How to display art prints in a craft fair type booth?
I’m going to be setting up a booth at a mall venue this summer (it’s like a specialty mall for small business owners, and it’s set up kind of like an indoor craft fair would be with booths). I’m an artist who will be selling original paintings, prints, jewelry, and accessories.
I have my display about half way figured out with the jewelry and the accessories but I’m not sure how I should display my art prints. I’m going to have mostly small 5″x7″ photographic prints and then 8″x10″ and 10″x10″ fine art prints.
Any ideas on how I should display them nicely? I want them to be easy for people to see without having to have them flip through books or boxes of prints.
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display smaller reproductions : 8×10, 8.5 x11 and 11×17. place in inexpensive frames, so buyers will how great they would look. place label on bottom of frame: actual size;_____
What I’ve seen artists with similar wares do is to frame 3 ‘walls’ (2′-wide sections are a good size, since most booth spaces are 10′x10′) out of 2×4′s and cover the inner sides with pegboard. Paint the walls a color that suits the style of your products – flat white, flat black, gray, silver, etc.. Put door hinges on them so you can transport them flat and attach them together at the show just by dropping in hinge pins. You can buy short pegboard hooks (won’t stick out far) and arrange them so you can hang your prints/paintings however they fit best. If they don’t have wires, hot glue binder clips to pegs to hold your pieces. Have a separate counter with glass cases or display racks for the jewelry partway across the front of your booth where you can sit behind it, greet customers, and keep a close eye on the jewelry (the prints are much less likely to be targets for shoplifting). Adjust this general idea depending on how big your booth area is. If at ALL possible, have a second person with you who can keep an eye on things if you’re answering questions, etc.
Here are some links to some other ideas about how to design craft fair and trade show booths.
http://selfemployment.suite101.com/article.cfm/craft_fair_display
http://www.essortment.com/all/tradeshowbooth_rxub.htm
http://www.inspiri-art-and-craft.com/craft-show-success.html
Good luck!