thriving vallejo series: yeah!// idea for making artist painting racks.

[duccio]

I helped someone move to a different studio. It was a bit smaller and I thought he could use some painting racks that could be movable so they could be used to transport large paintings as well as store them safely. I imagined these. They would be only so wide as to fit through a doorway. People could get as many as they needed, arrange them to maximize floor space, protect their finished paintings, etc.

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[shinsetsu]

Excellent! Like magazine racks, only for paintings. All you need now is a little easel like thingie on top in case the person wants to put up one of the paintings above the rack or use it as a holder for a printed card of which paintings are on the rack.

[duccio]

I had an idea after drawing this that maybe the back side could have an easel. The guy could put the open end towards the wall and then have another working area easel on the back of the cart. I'm going to see him today again and will show him the picture and maybe get him to buy one or two. It would be a good solution for him, and protect the paintings from getting poked and dented as happens when they are all stacked up, leaning against the wall.

This guys paintings are pretty thick, so probably one of these carts might only hold about 8 or 10 of them.