the work and getting paid enough for the work. Over all is the shadow of creativity and quality control and oh yes good employee and client relations. Yes, I did give cash bonuses at xmas. Yes, I did give discounts for repeat clients. Yes, I even paid for referrals. That's business as I see it.
Nic East, Jim Thorpe, PA USA
Creativity begins with a novel thought.
Bigger is not always better
When I started working in my two-car garage with my steel stored out in the rain and snow in my yard, I never envisioned how far creativity and blood, sweat and not a few tears could take me. I worked hard, charged too little because I was too honest and eventually succeeded in spite of myself. Professional metalwork is not a slam-dunk. Every job has to be personally attended to and we dare not blink an eye lest something goes wrong. What it always comes down to is the integrity and quality of attitude of those who work with you. Always hire the best you can afford. That is not always a dollar decision but one of the pure lust for the fire and hammer. I hired a lot of art students for peanuts and taught them enough so that they could make a good living should they choose to do the deed. They were grateful and in the end we had a "Golden" reputation.
There's more: I mean selling, designing, buying the materials, doing the work, installing the work and getting paid enough for the work. Over all is the shadow of creativity and quality control and oh yes good employee and client relations. Yes, I did give cash bonuses at xmas. Yes, I did give discounts for repeat clients. Yes, I even paid for referrals. That's business as I see it.
Nic East, Jim Thorpe, PA USA
Creativity begins with a novel thought.