As my house starts to look more and more like qualification for an episode of Hoarders, I ponder what’s going to happen to all of my laser creations. I’ve been thinking of potentially applying to a local art fair to see if I could sell some of these pieces. Problem is you need a picture of your art inside an art fair tent. I don’t have an fair tent. So I just cobbled together furniture from inside my house to create a mock-up with a pop-up tent that I borrowed as my submission. This picture consists of a majority of the polyhedrals that are currently in my possession minus a few. There are some in this picture that I would never sell, because of copyright or they were a collaboration with another artist. But I figured I might as well get a picture of everything and thought I would share. Now obviously, I have a lot more projects that aren’t polyhedrals, but this is what I was focusing on. Many years, and thousands of laser cuts later…
100% I would be pulled into that tent, so fingers crossed for you 
Same!
I dare say people’s eyes would pop to see such a booth. Quite an amazing journey and with such craftsmanship.
@pubultrastar, What a beautiful display of creativity, and patience…
That is an awful lot of Michael Mikkelson hours in this just polyhedrals sub-set.
It is fun to see so many of them all together. You definitely have items that people would love to buy. I often think of the labor of hauling all of the items out of the house, into the car, into the fair area and then reversing at the end of the day. I believe the artists I see at my local art fairs don’t build this time/labor into their pricing. The ones that really pay with their backs are the pottery folks. That stuff is heavy!
Very eye catching. I would definitely check out that artist.
I love this on so many levels. Obviously the art is incredible, but so is the level of dedication to faking a photo.
Your creations are all stunning and very detailed. I couldn’t imagine selling them because they are all so beautiful and are a part of you. The amount of thought and work that has been put into each work of art would be difficult to put a price on.
Good display! If you can borrow that tent for the art fair, the pink would definitely be noticed as most are usually white. But when people realize that your designs are one-ofs and no one will have one like theirs, that’d be a huge selling point. People get a little tired of seeing the same thing from various sellers, and the polyhedrals are so unique. Hope you get into the art fair and do extremely well!
These are all just amazing. You did a great job staging the pic. Good luck!! I’d certainly stop by!
Agreed. And I would definitely be walking out with something.
This looks amazing. So, did you apply? Please keep us in the loop! I’d love to hear about how it all goes.
You’d definitely have a lot of traffic to your tent – those as sure to pull customers in.
I needed the help of my nephew, since I’m disabled and in a wheelchair. I couldn’t have done it without him, and he was very patient as I bossed him around.
I’m aware that normally artists have a dedicated white tent for these types of things. I myself used to have a very nice trimline tent for displaying my photography. But, I’m only trying to get into 1 show, so I didn’t want to buy a new tent if I was unsure I’d even get in. How about just replacing the pink tent roof with white in the picture? If I get in, I’ll get a proper tent.
Not yet. Deadline is end of month.
That is pretty cool, just out of curiosity how much would a polyhedral sell for? Would this be more of a one sale per set up that covers the inconvenience of loading : unloading?
Well, that’s a great question. If I priced what I think they are worth, I probably wouldn’t sell any. I doubt most people going to a fine art show are looking for weird polyhedrals to put in their living room. They expect paintings, and pottery, and lawn art. Most go to view, not buy. I think the booth fee for this show is $300, plus any other expenses. So I’d hope to at least break even. Almost everything I’d sell is a 1 of 1. How do you price for uniqueness? Some are fairly simple, while some are very complex with electronics. If 20,000 people see my booth, how many will say, “I have to own that, that, whatever that is?” So many things to ponder. If I get accepted, we can do a poll here to figure out pricing, deal?
But I like the pink! Now if you needs sides, etc., that’d be a different story. When I was doing my little business downtown, we bought a nice one from Home Depot that had detachable sides with it. And when we got it home, it was missing a strap that held one of the sides to the pole. I contacted the maker, and they were great to work with and sent me a new side. (I did have to take pictures to verify.) We also bought nice little weights that wrap around the legs for windy conditions.
But have we used it? Nope. It’s been sitting in our shed since we bought it, because I quit selling. 
This sounds like many projects/interests of mine; jumping in waist deep to just suddenly stop.
Nope. Nope. Nope.
Your products are unique, your tent can (should?) be unique.