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Building an Arts and Craft Business 2017-07-22 12:32:14 Post No. 18544443
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Sup Adv. Should I go to Drama School whilst I build a business?
I'm 19, about to turn 20. Art school dropout. My artwork is like pic related and I make Nordic items and work from European and Pagan mythos (inb4 wicca hippy, it's just my aesthetic realm). I want to run my own craft business - visit history festivals and craft faires round Europe, LARP events, sell my drawings as prints, sell reenactment trinkets, clothing, jewellery etc, with the goal of supplying large museums with my successful products, publish books, take commissions, sell art in galleries and online etc. This is a well trod path and I'll specialise as I go.
I have heard from impartials that I am gifted so I am confident there will be a market, but I need time to build my ouvre, business and learn. This will need some time and lots of room to make mistakes, sink money and break into the trade.
So I need advice. I have 3+ government loan years of University available (Britfag, cash-in-hand crafts mean I will probably never repay a penny unless May cuccs me).
>Should I enrol in 'free' University again whilst I build my business and take the first tentative steps? Any better ideas for an occupational stepping stone whilst I learn and fuck around with my craft?
'Arts' universities are shit tier post modernism scams here, the only decent skill based ones are a handful of Animation & Game Design courses, sat in front of a computer all day, and they're all in the middle of nowhere. So I won't be doing a craft skill course.
I was really considering Acting, & most schools are in London. I love film and literature, I'm a decent performer, and erudite enough to fluke my way onto a decent course. I have an odd accent, a low voice, I'm a big Nordic guy 4U, and I have been told I am decent looking and have good presence. Like many reading this, it has been a path I've always been curious about but talked myself out of. I am even considering taking a 'gap year' to build up my resume for the audition.
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Acting School Pros:
>Acting will cure my autism forever (useful in trading and business)
>Physical, intellectually stimulating
>9am-5pm, no huge coursework to stop business work
>Reasonably cheap with 'free' loans (London can be $$$)
>Capitol can be sunk into business (I have a chunk of inheritance+work)
>Social, nightlife, subsidised hobbies, student deals
>Last chance to see London's culture before complete diversification
>Near museums, galleries, networking for business
>Proximity to costume designers, set builders, prop makers, other artists
>Would actually like to be an actor and filmwriter as well as craftsman
Cons
>Unbearable drama students
>London is semi-third world
>Might not get accepted at all
What can I do instead of rotting in a basement whilst I build my business? Any recommendations for getting into Acting school? I need to make social and fitness gains alongside artistic gains and I don't do well living alone. Is this a baby bird brain manchild option, should I just get a job stacking shelves whilst I work on the business?
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Also, to clarify
I am not an airhead art school dropout dreamer. My idea of a business is not selling a few $30 paintings from a hipster cafe. I worked for 5 years as an assistant graphic designer and sales representative for a huge art based company, I know the grind and sheer willpower involved in running any kind of art business, and I am hoping to form a business partnership along the way.
I appreciate a lot of people will read
>art school dropout
>Arts and Crafts
>LARP
and dismiss me as a goober. Let me be clear, this business will be a success. I have a mind for it, I have set aside the capitol for it, the only missing ingredient is Time and Social Skills, hence looking for your advice for an occupation. Thank you bros
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