Unique Art Galleries
Let’s face it; it can be difficult for an artist to get his/her work into an art gallery. Help artists get their work shown (with price tags) in cafes, restaurants, and more. Hang the artist’s work on consignment. If a painting sells, you pay the business a commission, take a commission of your own, and pass the rest on to the artist.
If you are an artist yourself, you know how difficult it is at first to have your artwork shown in an art gallery. Once you have a following and are well known in the art community, it is easier to have your work shown in galleries. However, until then it is nice to have another way to expose your work to the public. Placing your pieces in establishments frequented by people is the best decision you can make to introduce your artwork talents to several different communities and types of people. Offer to do this for artists in your area, you could find yourself with a rewarding and popular business.
Approach many types of businesses with this idea such as; coffee shops, sandwich shops, restaurants, cafes, banks, doctor offices, the list is endless. Simply talk with the management and see if they would be willing to hang artwork in their establishments. Be prepared to show some of the art you have hung in other businesses or show what you would like to hang in their establishment. When they can see that art offers a sophisticated atmosphere to their business and brings them a commission too, few will refuse. Some business people may be skeptical at first, so once you have established yourself with other businesses, offer to give them references from other happy business owners.
Virtually any business that draws customers and has wall space for artwork is a possible opportunity. Understanding the types of people that would frequent these businesses could prove to be quite beneficial. The establishment may provide an idea of the type of artwork they would prefer, or leave it up to you to decide. Just remember to keep your artwork choices appropriate to the businesses. For example, in a pediatrician’s office you will want to offer artwork that would be appealing to parents and children. A dentist might prefer gentle, relaxing, and soothing types of artwork. On the other hand, a dance club or lounge would be a great place to show dynamic exciting works.
You will need to learn how to hang artwork of all types in a professional way. Be sure to tastefully include the price of the artwork and a business card, for interested buyers. Also, make sure you have all parties involved in the selling of the artwork sign a contract. This way you will all be assured of the agreed upon percentages and cost of art pieces sold. If certain pieces do not sell well, rotate them to another business that might be a better choice for their viewing.
Investing in business cards, preprinted contracts, appropriate business attire, reliable transportation for you and the artwork, and the tools for hanging art should be all that you will need to start this exciting business venture. Of course making the needed contacts with local artists will take some work too. You might start finding local artists by contacting instructors in local art schools, community colleges, and university art programs.
Be resourceful and check the pricing of artwork on the internet and local galleries in your area. Get a feel for what the going prices are for original artwork. Talk to the artists and agree on a selling price, always reminding them that they may not be able to get higher prices for their work until they are well known and able to show their work exclusively in Art Galleries. Helping new artists get their work shown and introduced to the public could prove to be an enjoyable and lucrative business choice.
Resources:
Categories: Art Assets Tags:
Names In Stone
There are few surfaces available in the world that are harder and more long lasting than stone. While a diamond is forever, a stone is considerably cheaper and lasts just about as long! It is an inexpensive work surface and comes in an endless array of colors and sizes. Offer your customers a selection of customized engraved rocks and stones.
You can find engraving tools extremely inexpensively on eBay by running a search for “engraving tools.” The tools range in price and quality, you can pay as little as six dollars for an old fashioned engraving tool that requires a great deal of upper body strength and as much as hundreds or thousands of dollars for a more sophisticated laser engraving setup. It just depends on what kind of tool you would like to use to get your business off the ground. You will likely want to experiment a little with a few different styles of tools before finding the type that best suits you and your engraving needs.
You should allow your customers to choose the word or phrase that they would like engraved as well as the size of the stone that they would like their selection engraved upon. You could offer large stones that would be a beautiful addition to a garden or landscape. You could also offer smaller stones that would work well as a gift or keepsake. People never seem to tire of new and inventive ideas for paperweights!
You could also offer to engrave larger pebbles or semi-precious stones with a hole bored through them to hang from a ribbon or chain and worn as jewelry around their neck, wrist, or ankle.
You could also offer to engrave symbols or small simple pictures of animals or flowers. There is even a market for items decorated in silly looking monsters. With the proper equipment, you could even offer to engrave a person’s signature or a small child’s drawing.
