Plaster Casts business. Inexpensive-to-make plaster casts of people, animals and objects can serve as unique home décor. Business Overview Now a few of you reading this may be wondering how you can start a profitable business that creates and sells plaster casts. Probably many more of you are wondering why someone would purchase a plaster cast. Amazingly enough, there are businesses that not only survive producing plaster casts, but also earn very substantial profits for doing...

Woodturnings business. If you're an artist who likes to work with wood, this is the biz for you. Business Overview Fruit bowls, candlesticks, stair spindles or baseball bats'there are literally hundreds of different products which can be manufactured simply by purchasing a wood-turning lathe and mastering the art of wood turning. While the finished products can be sold directly to consumers, a better choice in terms of merchandising the wood-turning products is to arrange...

Art Easels business. Love art and building things? Build easels for artists. Business Overview Hobby artists rank in the millions, and starting a business that builds and sells art easels is a very easy and inexpensive enterprise to get rolling. The business can be operated from a small homebased workshop, and the art easels can be sold to artist supply stores on a wholesale basis. Furthermore, once the business has been established and all of the manufacturing bugs have been...

Arts and Crafts Instruction business. Take your love for crafts and teaching and bring them together as an arts and crafts instructor. Business Overview Knitting, painting, print-making, sculpture, stained glass, pottery, glass-blowing and woodworking are just a few examples of arts and crafts that people are willing to shell out their hard-earned money to learn. If you have mastered any of these or other arts and crafts, why not be the person to train them and earn substantial...

Artist's Workspace Rentals business. Got a spare room? Rent it out to artists in need of some creative space. Business Overview Renting a large warehouse space and dividing the space into smaller sections to rent to artists as work studios is a great way to start your own business and be self-employed. The work studios can be rented on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, providing they're used for work areas only and not residential units. The business doesn't require a great...

Special Occasion Yard Cutouts business. Design yard decorations and announcements for clients' special occasions. Business Overview You can design and build your own special occasion yard cutouts, such as a stork for birth announcements, bells for a wedding, or a cap for a graduation. Or you can purchase predesigned and constructed special occasion yard cutouts to get this unique advertising business off the ground. Clients typically include people who want to surprise their...

Online Art Auctions business. Connect artists with customers far and wide in online auctions. Business Overview Once again, millions of professional and amateur artists are seeking ways to sell their artwork and this fact creates a fantastic opportunity to start an online art auction service. The challenge with operating this type of venture will not be securing works of art to be auctioned, but promoting the site in such a manor that it receives a lot of visitor hits and...

Portrait Artist business. Highlight the best in people with your artistic expertise. Business Overview Artistic talent does not need to be on your side for this new business enterprise. Person, pet or object, many people wish to have something immortalized on canvas for a myriad of reasons. The first step will be to establish a working relationship with a few professional portrait artists or art students seeking income opportunities. Next, you will want to acquire some samples...

Online Coloring Books business. Take a favorite childhood pastime online with an online coloring book. Business Overview Online coloring books for kids is a unique and interesting opportunity that could prove to be both fun and profitable. This online business concept is very straightforward. Simply develop a website that enables kids to chose from a wide selection of images and pictures of animals, people, buildings and landscapes. These images are downloaded, printed from...

Craft Supply Store business. Give fellow crafters a place to gather their supplies, from glue guns to yarn. Business Overview Starting a craft supply retail store is a fantastic new business enterprise to set in motion. This is the kind of retail business that will require a substantial initial startup investment, but the profit potential can easily justify the investment. Ideally, this type of business enterprise will be located in a highly visible and easily accessible...