Even if he earned favor, the sculpturing requests did not compensate well. He would only get the amount that was already agreed upon.
Of course, if he made a sculpture that was better than requested, he could get a bit of a raise in compensation. However, the reward would not raise if he simply traded words.
The Dwarves gently laughed at Weed’s haggardness.
“If you’re a Sculptor, you have to have at least this much pride.”
“Ah, well! You could go act like one.”
“A engraver with a wonderful personality. If I have another request, I’ll come again.”
“Please request a commision that pays well next time.”
Even though Weed showed his frustration, the Dwarves took the sculpture and left satisfied.
He even had situations where he received mundane sculpture requests!
He also had a lot of times when he created things like graves or a Goddess in the continent of Versailles. However, there was nothing the Dwarven Artisan city of Kuruso did not have.
There was a lot of monuments, memorials, museums, etc, piled up by extraordinary Dwarf craftsmen, but commissioned sculptures were rare.
“There really is not even a stall.”
Nevertheless, Weed continued to carve sculptures.
– I said to sculpt us.
– Sculptor, why are you following the counterintuitive path?
He was getting used to the murmurings of the unknown presences.
Weed only did business at certain sculpture stores, sculpture materials stores and a certain spot on the side of the road.
However, one day the sculpture store owner held out a sculpture that looked like a bat.
: “Art Hand, take a look at this.”
“Why?”
“Can you give your impression of this work of stone?”
Weed examined the work as he handled it.
“It’s annoying, but you do know that sculptors are naturally not very good at this job?”
“I know, but I wouldn’t ask for no reason. Yes, you won’t be disappointed with the compensation.”
“Then will the sculpture I make be sold for a high price?”
“Just to gain 1 percent more. A popular sculpture will sell for a very high price, and other sculptures can sell for a high price even if they are not as popular…”
Also according to the transactions the prices of sculptures could rise.
If many merchants came to want the statue then the price will also rise. In reality, the value of the defensive equipment in Thor and Kuruso were expensive due to their popularity.
In order to set the price following the economy of the market, the sculptures couldn’t be sold for a particularly high price, even if it was Weed’s sculptures. It was a poorly made sculpture, not one made using superior materials and without a lot of consideration.
“Since it’s only one impression, I’ll try it.”
Weed closely examined the bat sculpture.
“I don’t think there is anything special about it…”
Since he made many sculptures, his observational skills had vastly improved.
The bat sculpture that was made using a rock consisting of poor quality clay did not seem to be a piece that was made with great skill.
‘It wasn’t elaborately presented, and there are many crude knife marks. It’s barely average.’
It was a piece that Weed would have regarded as a failure.
It was a rule that the more time you invest in a sculpture, the more the mistakes will be corrected, but this sculpture was filled with mistakes.