Studio Notes
A year of taking work in
What the studio learned from a first year of consignment, including the parts that did not work.
By Aji Nayar ·
17 July 2026 ·
1 min read
Consignment means the maker keeps ownership until the work sells. It also means the maker carries the risk of it not selling, which is a harder conversation than it sounds and one worth having honestly at intake rather than at month eleven.
The twelve-month long-stop exists because original art is slow. A piece can sit for eight months and then sell twice over once it lands in the right project. Calling work back at six would have cost several makers a sale.
The part that did not work: assuming photography could wait. A work without proper images does not sell, and every month it sits unphotographed is a month of someone else's property on our wall doing nothing for them.