http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/2212-Art-Concrete-for-Recycled-Treas I developed a material; Art-Concrete, a concrete-like texture that can be hand brushed or shaped onto almost any material surface and painted over. I use Art-Concrete and a process to petrify real fresh cut sunflowers and roses. Art-Concrete preserves the flowers rigid-hard to retain their original form, hand painted. I recycle used footballs, basketballs and soccer balls, deflate them and reshape them rigid-hard to their original form with Art-Concrete, no air. I use the rigid-hard sports balls as the main body of the base for making table lamps, named SportsLamp. Used lamp shades are cleaned and decoupage with matching sports pictures. The above crafts are only two with Art-Concrete. I developed a material; Art-Concrete, a concrete-like texture that can be hand brushed or shaped onto almost any material surface and painted over. I use Art-Concrete and a process to petrify real fresh cut sunflowers and roses. Art-Concrete preserves the flowers rigid-hard to retain their original form, hand painted. I recycle used footballs, basketballs and soccer balls, deflate them and reshape them rigid-hard to their original form with Art-Concrete, no air. I use the rigid-hard sports balls as the main body of the base for making table lamps, named SportsLamp. Used lamp shades are cleaned and decoupage with matching sports pictures. The above crafts are only two with Art-Concrete. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:38:16 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/2212-Art-Concrete-for-Recycled-Treas#comment8056 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/2212-Art-Concrete-for-Recycled-Treas#comment8056 I think a good place to start for you would be an art incubator. A small storefront where a number of undiscovered artists contribute their work to sell to the public, one such incubator or shared gallery near Harrisburg is at the Perry County Council of the Arts - http://www.perrycountyarts.org/index2.htm. This might be a good place to start, but I would definitely recommend opening a store on ebay to see if you can get any sales traction before investing a lot into overhead. Good luck! Fri, 09 May 2008 10:49:36 -0500 advice http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/2212-Art-Concrete-for-Recycled-Treas#advice1852 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/2212-Art-Concrete-for-Recycled-Treas#advice1852 Your advice is right in-line with what I would do with the money, market my crafts and ArtCrete. ArtCrete, adhere well on lummber/wood,sheetrock, masonry, plastic, metal, glass, rubber, cardboard, paper, straw baskets/hats, leather, fabric/cloth and some foliage. Fri, 09 May 2008 05:33:40 -0500 advice http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/2212-Art-Concrete-for-Recycled-Treas#advice1850 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/2212-Art-Concrete-for-Recycled-Treas#advice1850 Since there is really nothing else out there like it (to the best of my knowledge), the easiest way to settle on a price might be to head out to craft fairs, put what you think is fair out there, see what happens and adjust accordingly if necessary. This isn't totally related, but there are women outside of Philadelphia who started a company called "unforgettaballs" - a sort of craft/sports company. They took their crafty creations from nothing in 1994 to a pretty formidable business today. I mention it because you might be able to learn from their model of starting a craft business. In a completely different direction, the you might want to focus solely on selling the ArtCrete and a tool for artists (and maybe even other uses). I would think about writing a list of ArtCrete's potential uses. Could it be used in construction, etc.? There are a bunch of products out there that were developed for one purpose and later found to be more useful for something else. Good luck with what you're doing. You are obviously working hard on it. Thu, 08 May 2008 13:06:05 -0500 advice http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/2212-Art-Concrete-for-Recycled-Treas#advice1839 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/2212-Art-Concrete-for-Recycled-Treas#advice1839 I developed a material; Art-Concrete, a concrete-like texture that can be hand brushed or shaped onto almost any material surface and painted over. I use Art-Concrete and a process to petrify real fresh cut sunflowers and roses. Art-Concrete preserves the flowers rigid-hard to retain their original form, hand painted. I recycle used footballs, basketballs and soccer balls, deflate them and reshape them rigid-hard to their original form with Art-Concrete, no air. I use the rigid-hard sports balls as the main body of the base for making table lamps, named SportsLamp. Used lamp shades are cleaned and decoupage with matching sports pictures. The above crafts are only two with Art-Concrete. Tue, 06 May 2008 13:06:13 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/2212-Art-Concrete-for-Recycled-Treas#comment6972 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/2212-Art-Concrete-for-Recycled-Treas#comment6972 I developed a material; Art-Concrete, a concrete-like texture that can be hand brushed or shaped onto almost any material surface and painted over. I use Art-Concrete and a process to petrify real fresh cut sunflowers and roses. Art-Concrete preserves the flowers rigid-hard to retain their original form, hand painted. I recycle used footballs, basketballs and soccer balls, deflate them and reshape them rigid-hard to their original form with Art-Concrete, no air. I use the rigid-hard sports balls as the main body of the base for making table lamps, named SportsLamp. Used lamp shades are cleaned and decoupage with matching sports pictures. The above crafts are only two with Art-Concrete. Tue, 06 May 2008 09:30:02 -0500 comment http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/2212-Art-Concrete-for-Recycled-Treas#comment6966 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/2212-Art-Concrete-for-Recycled-Treas#comment6966 My biggest challenge is promoting first- time ever unique material and crafts. I welcome advice on sale price setting for recycled Treasures. Tue, 06 May 2008 09:15:05 -0500 challenge http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/2212-Art-Concrete-for-Recycled-Treas#challenge1621 http://ideablob.com/ideas/rss/2212-Art-Concrete-for-Recycled-Treas#challenge1621