Скачать или смотреть The Economics of Flameworking | GEEX Flame Affinity Group

How have opportunities for making a living through glassworking shifted — and how do flameworkers adapt? On November 3, 2022, the Glass Education Exchange hosted the fifth meeting of the Flame Affinity Group facilitated by Amy Lemaire and Madeline Rile Smith.

In this meeting, participants surveyed the many avenues of generating income through flameworking and glass-adjacent content, considered points of entry into marketplaces, and discussed monetization strategies.

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This meeting was sponsored by ABR Imagery and High Volume Oxygen!
🔗 ABR Imagery: https://www.abrimagery.com/
🔗 High Volume Oxygen: https://highvolumeoxygen.com/

The Flame Affinity group is open to artists, designers, fabricators, makers, and autodidacts working in and thinking with the practice of flameworking. GEEX aims to facilitate a supportive space outside of traditional academic structures to flesh out a history of flame-working serving the architecture of the flameworking community.

ABOUT THE FACILITATORS
Amy Lemaire is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. An explorer at heart, her work reveals an interest in currency systems, material language poetics, and the production of histories.

Madeline Rile Smith uses glass as a performative vehicle to consider notions of intimacy, compromise, and embodiment. Informed by her background in music, she creates objects and videos that explore connection and isolation.

LINKS
Follow @GEEXglass!
Web: https://www.geex.glass/
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Twitter:   / geexglass  

Amy Lemaire
Web: https://amylemaire.com/

Madeline Rile Smith
Web: https://madhotglass.com/
IG:   / madhotglass  
TikTok:   / madhotglass  
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CREDITS
Emily Leach: editor and voiceover
Ben Orozco: designer and editor

TIMESTAMPS
[00:00:00] Intro + Agenda
[00:04:18] What do you make? Who is your audience?
[00:41:39] How do you price your work, content, or professional services?
[01:11:24] How do you make a living as a glassworker? How does the impact of economics affect your studio practice?
[01:26:04] NFTs, Glassmaking, and Energy
[01:32:01] What glass equipment do you regret buying?
[01:37:12] Closing Thoughts
[01:39:24] What is GEEX?