The half-hand pot process is simple and easy to learn, easy to use, which greatly improves the efficiency of pot making. This makes the semi-handmade purple clay pot standardized and mass-produced, making it a daily consumer product. If there is no semi-handmade purple clay pot, a fully handmade purple clay pot may become a scarce, expensive, and only a handicraft for a few people.
When it comes to **, it is naturally inseparable from cost. Let's analyze the cost composition of a semi-handmade purple clay pot. The process of a semi-handmade purple clay pot from production to sales can be divided into two parts: manufacturing cost and marketing cost.
Manufacturing costs include: learning costs, labor costs, rent costs, mud costs, yield rates, firing costs and processing costs. Marketing costs include: packaging costs, rent costs, advertising costs, and tax costs.
The cost of learning refers to the time and expense required by the kettle maker in the process of learning the art of pot making. Depending on the pot type and technique, the learning time ranges from three months to half a year, or even longer. This part of the cost will be evenly spread to each purple clay pot.
Labor costs are a major part of manufacturing costs. A skilled pot maker works 8 hours a day and can usually make 3 pots in two days and about 30 pots in a month. Let's assume that the labor cost of each pot is 200 yuan.
In Yixing, the average skilled worker's monthly salary is about 6,000 yuan. We consider enterprise skilled workers and pot makers to be in the same category. If the labor cost of each semi-handmade pot is less than 200 yuan, then the pot maker may choose to work in the factory instead of continuing to make the purple clay pot.
The cost of rent is also an unavoidable factor. In order not to disturb the lives of their neighbors, pot makers usually rent studios for pot making. The annual rent cost is about 3,000 to 5,000 yuan, and this part of the cost will also be evenly spread into each pot.
The cost of mud is relatively low, and only ordinary mud is usually needed to make a half-hand pot, so the cost is not high.
The firing cost of each semi-handmade purple clay pot is about 10 yuan. In addition, a certain processing fee is also required for the whole mouth, mud coating, retempering and cleaning processes. We calculate this part of the fee according to 30 yuan. Finally, we also need to take into account the issue of yield, and the cost of burning out the pot due to various reasons also needs to be included.
The above is just the manufacturing cost, if you add the marketing cost, then the cost of a semi-handmade purple clay pot will be higher. If a pot dealer gives you a semi-handmade purple clay pot for less than 300 yuan, then you have to be careful, because it could be a trap.
Some pot lovers may say that they have bought a semi-handmade purple clay pot for 100 yuan or 200 yuan. This situation does exist, but there are two possibilities: one is a semi-handmade pot made by rural uncles and aunts during the slack time, and the mud and workmanship of this kind of pot are often poor; The second is the semi-manual purple sand pot produced by the industrial assembly line, the mud of this pot is mostly outside the mountain, and the workers are also charged by piece, and the quality is difficult to guarantee.
In contrast, a regular semi-handmade purple clay pot is usually completed by a pot-making craftsman independently from beginning to end, and one person is responsible for everything from workmanship to modeling. If there is a problem with the workmanship or styling, the pot dealer can choose to lower the price or refuse to accept it.
To sum up, the ** system of the half-hand pot can be summarized into two points: the ** of common round ware is usually more than 300 yuan, and the highest is not more than 1000 yuan; The ribbed ware, beam ware, flower plastic ware, square ware and other complex types of ** are more than 600 yuan, up to 3000 yuan. The specific ** also needs to be determined according to the quality and craftsmanship level of the pot.