saurumonk Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 I made this today for the reunion party at the Joint Rehabilitation Center in the hospital. the entire piece stands roughly 4 feet high. the pineapples on the palm tree are attached by 36" inch stainless steel skewers spot wielded to a 25 lb stainless steel 24" diameter base ( the trees are actually able to sway back and worth due to the weight of the pineapples simulating a windy day. the hammock was made from a half of an eggplant scooped out. a flower consisting of a honeydew, an orange, and a strawberry rose. a better view of the base... using the tops of the pineapples as bushes around the trunks with strawberry flowers in them. and i hand made strawberry roses with cucumber petals for each individual patient that came through: i was asked by at least 10 ppl today to do this for like wedding receptions im stoked that i can make some side monies off this.... but i dunno what to charge for it... for this display only ( and you would have to be there in person just to see how vast it really is.... the fruit itself i sued cost about 120 dollars.... with time and labor plus a little bit of profit im thinking around the 200 -250 range..... what do you guys think? is that a decent price for something like this at a wedding or an upscale reception for the big wigs? id love to hear some comments on this... cuz i plan to make this into a side biz outside of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 That looks spectacular. And delicious. Where did you learn to do all that? The trees and hammock are brilliant; that sells the whole thing. The strawberry roses are beautiful. Good use of color. The only thing I would really say could improve it is to do something a littler fancier with the watermelons, but I'm no expert. As for what you would charge, I have no idea, but I can see why so many people would ask for your work. Also, stop suing fruit! That's just wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 Where's Sir Elton John, Sir Ian Mckellen, George Takei? Why are my favorite fruits not displayed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWally Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 This may be wrong, but my father told me that when selling a good or service you generally want to earn a 4x profit to make it worthwhile. While that seemed a little high to me, I can see where he is coming from. (The conversation, however, was related to me inquiring about how much to sell a panoramic print of mine. It costs me 20 dollars to print it, so he said the bare minimum I should sell it for is 80, which makes a bit more sense then charging $480 for a fruit display) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saurumonk Posted April 27, 2009 Author Share Posted April 27, 2009 if catered with a friend i grew up with for a long time outside of work that is pro at this and one of the best in the nation.... i just got into it last week after working eyars with him.... i just basically took some of the stuff i seen him do and just play with it and do it on my own. http://foodstylin.com/gallery.asp this is my boy david... he is a downright phenom..... im gonna start on melons shortly... but this **** costs ME money to learn to do... if i **** up a single petal on a watermelon i just lost 2-3 bucks. it takes a LONG time to be able to carve melons into what he is doing... and hes been doing this trade right out of high school and 2 culinary schools; id say about 12 years is how much invested time he has in it... i have pretty much 1 week... but im seeing alot of potential in this craft. i did a yellow squash monkey and a sqaush duck hatching coming out of a cantelope next just for ****s n giggles las tnight ill post them up once i get them off my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Det. Bart Lasiter Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 i thought this was gonna be a skateboard video game video thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dath Maximus Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 dear lord.......they're so beautiful *cries a little out of joy* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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