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Thanks for the advice everyone.
Mary, that's the point - I DO have a desk job and would like to be able to sculpt full time. As I am the main breadwinner for the family, I'd have to be doing pretty well sculpting to be able to give up my day job.
Kimberly, quitting isn't in my vocabulary. If it was, I would never have gotten this far.
Michele - you are right, you never know where the right lead can lead! The 5k included show cost, I made all new pedestals for my display plus bought an area rug, and the main cost was material and foundry costs for making the pieces I had on display. Of course I will recoup those costs if I sell any of those pieces, but it's hard to sell them when they're not on display anywhere. The galleries around here are zipped up tight and I haven't even been able to even get an appointment with any of them to show them my work.
Sharon, I agree with you completely which is why I have resisted doing the trite stuff. I am not Indian and know nothing of their culture, so it doesn't make sense for me to start making Indian art. The area is saturated with it as is and all I can say is "ho hum" when I see it. People keep telling me to make it because that's what sells around here. Hard to know what to do. I did get the name of the head art director at Franklin Mint a while back and sent him a letter. That was quite a while ago and I never heard back.
Well, persistence pays off and eventually, I'll find my "niche". In the meanwhile, I'll just be glad I don't depend on my art to make my house payment.
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