Art is your life. In first grade while the other kids drew pictures of duckeys and horseys, you sketched a perfect likeness of your teacher. Now that you are an adult, it isn't any different. Your friends all became engineers while you immersed yourself deeper into your passion for oils, acrylics, and modeling clay. You have been lucky too; people actually want to buy your works. To succeed, you now have to become a businessperson to fund your creativity. As any good businessperson knows, you need to keep production up, maintain your sales volume, and keep your expenses low. At Budget Self Storage in Palmdale, Budget is in our name. We have the solution for aspiring artists. Here are a few ideas we picked up on the way. Never Paint In Your Warehouse When most artists realize they can't make a consistent living selling originals, they turn to creating prints of their most popular works. High-end giclée prints may have replaced limited edition lithographs, but open edition lithograph prints are still good money makers. You might make 500 – 2000 prints of your best piece and see how well it sells. When you find that people can’t get enough of your artistic vision, you will make prints of more works as you go. Now you have a problem; your prints are taking over your studio. You can feel the stacks of large prints and boxes of smaller prints sapping the creativity out of your once-serene studio. This is where Palmdale Self Storage comes to your rescue. A storage unit can keep your prints and other items that are taking over your studio, safe and easily accessible. That’s right. Every successful artist needs a warehouse—not a big one at first; but one that will separate your creativity (your studio) from your business (your warehouse). Check out our different sizes and pick one a little bigger than you need. You will appreciate this advice later. Storing Tips First, never lay your prints or any art on the floor. You will need specialty shelves for your prints, either a stack tray or flat file drawers. These storage tools keep your prints safe from damage and make them easier to access. Framed art must always be stored vertically. Many products can help with that or you can create your own system. Other items you may want to store should never interfere with the proper storing of your product. This is why a bigger unit is better than a small one. Other Items You Will Want To Store Part of creating a successful business is marketing. You will want to attend at least a half dozen or more, art festivals during the year. This requires exhibition items such as wire frames and a popup exhibition tent. If you have gone to any art festivals as a spectator, you will know what we are talking about. You will want to store your exhibition items in your storage unit or even in their own unit. You will find after a while that you may have different exhibition setups for different kinds of shows. As you grow your art business, you will be glad you have your storage units. Budget Self Storage is happy to be here to watch your business grow.
