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Category:Course: Creating Collections for Home Decor
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Reason #2 of Ten Reasons to join MATS Creating Collections for Home Decor

One of the main mistakes artists make when showing at Surtex and other trade shows for the first time is not having enough work in their portfolio. Clients want to see diversity, but they also want to see depth. To understand what you are capable of, they need to see a host of pieces. All of the MATS courses can help you build your portfolio, but MATS Creating Collections for Home Décor goes one step further by teaching you how to present your work as collections, showcasing your ideas for product concepts, making your work instantly more appealing to art directors, and therefore more commercially viable and valuable. Not only are they more likely to notice you, but they are more likely to buy more from you, and work with you for longer because suddenly you know how to speak their language. Class graduate Diane Neukirch’s ‘Field Flowers’ collection Career


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Where is illustrator Zoe Ingram now?

Back in 2013, Zoe Ingram won the first ever Global Talent Search from Lilla Rogers Studio. Here’s where she is now. Where is illustrator Zoe Ingram now? Zoe Ingram was the Global Talent Search Grand Prize Winner back in 2013 when the competition was launched for the first time. Little did she know when she registered that she was going to work with amazing companies and get to design her own books! Zoe takes a step back to have a look at what she achieved in the last year and a half. These are only a few examples of the jobs she has been working on: the list goes on! All images courtesy of Zoe Ingram.   October 2013 I won the first ever Global Talent Search Competition – as soon as the news was announced, things started moving quite quickly, with lots of sorting of images for my archive with


Everything you need to know about home décor: a round-up

Here’s a quick round up of the 12 top reasons why Make Art That Sells: Creating Collections for Home Décor will be a huge boost to your career: Weekly in-depth video training on how to design for a specific material, popularly used in the lucrative home décor market, including METAL, CERAMICS, FABRIC, GLASS and WOOD/MDF. Five professional-level creative assignments which culminate in the creation of an outstanding, commercially-viable and very current presentation of a full home décor collection. Your assignments will be inspired trend boards provided in the course to ensure that the work you produce is on trend or ahead of trend. Each week in class we share an interview with someone who is rocking the home décor industry, and has valuable industry insight to share with you. The course is packed full of resources you can’t get anywhere else. The private online classroom is accessible 24/7 from anywhere


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How to make a great home decor collection

Image credits: Sissy+Marley This is a guest blog post by Margo Tantau. Margo has co-written our brand new course, Creating Collections for Home Décor, with Lilla Rogers. She will also be speaking at MATS: The Global Art Gathering, our LIVE event in Brighton UK this June. How to make a great home decor collection Margo here. Today I’m going to give you some tips on how to make a great home decor collection. Home decor, as a rule, needs designs that can be LIVED with. I won’t be cliché and say “ageless and timeless”, but I will say, think about what the subject matter is, what kind of a home it might be going in, as well as what would potentially sell most broadly. Think of all the varieties of style that you see on the market, on Pinterest and in magazines. Designs that are sophisticated, clean, lovely, graphic, floral


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Top tips for creating a home decor pitch

This is a guest blog post by Margo Tantau, VP of Creative at MidwestCBK. Margo has co-written our brand new course, Creating Collections for Home Décor, with Lilla Rogers. She will also be speaking at MATS: The Global Art Gathering, our LIVE event in Brighton UK this June. Top tips for creating a home decor pitch Hi, Margo here! So what top tips for creating a home decor pitch could I share with you that could take your work from good to fabulous (and even more commercial)? Well, I’ve been creating and selling home décor products for years, and my very favorite thing to do is to help grow the careers of creative people. So to that end  I have a few top tips for creating a home decor pitch. Vase shapes by Louise Gelderblom Here are some top tips for creating a home decor pitch. These are things that


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How to leverage existing artwork for the home decor market

  Image credit: West Elm How to leverage existing artwork for the home decor market Is your mind buzzing with ideas about what your very own home décor line could look like? It’s not an impossible dream if only you have the right tools and knowledge at your fingertips. In fact, you are probably already half way there! Do you want to know how to leverage existing artwork for the home decor market? Then try this: Look through your archives and find the following: Your favorite color palettes Your favorite icons and motifs Your favorite prints and patterns Now it’s time to do some virtual shopping (or real shopping if you like!) – do one of the following this week: Take a field trip to your favorite shop (either in person or online) Study websites like apartmenttherapy.com. Look at the website of a home décor trade show like Maison et


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Are you ready to design a home decor line?

Image credit: Jonathan Adler Are you ready to design a home decor line? Art agent Lilla Rogers here. One of the things I love about sharing my years of industry experience is helping artists build their confidence. One way I do this is by answering questions  (and I get asked a lot!). Some subjects come up over and over. One of them is readiness. Today I want to answer a very specific version of that question I was asked recently : “How do you know if you are ready to design a home décor line?” Home décor is one of those dream markets for many artists. There are a host of fabulous clients out there, it can be very lucrative, and it can be incredibly rewarding to see your work on anything from tiny decorations to enormous pieces of furniture. The additional income generated by a vast collection of home


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The inside scoop on the Home Decor market

  Get Industry info on the Home decor market! Do you want to learn how to design for the home decor market? Do you want to get your gorgeous art on ceramics, bedlinen, wall art, furniture, soft textiles and more? The home decor market includes all the beautiful and/or functional items in your home. It covers a massive range of items – ceramics, bedlinen, textiles, tableware, lighting, cushions, vases, ornaments, wall art, furniture, storage, and so on – which makes it a huge market for artists, and potentially a very lucrative one. We caught up with Karen Capp of Oopsy Daisy, to get her thoughts on the amazing home decor market. About Karen Karen is the co-founder of Oopsy Daisy, Fine Art For Kids; Wheatpaste, Art For Teens; and GreenBox Art + Culture. She and her husband began their art company following the birth of their son. At that time,