The Plya Roundup
Your studio kit
Templates for the paperwork that comes with making things. They open in Word, Excel, Pages, Numbers and Google Docs, and they're yours to change.
Join The Plya Roundup to download it. It's free, and it's one email a month with open calls, awards, grants and fairs.
Price sheet and line sheet
For when a shop asks for wholesale prices, or you're pitching stockists.
- A price sheet that works out cost, wholesale and retail
- A line sheet with your terms and a product grid
Commission agreement
For when someone asks you to make a piece for them.
- The work, the price and a payment schedule
- Approvals, changes, delivery and canceling
- Who owns the piece and who owns the copyright
A starting point, not legal advice. Laws differ by place and every job is different, so have it checked for your own work before you sign.
Consignment agreement and inventory
For when a shop or gallery sells your work and pays you after.
- A consignment agreement with the split, reports and returns
- An inventory sheet that knows where every piece is
- A receipt to sign for each delivery
A starting point, not legal advice. Laws differ by place and every job is different, so have it checked for your own work before you sign.
Fair kit
For when you're deciding on a fair, or packing the van for one.
- A booth budget that works out your break-even
- A packing list, from tent weights to the cash float
Open call kit
For when a call asks for a statement, a CV and images, all at once.
- An artist statement worksheet, in three lengths
- A CV layout with every section a call asks for
- An image list that names your files
Make these in Plya
Plya does some of these jobs for you, and its Library keeps the signed copies beside your business details.
- InvoicesSend a wholesale order or a commission deposit as an invoice your client pays online.
- ProjectsStart a commission from a template, with phases from the brief to delivery.
- NetworkKeep your shops, galleries and clients in one place, with the emails you've sent.
- OpportunitiesSave fairs and open calls, and track each one from Applying to Applied.
- OutreachTrack the stockists and galleries you're pitching, and who's due a follow-up.
