A friend was asking me where I have disappeared to and left the blog to fallow for a good 3 months.
Life, I would say. In between the last random shots update till now, I have been busy with life. Big changes. I had moved and settled into my new home. Took on some commission work. Learning a musical instrument. And the list goes on.
All in all, I'm still glad that even though the blog is not actively updated there are still people who check back once in a while.
The past few months had been really eventful, things happened that challenges and affirms some of the things that I knew all along.
Propmaking, to me, is a hobby and a creative process first and foremost. I take pride in crafting every single piece of prop that I make, may it be for commission or otherwise. This takes time, often a lot more than imagined as I seek to make every piece unique to its owner and the best it can be. What you hold in your hands is the result of endless experimentation and refinement over years of crafting.
That brings me to the most common remarks I encountered when receiving commissions, which can be roughly broken down into 2 categories which I named, "Why is it so expensive ?" and "Why do you need so much time to do ?"
Firstly, I am selling a service and not a product. I am sure that there are always better propmakers than me out there who charges a "reasonable" price. Sadly, I am not one of those. I believe in my quality of work and I am not willing to cheapen my services for it.
Secondly, propmaking is a creative process. Many a times I have tried to craft against my artist instincts and ended up with an item that I'm totally unsatisfied with. I will not let a customer have something which I deem is not to the best of my abilities. If it is bad, I will redo it. If need be, as many times as I need to at my own expenses.
That being said, I really appreciates those who have commissioned me and having faith in me to take my time to craft their prop.
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