Have you ever commissioned a work of art?

posted 12-Nov-2001 8:08pm

Perhaps. I don't know what commissioned means, so I'm really not at all sure.

(reply to confetti) posted 12-Nov-2001 8:09pm

I love charcoal! You can be the worst artist in the world, but if you draw with charcoal, it will always look good!

anoddoblivion

posted 12-Nov-2001 8:19pm

No, and I most likely won't.

happyme

posted 12-Nov-2001 8:43pm

Commissioned?

confetti

(reply to Jemmy) posted 12-Nov-2001 9:14pm

I know! Even when you smudge it, it still looks wonderful!

posted 12-Nov-2001 9:35pm

A tattoo.

posted 12-Nov-2001 9:42pm

Commissioned means that you have hired someone to create it for you.

posted 12-Nov-2001 9:45pm

I've been toying with the idea lately but I have not the slightest idea of where to start. I'd love to hear anyone's stories, good or bad, about their experiences.

Irene007

posted 12-Nov-2001 10:46pm

I've been commissioned many times, in fact daily!

posted 12-Nov-2001 11:46pm

I was going to say "No, I'm too poor" until I noticed that you included tattoos. I guess my iris tattoo would count. It was a design the artist had already drawn, but I wanted it larger, so she drew it again from scratch the size I wanted and changed the colors a bit.

(reply to daver) posted 12-Nov-2001 11:49pm

What sort of art are you looking for? I happen to know an awesome artist in the Boston area.

romkey

posted 13-Nov-2001 1:21am

yeah! topper designed some excellent iron fixtures that sit on top of some stone columns along our driveway. Another friend has made a troll for me and a mechanical bird based on another friend's painting. A few years back a friend made some golden apples for me that were pretty cool. I'm sure I'm missing something else here.

(reply to romkey) posted 13-Nov-2001 1:30am

Those iron fixtures were fabulous! I missed the troll

but I think Mallory got a picture of it, so if we ever use the rest of the film and get it developed, I may actually get to see it.

Have the leaves mostly all fallen off the trees now? Ours are pretty much gone around here.

romkey

(reply to SueBee) posted 13-Nov-2001 1:34am

yeah the leaves were mostly gone last time I was up there... but then they were all over the ground

I hear it's snowed a couple of times - I was there for a dusting of snow on Halloween, but apparently some has stuck since then. I'll be back up Wednesday, hopefully.

(reply to romkey) posted 13-Nov-2001 2:02am

Oh...snow on Halloween? What fun!!

(reply to SueBee) posted 13-Nov-2001 7:17am

I didn't think topper did this sort of thing. I recently finished bottling last year's wine. The 'stock' labels that I can get in the store won't really work this year as about half of them are blends. My only problem is I'm not sure what I'd like to have on the labels and I'd like to do it for not terribly too much money (don't I sound like the perfect client?

). I have a FOAF who is willing to do it; I wanted to see if I could get a little perspective before jumping into this.

Matt

posted 13-Nov-2001 10:28am

I asked a friend if he could make me a painting of an orchid to hang up on my wall. I wont be getting it soon though, he left for Belgium so he cant work on it till next summer.
Would a necklace count as a commissioned work of art?

Oscar

posted 13-Nov-2001 11:16am

huh? How do you commission a work of art?

Oscar

(reply to daver) posted 13-Nov-2001 11:17am

Oh. Thanks for the definition. Then confetti didn't commission that charcoal drawing?

(reply to Oscar) posted 13-Nov-2001 11:28am

I'm not sure. Judging from her comment, she drew it herself.

Oscar

(reply to daver) posted 13-Nov-2001 11:38am

that's what I got from it too.

(reply to daver) posted 13-Nov-2001 12:19pm

I'll make labels for you!
(rifling through office accessories)
Let's see... Post-it Notes, a magic marker... glitter...
We're good to go!
Do you like pink or yellow Post-its?

(reply to daver) posted 13-Nov-2001 12:34pm

Thanks! I'll need around 500 of them.

Biggles

posted 13-Nov-2001 12:35pm

Not as far as I can recall......

(reply to daver) posted 13-Nov-2001 1:38pm

When you make wine, you don't f*ck around, do ya??

icurok

posted 13-Nov-2001 3:45pm

I've been the subject of a piece of commissioned art. Right now a painting of me is hanging in someone's bedroom... she even be gazing at it right now... fighting the strange compulsion to... well, perhaps not.

Wookiewoman

posted 13-Nov-2001 5:36pm

Yes many, poems, songs, drawings, clay sculptures.

(reply to confetti) posted 13-Nov-2001 6:38pm

I know,I smudged this drawing once in art class, and the teacher thought I did it on purpose!

posted 13-Nov-2001 6:40pm

Hmmm...hired someone to do it for me. Nope, can't say I have. In Chinatown, there was a guy who would draw your name really pretty, but I ended up not doing having him do it because it took to long.

(reply to daver) posted 14-Nov-2001 12:30am

I see. Well, I'm no help at all since I've never had anything like that done. Do you sell your wine, or is it for your own personal use and gifts? If you're serious about having 500 bottles, you must sell it. I'd be interested in purchasing a bottle if I can afford it.

(reply to jkiehart) posted 14-Nov-2001 12:33am

I really must try to remember not to have anything in my mouth while reading your comments...it just ends up all over the keyboard! Beer is the worst, especially when it goes out my nose!

(reply to SueBee) posted 14-Nov-2001 7:38am

I jest, but only slightly. I have about 500 bottles worth of home-made wine right now: about a quarter is bottled and labelled, a quarter is bottled and unlabelled, and half is still in bulk storage (to be bottled next year).
I don't sell it; that requires all sorts of permits. Send me an email if you'd like some.

(reply to SueBee) posted 14-Nov-2001 9:47am

OW!
That can't feel very good!
I'm sorry I keep messing up your keyboard...

(reply to daver) posted 15-Nov-2001 12:29am

(reply to jkiehart) posted 15-Nov-2001 12:30am

That's okay - it's worth it!

natsim

(reply to daver) posted 15-Nov-2001 1:46am

What sorts of wine do you make? My dad makes wine, too, and it's pretty damn good. Do you grow the grapes too?

(reply to natsim) posted 15-Nov-2001 9:09am

This year I made some Merlot, Syrah, and Zinfandel (with a portion of the Zin removed to make a dark rosé). Last year was Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Syrah. In between, I did some Reisling and Gewurztraminer from juice.
I don't live in a very good climate for grapes (although there are a few hardy souls operating vineyards here). I buy my grapes from the west coast.
It's a bit limiting in that I don't have control over the grapes (sort of like brewing beer from extract rather than grain) but the results have been drinkable thus far.
I remember you saying that your family makes wine every year. Do you grow your own grapes, too?

natsim

(reply to daver) posted 15-Nov-2001 6:03pm

We have a small vineyard with Shiraz (Syrah), Cabernet Sauvignon and Grenache. Plus a little Gewurztraminer. We're mainly red wine drinkers (obviously). We live just on the edge of the Barossa Valley, so our wines are quite dry and full-bodied (because the climate is so dry). I think all of our wines are made of our own grapes now. We certainly don't make 500 bottles a year though... more like 100.
Where do you live?