What Brooks Works Studio does

Brooks Works Studio is a founder-owned, private art and design business operated by artist Victoria Brooks Melly. The company sells two product lines through a single direct-to-consumer e-commerce storefront hosted on Shopify at brooksworksstudio.com: original oil paintings priced from $325 to $1,695, and 12" x 12" tempered glass cutting boards that double as serving trays, each priced at $78. The core production process photographs the artist's original abstract oil paintings with a Nikon camera, digitally edits them, and transposes the imagery onto tempered glass surfaces manufactured by a partner in Rhode Island; each board ships with four rubber feet for grip and counter protection.

The business model is straightforward DTC commerce with one-time purchases, complimentary gift wrap on all orders, and a 10% first-order discount via promo code #TRAYCHIC. Marketing is conducted primarily through organic social channels (Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest), a content blog ("Art for Your Tabletop"), and an email newsletter. Distribution is exclusively the company's own Shopify store with no marketplace, retail, or wholesale presence; orders ship within 24 hours via USPS Priority Mail.

The target customer is the individual consumer — specifically home entertaining enthusiasts, gift buyers, home cooks, and collectors of contemporary abstract art, particularly coastal and blue-toned themes. The company has no disclosed headcount, no institutional funding, no parent company, and no publicly disclosed revenue. Artwork is documented in private collections across at least eight U.S. states (Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida), and the business is cross-promoted with the founder's separate art gallery at VictoriaBrooksMelly.com.

Name

Brooks Works Studio

Legal name

Brooks Works Studio

Website

https://brooksworksstudio.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Brooks Works Studio is a founder-owned private art and design business that sells original oil paintings and 12"x12" tempered glass cutting boards/serving trays featuring the founder's artwork, sold directly to individual consumers through a single Shopify e-commerce storefront.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Artisan Homeware

akta.pro primary industry

Art & Drafting Supplies Retail (CRALABAG)

Keywords

• Tempered glass cutting boards
• Tempered glass serving trays
• Original oil paintings
• Contemporary abstract art
• Artisan kitchenware

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Cutting Boards and Serving Trays Sales: One-time purchase of tempered glass cutting boards that double as serving trays, priced at $78.00 each. Products are sold directly through the company's Shopify e-commerce store.
2. Original Oil Paintings Sales: Sale of original oil paintings by Victoria Brooks Melly, ranging from $325 to $1,695. Paintings include various sizes and framing options with silver or gold leaf details.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Brooks Works Studio makes original contemporary paintings and art-based tempered-glass cutting boards and serving trays. Its sellable lines combine original artwork with functional home products for direct-to-consumer purchase.

Product overview

Brooks Works Studio is an art-focused company that creates two product lines: (1) Original oil paintings by artist Victoria Brooks Melly featuring abstract, ethereal landscape interpretations and organic minimalist forms using layering and scraping techniques with palette knives and oil paint, and (2) A line of 12" x 12" eco-friendly tempered glass cutting boards that double as serving trays, featuring original contemporary artwork transposed onto the glass surface. The cutting boards/serving trays include rubber feet for grip, are ultra-hygienic due to non-absorbent glass, and are knife-friendly with scratch-free surfaces. All products are marketed under the #TRAYCHIC brand and are primarily sold through the company's Shopify-powered e-commerce platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Victoria Brooks Melly: Original oil paintings and artwork by the founder, Victoria Brooks Melly. Includes oil paintings with collage, gold and silver leaf techniques, and abstract contemporary art.

Products and services

• Original oil paintings Original contemporary oil paintings by Victoria Brooks Melly, offered as individual art products for display and collection.
• Tempered glass cutting boards and serving trays Tempered glass kitchenware featuring original artwork, including cutting boards with an eco-friendly surface and four rubber feet and serving trays for food presentation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Complimentary gift wrap on all orders increases perceived value
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Manufacturer in Rhode IslandcoreOthersThe company partners with a manufacturer in Rhode Island to produce their tempered glass cutting boards and serving trays. Original oil paintings are photographed with a Nikon camera, digitally edited, and sent to the Rhode Island manufacturer where the artwork is transposed onto the back of 12" x 12" tempered glass products.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• 1stDibs: 1stDibs is a premium online marketplace for luxury home decor and original art serving interior designers and high-net-worth collectors. It competes for high-end home decor and original art consumer dollars in a similar premium tier to Brooks Works' positioning.
• Saatchi Art: Saatchi Art is a leading online marketplace for original art, representing independent artists and connecting them with collectors worldwide. Brooks Works' original oil painting sales line competes with Saatchi Art for original art customer mindshare and discretionary art-buying budgets.
• Etsy: Etsy is the dominant global marketplace for handmade and original art products. Many artists selling similar cutting boards, painted home goods, and original paintings operate on Etsy, making it a key indirect competitor for the same customers and a potential additional sales channel for Brooks Works.

Direct peers

• Redbubble: Redbubble is a global print-on-demand marketplace that prints artist designs onto home goods and apparel. Closely comparable to Society6 in marketplace model and serves as a key competitor for the same artist-to-consumer pipeline, though at significantly larger scale.
• Society6: Society6 is a marketplace platform where independent artists upload designs that are printed onto home goods including pillows, wall art, and furniture. The business model of monetizing original art through physical products is highly analogous to Brooks Works, though Society6 operates as an open marketplace while Brooks Works curates a single artist's vision under a branded Shopify storefront.
• Deny Designs: Deny Designs is a DTC brand selling artist-designed home decor and textiles including pillows, duvets, shower curtains, and coasters. Like Brooks Works, they monetize independent artist designs through physical home goods via a similar print-to-product production model and target the same design-conscious consumer seeking unique home decor.
• Fine Art America: Fine Art America operates as both an artist marketplace and a print-on-demand producer of wall art, canvas prints, and home decor. Direct overlap with Brooks Works in monetizing original artwork through physical goods and serving the artist-to-retail-customer pipeline.

Broad incumbents

• Crate & Barrel: Crate & Barrel is a national home and kitchen retailer offering cutting boards, serveware, and entertaining essentials. It competes in the kitchen/home category with mass-market and premium assortments while Brooks Works occupies a niche art-infused variant of similar product types.
• West Elm: West Elm is a major national home goods retailer with a strong art component featuring artisan partnerships, original prints, and locally-sourced collections. It is a broader incumbent competing in the art-meets-functional-home-goods category where Brooks Works plays, but at much larger scale and broader product assortment.
• Williams Sonoma: Williams Sonoma is a premium kitchenware and home retailer selling cutting boards, serveware, and entertaining essentials - the exact category where Brooks Works' tempered glass cutting boards compete. Broad incumbent competing at much larger scale with deeper assortment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BrooksWorksStudio
• Instagraminstagram.com/brooksworksstudio
• Pinterestpinterest.com/vbmelly

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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