Let's talk art retail - sell products featuring your textile designs and illustrations to gift shops, boutiques and souvenir shops. I'll share my first hand experience as a part time sales associate at a popular botanical garden gift shop as well as a long-time artist and textile designer.
✒ What PRODUCTS can you sell as an artist?
✒ Which of them SELL and which DON'T?
✒ How do you GET YOUR ART INTO retail shops and how do store managers pick merchandise?
✒ What GUIDES customers in their purchase decisions?
✒ How do you set the right PRICING for the right venues?
✒ What should you do BEFORE pitching to retail stores?
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Aromatherapy With Texture and Text fabric table napkins:
www.spoonflower.com/en/home-decor/dining/dinner-napkins/10259756-aromatherapy-texture-text-by-pattern_talent
Cat From Kazan pillow cover:
patterntalent.com/products/russian-medieval-cat-pillow
Shop square silk scarves with my designs:
patterntalent.com/collections/scarves
Shop original watercolor art:
patterntalent.com/collections/rural-living-original-art
Shop watercolor and gouache giclee fine art prints:
patterntalent.com/collections/art-prints
Shop for my fabrics and home decor: www.spoonflower.com/profiles/pattern_talent
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Thanks for watching!
Xoxo, artwork is everywhere! - Darya