By letting the final engraving selection be your customer’s decision, it allows them to be a part of the creative process and insures that their final rock or stone is truly a one-of-a-kind, uniquely customized creation. You could charge per character or symbol and have a larger fee for larger rocks and stones. For really unusually sized stones, such as the kinds that might be found as a corner stone for an old barn or a road marker, you should charge a much larger fee for engraving and delivery. You might even offer to engrave a family’s name or their crest into a stone that is already on their property. For this kind of service, you would charge a traveling fee as well.
To show potential customers what the finished stones can look like, you should first engrave a few common names and possibly some interesting proverbs or adjectives on a few stones. Words such as “dream,” “create,” or “imagine” are very popular choices since creative people like to be reminded of these ideas frequently. You could even engrave the names of local tourist destinations on a few stones. If you live near a large city such as San Francisco or London, you could engrave the city’s name on stones and tourists would happily take them home as a memento of a fun-filled vacation. By having a selection of items available that are already engraved, you will be able to provide your customers with a selection of items to choose from that would be instantly available with no waiting required.
Resources:
Categories: Art Assets Tags:
Get Paid for ADDING Garbage to People’s Homes
“People have started buying garbage” – that seems like an impossible thing, however, that is happening in New York. People will pay you not for cleaning up the garbage but for adding garbage to their home. This business is real fun and what could be better – you even get paid for it.
Here we are talking about converting garbage into a piece of art. See www.nycgarbage.com to understand what we are talking about here. You just collect garbage from your city and package it as a piece of art – an artist’s creation.
So how do you go about it?
For this business, you need just 3 things: Garbage, treatment of garbage (so that it doesn’t smell or rot), and packing material for the garbage.
If you were to observe a few garbage bins, you would quickly know what things are found in them e.g. cola cans, movie tickets, paper, aluminum foils, plastic carry bags, train tickets, newspaper, etc. Make a list of all these things. Note that you are looking for non-perishable items here, so food and other such stuff is ruled out. Now many of these things will be in your own garbage bin too. So, that will be a good place to begin. Other than that, you can earmark garbage bins that offer a good assortment of garbage items (non-perishable). You need variety and you need things that are unusual or interesting. In addition, you should be able to pick up the garbage easily i.e. without messing yourself up (do not try to dig too much in bins).
You could also create your own garbage e.g. spill some tea or coffee over sheets of paper (or newspaper) and let it dry up to give it a very dirty and old look. Other things include crumbling aluminum foils at home, using artificial coloring/de-coloring agents on the garbage items in order to make them look old and dirty and use scrubbers to spoil the texture of various garbage items.
Since moisture is the main reason behind the rotting of garbage, all the garbage needs to be dried up (whatever garbage you collect should be more or less in a dry state already). You can use any method for drying the items; such as using drying agents etc. The key is to take out all traces of moisture from it. You can also add a couple of silica gel packets when packing this garbage into boxes.
For packaging, use transparent boxes (preferably plastic ones) that are big enough to hold garbage. You can print (or stick stickers of) the name of your business and details about the garbage on the box. Include things like when the garbage was collected, from where it was collected, what all it includes and any other interesting/humorous remark about that garbage. All of the packaging and stickers can be easily procured or printed through local stores.
Tip: You could also give away a small booklet (3-4 pages) of interesting facts about how garbage decays, the process of garbage collection, the disposal of garbage or recycling of garbage.
Tip: You could sell cleaning detergents, garbage bags, and cleaning brushes too.
The best way to advertise your business is to get the attention of media to it. So inform the local newspapers and TV-channels about your business. They too are looking for interesting news all of the time, so they might publish your story. Do not forget to mention your website address in the story. Also, leave your flyers, business cards, and pamphlets at collectibles shop, markets, and exhibitions and distribute them at local fairs too.
Resources:
- Drying agents/devices:
- Interesting facts about garbage:
Categories: Art Assets Tags:
Cashing In With American Invention History Art
Old patents are interesting. Who created and patented the first telephone? Phonograph? Automobile? Create and sell posters, framed prints and more. You will need a lot of creativity, and be able to conduct deep research.
Many people find history interesting and they are very interested in reading and learning more. It is through history that we learn who and how different incidents and achievements came about. People in the past have created and invented many inventions that we tend to take for granted nowadays. However, we can give respect to the effort and work put into the creation of these products by reading and learning how they had created such inventions.
Many people will be more than willing to buy wall hangings that are unique for their walls. They will add a vintage look to the walls of their homes, offices, and other places. You can create posters that are large and reasonably priced so that you will get more buyers for each poster.
