Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for discussion of the August 31st article on Bob Olszewski. This article is at: <a href="News-ID503400.asp" target="_blank">http://LaughingPlace.com/News-ID503400.asp</a>.
Originally Posted By hopemax During the NFFC convention, Mr. Olszewski spoke at one of the seminars. He is a wonderful, sweet man. And his love for his chosen profession and his hobby is enormous. He talked about how the Disneyana convention piece came to be. He thought of the idea, but couldn't figure out how to produce it with the edition size and the cost that Disney wanted without his studio loosing money on the project. He spent 8 weeks trying to come up with an alternative idea, but his wanted to see his original idea come to fruition, so he made the decision to make the piece even if he had to eat the cost. Where do you hear something like that in the collectible market today? Luckily for him, Disney was so happy with the piece they raised the edition size and upped the cost. Mr. Olszewski also told the audience, do not try to collect all his pieces. Collect the story or two that is nearest and dearest to you. He promised up front the price ranges and number or pieces per year that will be added to each story, so collectors know what to expect up front. After his seminar, my Mom and I talked to him briefly and he also said that each new release has an edition size of 250 more, so that people who collected at the beginning will retain a fair chance to complete their sets as more and more people start collecting. There will not be any of the last piece being produced at a fraction of the other edition sizes, which happens with other collectibles.
Originally Posted By ArchtMig Mr. Olszewski was my art teacher in Junior High! Haydock Jr. High in Oxnard, California. This was way back in 1974 or so. I thought it was a fun class. He gave us lots of fun projects to do. He gave me a few A's, a few B's, and maybe a C or two for the projects I did in his class. There was only one project I did where he gave me a lower grade than what I thought it deserved, but otherwise, I pretty much agreed with the grades he gave me. He was always working on some very cool looking project himself in class while the students worked on their assigned projects. Most of his own projects were being made from the same sorts of materials we used on our own projects - cardboard, papier mache, paste, tempera paints, etc. I remember that he was working on a real cool doll house as a gift for his daughter or a niece or something like that. The house was being crafted in a wintery setting. The windows were actually glazed over with clear plastic, and he was applying thin bits of tissue paper to the bottoms of the windows with starch or light glue. It was doing a fantastic job of making the windows look like they were frosted at the bottoms. I also remember that he once reached down under his desk to get something for one of about two or three of us standing there at that moment. Instead of the intended item, he pulled out this green, papier mache gargoyle hand with claws which he then brought to the top of the desk and ran it across as if it was his own hand reaching out to us. It startled one of the guys, but the rest of us just laughed. I don't know how many years he stayed with the teaching gig, but I bet the sculpting is much more fun and lucrative for him!
Originally Posted By war17 Hello! This is the author of the Olszewski article. I wanted to let everyone know that Bob Olszewski will be in Northern California for promotions of his Storytime Collection September 29 and 30 and be in Los Angeles October 6. See <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~wlee/olsz/news.htm" target="_blank">http://home.earthlink.net/~wle e/olsz/news.htm</a> for specific locations and and telephone numbers. See you in LA event, Warren
