Buying prints off illustrators...
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- Horp0
^ Digz, Linocuts are pressure printed from a piece of lino - like standard floor linoleum - which has been cut into to make a relief. You ink the linoleum after cutting your design in it, then you press the paper on to it. Where the lino makes contact with the paper, it deposits ink, where it has been cut away, it doesn't.
Like woodcuts, but when linoleum was invented it was easier to cut and cheaper to work with than wood. Lino was the Apple Mac of printmaking.
- chossy0
I think you may be going down a path where you spend £10 and make £9. I understand that you have a special relationship with printing techniques but in all honesty you have to charge a freaking shit load for the prints. It's not fair on yourself if you sell it for a low price.
Like that time some guy from London came up north to my grandfathers farm and fooled him into swapping his farm for a fucking torch.- Hmm.
The path is clear.
Sell them at £11Nairn - chossy is scottish, and therefore a tightarsed cheapskate.********
- Hmm.
- ********0
Is that linostuff expensive? the material to cut out from
- cheeeap
http://www.misterart…
agentfour - Digs, like I said, its a cheap alternative. Its floor lino, like from a hardware store.Horp
- cheeeap
- chossy0
Anyway stop fucking around and get some shit up for sale all this chat is taking away my horny.
- Horp0
Chossy... thing is mate, if I was to screen print, or litho print, I would need to outlay a small fortune to get the things printed.
My print technique costs relatively small amounts of money, and is a craft based process that takes time - time which I would love to devote to print making anyway as its a hand-made process which is where my heart is at. I'm not into all this digital bollocks in any aspect of my life. I'd give my next door neighbour's right arm to be able to do this print process regularly and know I would sell a few to people who appreciated them. So its all a pleasure, not a chore, and I don't plan to pay my mortgage with it, just to enjoy a process that I can't employ for my commercial work.
It was a good torch though wasn't it. It had fresh batteries and everything, and what's more, the gate was falling off its hinges at the farmstead. I had to replace the hinges out of my own pocket.
- chossy0
As long as like you say it's a relatively small outlay on your part, but what am I saying anyway you know the technique and costs time etc. involved I just hate to think of someone who obviously cares for things mug themselves (is that good english slang?).
Just so you know I am now completely fucking flaccid now cheers spooky, before I was like a fucking iron bar now it's like a bladder on a stick.
- HAHAHAHA, Sorry Chossy, go and look at some nuddy pics and raise the sword once more.Horp
- erikjonsson0
i love theese. reminds me of m.c.escher
- migy0
I think £50 is a good price. I have spent more in the past..
- mtgentry0
http://www.imagekind.com/sell
Anyone ever sell their stuff with these guys? Its an interesting idea."We are dedicated to selling and producing your work with the highest quality framed giclee prints of your work with recognized attention-to-detail. "
- Jaline0
I think it should be priced similarly to this:
http://www.processrecess.com/- I'm not even going to look how much he charges (rightfully so too though, he's number 1 in the game)Horp
- Actually, what's interesting is that he doesn't charge as much as you would in specific cases. Just look to get an idea.Jaline
- *you would = he shouldJaline
- I just looked. All the originals are sold so can't tell how much for those, but prints... yeah, I'm surprised!Horp
- horton0
also don't sell them as illustrations or posters... "original prints" is accurate and will fetch more.
- Jaline0
It depends though. If you want to have various price levels so that more people can afford it, then you need those lower-level prints as well. If you only want to sell originals, it may be more difficult to get people to pay what they are really worth (which is probably over $200).
- Horp0
^ I think I will grade the pieces depending on how many plates I make and use, how big the final piece is in each case, how much the imperfections (that are a natural part of my print process) add or detract from the end result of each piece produced, how much I like the illustration to begin with etc.
That way, a small, two colour print with a big imperfection will be less than a large three colour print with flawless execution, and there'll be soemthing for all budgets!
- ********0
it's worth what people will pay for it.
and i think people will easily pay a lot more than $200. provided those people know it is available to buy. if you know what i mean.
- lino printing reminds me of freezing my little baws off in a windy shed somewhere in the north of scotland.********
- being taught by a woman with white hair and red lipstick on her teath.********
- nice work by the way tim. i would love to find the time to do a bit of crafting.********
- that second note really is just too easy.********
- teath?
Like boobs with, erm, teeth?Horp
- lino printing reminds me of freezing my little baws off in a windy shed somewhere in the north of scotland.
- arthur0
best of luck with this Spooky.
I'm looking to jump into this pond as well later in the year. I'd be interested to hear about your successes.
- Jaline0
Spooks, you know how much I love your work, so I won't keep repeating it (unless you want me too, heh).
I wish you luck. Your pieces are worth buying.