Stories Behind Your Wood Crafts: A Great Way To Sell

There are two possible reasons why you have a collection of wood crafts: either you are a collector, or you are selling them. If you are selling them, a great way to sell them is to gather stories about each piece. Most people who buy artwork such as wood crafts prefer art pieces with stories behind them. Any kind of story about woodcraft, even stories about the carving tools, wood carving knives and wood carving gloves will appear interesting to buyers. The more interesting the stories, the more chances that you can sell your wood crafts.

Stories That May Sell

Stories will always have the edge over features or price or special functions. People who want to buy artwork or woodcraft wants to hear about the stories behind each piece. Therefore, if you want to sell your wood crafts fast, be prepared to tell real and authentic stories about:

• How a wood carver became a wood carver - Was he born into a family of wood carvers? Did he grow up seeing all sorts of wood carving tools and wood carving knives around? Or did he discover he liked wood carving on his own and felt that this was his calling when he first saw wood carving kit?

• How he struggled through his wood carving career – Rags to riches stories and stories about how a wood carver struggled through many obstacles make wood crafts more saleable because these are stories that inspire. A story about how a wood carver cannot even afford to buy a wood carving set will make woodcraft more interesting.

• Sources of inspiration – The best stories would probably about a piece of woodcraft came about. What was the inspiration? Who is the reason behind woodcraft? What does the woodcraft represent? Is there anything about the woodcraft that makes it special?

Your Own Stories

Stories about how a wood carver used a wood carving kit or a wood carving set to create particular woodcraft may help sell your products. However, there is one more type of story that may even be more compelling.

If you have your own stories about why you are selling woodcraft or wood carving knives or wood carving gloves, if you have your own stories about why you chose woodcraft to sell, or why you chose a wood carver to create the products for you, these stories would be more compelling. Your own stories will have more power not necessarily because they are more interesting. Your own stories will be more convincing because they are your own and you can tell them from your heart.