In our upcoming course ‘MATS: Creating Collections for Home Décor’, top art director Margo Tantau shares finishing techniques for metal, fabric, glass, ceramic, and wood used for products in this market. These are very cool techniques that you can play with on your product to make your presentation to the client even more exciting and marketable, and include such things as:
- Placing pom pom trims or embroidery on a pillow
- Embossing, shaping, or silkscreening on metal
- Painting or decoupaging on metal
Example of the wide array of finishing techniques used on ceramics at Anthropologie. Learn about these techniques and how they can really make your great art look even greater on products in our class. Photo by Lilla Rogers.
Finishing techniques are all the cool treatments you can put into your pitch to make your product even more exciting.
These awesome products are all created by Lilla Rogers Studio artists for various home decor companies. Imagine seeing your art on these cool products in the stores! Learn more in our class. Photo taken by Lilla Rogers.
Understanding and knowing about different techniques is a great way to stand out, to be creative, and to show that you know how to add value to a design.
Every day next week, we are going to share a few of our Home Décor Secrets on the MATS blog, along with a fun creative prompt. You don’t have to be signed up for the class to get involved. Anyone can join in and start to explore the fascinating (and lucrative) world of home décor! We hope you’ll find them inspiring, and feel confident to try new and varied looks in your product pitches. That, in turn, will make your pitch more desirable and unique.Be sure to follow us on @makeartthatsells on Instagram and tag your work #matshomedecor so we can see it.
In class, we share a ton of insider secrets, to give you loads of design ideas for your arsenal. As a result, your art will flourish, you’ll sell more, and you’ll be having more fun!
If you want to thrive in this market, be sure to sign up for Creating Collections for Home Décor which starts on Monday, August 7th. By the end of class, you’ll be ready to pitch your creative ideas to dream clients in home décor.
If you’re secretly (or not-so-secretly) wanting to get your own home décor collection, I truly hope you’ll join us in this wonderful course. You’ll be surrounded by like-minded artists of all levels that are there to support one another, and Margo and I will be there to guide you every step of the way.
