What is a sliding scale?

Sliding scale pricing offers variable prices for products or services that are based on what a customer is able to pay and their overall financial circumstances.

Where do I fall on the sliding scale?

I price my work at the “true amount” I believe the piece is worth, factoring cost of materials, time, packaging, marketing, and my skill level. I am working toward a place where my art supports itself and ideally myself.

So consider paying the price listed or higher on the scale if you:

• can comfortably meet all your basic needs

• can save up over time

• can afford travel or time off

• work part-time by choice

• have access to family money, time, or resources

• are white, cis, or able-bodied

• have received higher education

We all live with levels of privilege and oppression that are reflected in our economic circumstances.

So please consider paying lower on the scale if you:

• have no or limited expendable income

• are a person who experiences discrimination and/or violence related to systematic oppression

• identify as Black, Indigenous, First Nations, and/or a person of color

• are an unpaid community organizer

• rely on public assistance

• are a sex worker who experiences occupational discrimination

• have medical expenses, been denied work, or experience discrimination related to ableism

• have immigration-related expenses