Hi, I was wondering how artists go about "pricing" their work? I have a few people asking me to "name a price" and I do not have a reference, where do I start? Cheap? ask what I "work" for (35.00 per hour as a weekender mechanic) or?

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Here are a few of my projects, I am a "shop teacher" in Alaska and have begun to explore the "art" of things...

next week I am going to chasse a mask out of alluminum sheet. tomorow Ill finsish my design model in clay(I actualy made a clay cast of my head for this model).
problem is I never realy worked alluminum before. I bought a sheet of 2 mm alluminum(guy didn't knew what alloy -_-). it seems to have good plastic ability. I think I can hammer it. what I need is advice on the following:

I may have this chrome plated.