How a Trade Project Moves Through the Studio

How a Trade Project Moves Through the Studio

The Trade Program is open to interior designers, architects, stylists, and hospitality professionals sourcing original work for residential and commercial spaces. Projects that come through the program typically move through five stages: inquiry, planning, production, framing, and shipping.

A project starts with a conversation about scope — the space, the palette, and the timeline. From there, artwork is either selected from available work or developed as a commission, and a production schedule is set based on the studio's current capacity. Original paintings typically take a couple of weeks to complete; framing adds another two to three weeks once an order is confirmed.

Every piece is framed to the same standard regardless of project size: Tru Vue conservation reflection-control glazing, acid-free mounting on museum-grade matboard, and hanging hardware installed before it ships. Framing uses reversible conservation methods, so the artwork can be removed without permanent alteration if that's ever needed.

For larger or multi-piece projects, the studio can produce several hand-painted versions of the same artwork to keep a consistent visual identity across a space — each one still painted individually, with the minor variation that comes with that. What isn't offered: prints presented as originals, or revisions to a piece once it has been completed and approved.

Shipping is billed at cost. Each piece travels in its own foam-padded, puncture-resistant container — because of the size and fragility of framed work, pieces aren't bundled into shared shipments — and insurance is arranged per destination.

Full specifications, including size ranges, frame dimensions, and the project flow in more detail, are available in the Trade Program spec sheet (PDF).

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