[Woodcarver] Re: Carving as a profession (Joe's back)

[Loren Woodard]

Joe:

Good to see you back online.  The only thing you missed was that we voted
that you would take all members on your annual carving cruise at your
expense.  LOL

Good to have you back.

Loren Woodard

My carvings can be seen at http://www.woodcarvers-gallery.com
http://www.carvingmagazine.com  Carving Magazine's web site - Check out the
reader's forum.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Dillett" <jdillett at thecarvingshop.com>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 3:36 PM
Subject: [Woodcarver] Re: Carving as a profession (Joe's back)


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> Hi Tom,
>
> I think what your saying is correct, about less time for chat when you
carve
> full time. Although I try to find time for fun and chat and taking a day
off
> when I want to but, as you said, it does take disipline. I need to budget
on
> both sides for things like taking classes because I have the expenses of
the
> class and also the non-productive shop time. No paid vacations here. Also
> health insurance is a real killer which, especially for our age, I
wouldn't
> think of doing without it. So the hardest things I find is the 15% right
off
> the top for Social Security plus the other taxes. Than the business and
> health insurance is the next killer. After that is scheduling time off for
> going to Evart Roundup, Ivan's classes, and the GOW. Even after all this I
> wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
>
> I think the main difference between a hobbiest and a professional is the
> professional needs to rely on the carving income for some important part
of
> their living expenses, whether they are doing it full time or not.
>
> I liked to think that I was a professional carver for many years before I
> went full time because I used my carving income for a big part of our
living
> expenses. I would say that even though, at that time I was not full time,
> carving was already my profession. Now I have the luxury of only working
at
> carving half days, any 12-hours of the day I want. Not that I have to but
> because I want to.
>
> On another note: I've been knocked off the internet for a while and lost
any
> email that came my way. I'm back up and running on a new server. The old
> server went belly up, data and all. I've been off the internet for over a
> week. It's nice to be back on-line and getting my email again. I've got
> another wireless service provider to rent my antenna, the same provider
that
> I just switched to.
>
> If I missed one of your emails that I need to respond to, please send it
> again to the same address as before.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Joe Dillett
> The Carving Shop
> 645 E. LaSalle St. Suite 3
> Somonauk, IL. 60552
> (815) 498-9290 phone
> (815) 498-9249 fax
> http://www.thecarvingshop.com
> jdillett at thecarvingshop.com
> http://www.carvingmagazine.com Carving Magazine web site and Readers Forum
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <TWWOODWORK at aol.com>
> To: <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 10:50 PM
> Subject: [Woodcarver] Re:Carving as a profession
>
>
>
>
> >         I believe the difference between a hobby and a profession is the
> > moment  you turn full-time professional, you must account for you time
and
> > determine how you will spend it. It is no longer a hobby. You cannot
stop
> in the
> > middle of the day for "a while."
> >             One comment I read was that as a professional, you no longer
> have
> > the luxury of stopping to chat with everyone who comes in or that you
talk
> to
> > on the phone at great length.
> >             It requires passion, love of one's art, etc. When I have a
> money
> > job in my shop, my social side seems to shrink till the job is finished.
> My
> > money work is custom woodturning and furniture repair. Carving only
enters
> into
> > those activities when it is required for a repair. Otherwise,
woodcarving
> is
> > my hobby and my love.
> >             I am retired and not required to make grocery money from my
> > business.  Still, 40 years working in corporations brings a certain
amount
> of
> > discipline to my little sideline business. LOL, money I make in that
seems
> to mean
> > so much more than what I earned in an office, etc. And much of it seems
to
> get
> > spent in tools and materials.
> >            Tom
> >            Thomas W. Horton
> >             Glen Mills, PA
>
>
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