Hyde Park Flower Club

Since September 2019, I have stocked my work in Hyde Park Flower Club by Dottie's.

They are a new florist and plant shop, that were just setting up stock and expanding in Hyde Park Book Club. They reached out to me after coming across my Instagram page, following a print fair I was involved in in Hyde Park Flower Club. They were looking to stock a small amount of local artists for their launch, and they really loved my work- the tarot card prints especially! I went for an informal chat with them, where I showed them a collection of my work that i had left-over as stock, and we discussed payment, commission, style and stocking.

They gave me the choice between taking 20% commission, or paying £20 a month's rent, and keeping all my profits. I opted for the 20% commission, as I wasn't sure i'd be making £20 a month to tide me over in the shop, so I bumped up my prices a little bit to compensate. I can rearrange, change and organise what i choose to stock there- and I have sold out several times! my biggest sellers have been Freddie Mercury t-shirts and 'The Lovers' print, by far.

I need to stock up again, actually. It's been not only a very useful source of regular income, it's helped me make connections with the owners and other artists, and been a great source of validation when I've felt low about my practice- people want to, consistently, buy my work! Madness.

I aim to continue to create work to sell- I want to get involved with more print fairs and contact more independent shops that might want to stock my work, as well as having my own work online to buy. These are my mid-term-goals!