Instead of us only learning and keeping in touch with these achievements, we can also help others learn about these inventions by making them aware of them. In addition, by finding the patents filed for the individual inventions, you might find more information and drawings about old patents and create posters of them. Find out who had created and patented the first telephone, the first automobile, and the first phonograph. With all this information, you can create effective and interesting posters, framed prints, and many other informative products.
This business venture is an interesting one requiring you to do some research on different products, and patents. Along with this, you need lots of creativity so that you can create something interesting from the patent drawings that you find. You can find this information about old patents and discoveries on the internet or by visiting your local library. You will have to hold some interest in history and have the patience to go through patents and decide on the ones that customers will be most interested in learning about and buying a poster of.
You will also need some marketing for this business and should create a website on the internet where you can display some of the work that you have as posters so that people will know about your service. You could also create a portfolio page where you place thumbnails of all your available posters so that people will be able to have a look at the type of posters you have to offer.
You may need the help of a publisher to create the posters for you. Look for someone whose charges are reasonable so that you can control your budgeting and do not have too much of an expense to cover in the final asking price. If you price your posters too high, you may not get many buyers. Then of course, you may need the help of a person who frames some of these patent posters for you too, to be able to sell them as art pieces.
Frame a few posters and offer them to a local art store to sell with their other works of art. You may find some customers who visit the art store who will become interested in buying your poster. Once you have a few customers, there are bound to be more people interested in your posters!
Resources:
Categories: Art Assets Tags:
How To Make Money Just Drawing On Walls
Some people look at a blank wall and see just that-a blank wall. Others look at that same blank wall and see an artist’s canvas, imagining sweeping mountain ranges overlooking the ocean, the sun’s golden rays mirrored in the still water.
If every wall you see is a blank canvas, then paint yourself into business by creating spectacular wall murals for clients. Decorative wall murals change an average room into a conversation piece – and they are the perfect touch for homeowners looking for ways to add a special, unique touch to their homes. They are also great for children’s rooms – whether their parents want a calming backdrop for their infants or a fun educational mural for their youngsters.
Stenciling isn’t only for walls – you can also stencil on doors, windows and floors. You are only limited by your own creativity and imagination.
Stenciling will allow you to flex your creative muscles while making money too. But, just how does it work? If you’re a very creative soul who loves to draw and design, you might consider creating your own stencils. However, you can also purchase stencil designs from various online outlets including these places: Stencil Search, Stencils Online, Stencil Warehouse and Better Homes and Garden’s Free Stencils.
Tips for stenciling:
* You can use any type of paint for stenciling. However, the most popular type of paint used is acrylic (fast drying, easily clean with water and comes in hundreds of colors) and dry-brush oil (no smearing, no bleeding, works on any surface.)
* You should always ensure the surface you will be stenciling on is clean before starting to work.
* The best way to hang your stencil is by using any type of repositionable contact spray adhesive.
If you’ve never stenciled before, there are plenty of online resources to help you get started. You can start your search by visiting: Stenciling Instructions, Stenciling Tips and Techniques, Wall to Wall Stencils, and Sten Source International.
Once you’ve done some reading on the finer points of stenciling, you’ll want to do some practicing before you start offering your services to clients. Practice on your walls, floors, or windows or ask friends and family if you can create murals on their walls. You can also practice on fabric.
After you practice and start to feel confident, you will be ready to start marketing to clients. If your family or friends have allowed you to create murals on their walls, take photos of them to show your potential clients. (When you create more murals, you can create a portfolio to show to potential clients and then post them on your website.)
When you’re ready to start marketing, make sure you have a website with samples, prices and a form that allows potential clients to write to you requesting a project quote, or to ask a question, etc. You can also market by attending local home shows – take photos of your work, set up a table, and introduce people to your mural business. You might even have a fishbowl for people to drop their names and phone numbers into – you can then pick one at random and the winning person receives a free mural.
Contact your local newspapers and television stations – this is a unique fun business and you should be able to get some great publicity with it. Once you have a few clients under your belt, you will likely start getting clients because of word-of-mouth.
Decorative wall murals are an excellent way to use your artistic skills and creativity while also making money. Even if you’ve never stenciled before, there is plenty of free guidance available. Try it! You might have fun and make good money while you are at it!
Helpful Resources:
www.essortment.com/all/muralspainting_rwjd.htm
Categories: Art Assets, Business Ideas Tags: