Preparing for a show part 4/ pricing or what do I charge for my work

              One of the hardest things for an artist to do is price their work.  You know how may hours it took to create the piece right? There are the basic materials, fabric, clay, thread, stand, wire, fiber fill, paint, beads, and eyelashes. But what about electricity, sculpting tools and internet access?
              Some of the expenses can be priced across several pieces, like the 40 feet of 16 gauge wire. but the red silk fabric is just for this one piece.

A Question
Artist Valerie A.Gladstone #brooklyndollworks

housing		supplies		transport		research  & clubs
Rent/Mortgage		fabric		Bus Pass		Cable
Gas		thread		Subway Pass		Cinema
Landline Phone		clay		Fuel		Doll Club dues
Internet		fiber fill		Car Tax		DVD rentals & Purchases
Mobile Phone		wire		Rail Card		doll Magazines
Water		paint		Car Repairs
Electricity		new tools
Credit Cards		dry pigment
		styro foam balls
		aluminium foil
		beads
		dowels

All of these expenses are part of your finished work. 

What about labor, If you spend 40 hours making an Art doll, at $15.00 an hour that is $600.00. 

labor	600.00
materials	50.00
miscellaneous	35.00
Total	$685.00

Ultimately is will be what the market can bear.  Compare your Art Dolls  with those that are doing comparably work, and see what they charge.  I you are a new artist your prices will be lower than established artist.  

REMEMBER; do not under price your work.  You as an artist are worth it.