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helenic ([personal profile] helenic) wrote2007-11-08 12:24 am

K~nesis sales and prints

I've finally got enough of a gap in my hectic schedule to start posting the art photos that [livejournal.com profile] synthclarion sent me over a month ago. Yes, I know that the K~nesis exhibition was nearly five months ago. Life got complicated.

The short version is that several of the pieces are still for sale, and limited edition prints are available of all the paintings in the exhibition. Prints are available in sizes 8"x10", 12"x16", 16"x20" or A4, A3 and A2 depending on the artwork. Prints will be ordered on a limited-edition basis of 50 prints per artwork; I'm arranging giclee prints from a specialist fine art printer on a choice of Somerset Enhanced Velvet 255gsm, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308gsm, or Hahnemuhle Torchon 285gsm. I'll be posting photos of the paintings one at a time, so comment if you're interested in the original (if available) or a print.

If you ordered a print at the exhibition, I'm sorry it's taken us so long to get organised. I've since realised that the printers I was going to use for the prints back in August aren't actually good enough to get high quality fine art prints. As such, the specialist fine art printers we'll be using charge more per print, which means that the prices listed at the exhibition have unfortunately been updated. You will get a correspondingly higher quality print, however, on mould-made, acid-free textured paper idea for fine art reproduction, so I think it'll be worth the upgrade. The new print prices are as follows:

A4 / 8"x10" - £20
A3 / 12"x16" - £30

Plus postage and packing if applicable. Custom sizes are also available.

I'm still not entirely decided on the subject of prints larger than A3 size. I haven't ordered a sample print yet to see if the images I have are high quality enough for this print resolution. I'm fairly sure they are, but without paying through the nose to get professional drum scans done of all the paintings, I can't be certain. So bear that in mind if you want to order a larger print. Once I've got a sense of the numbers, if people are interested in the higher print size, I'll order a couple of test prints just to check everything's okay. If they're good, which they should be, I'll go ahead with the order; if they aren't, I'll absorb the cost of the test prints myself and ask people if they want the next size down instead. Just bear in mind that larger prints might not be available, but I'll find out before taking any payments, so you won't lose anything if you order one and they aren't good to go.

Hope that makes sense! By the way, if you've bought a painting and still haven't collected it, please do start thinking about arranging to pick it up - I don't want to risk posting anything, and I don't want to have to store them all indefinitely. I'm in Spain from 13th-21st Nov, but I can arrange to be in on weekdays before I leave, and any day after I get back, if you can come and collect.

ps. [livejournal.com profile] synthclarion, my offer of a free print (or two if you want little ones) in exchange for getting the photos done still stands. Comment on the relevant post/s when you've decided what you want :)

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[identity profile] hairyears.livejournal.com 2007-11-08 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
he K~nesis exhibition was nearly five months ago.

WTF?!?

Er, yes, it was. And yes, I must collect my paintings.

[identity profile] libellum.livejournal.com 2007-11-08 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Would you like me to see if Steve is happy for me to leave them at the Pembury or the Oakdale for you to collect? The Oakdale would be easier for me as it's just down the road, but I think you visit the Pembury more often...

[identity profile] libellum.livejournal.com 2007-11-09 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay. I'm unwilling to take them on the bus/tube in case they get damaged; can you pay me back for a cab to the Pembury? It'll almost certainly come out cheaper than packing and postage would have.

This is assuming Steve's okay with the idea - Chris is going to ask him when we get back from Spain on the 21st.
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[identity profile] hairyears.livejournal.com 2007-11-09 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm more than happy to do that: cabs are cheap.

[identity profile] synthclarion.livejournal.com 2007-11-08 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
GAH YES I AM USELESS.

You can have the RAW files, I just need to get them uploaded when I can spank the Uni's connection.

[identity profile] libellum.livejournal.com 2007-11-08 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Brilliant! Thanks loads. I've downloaded everything else you put up for me, so feel free to delete them if space is an issue :) Let me know when you sort out the RAW files - hopefully with those to hand the A2 prints will be more achievable :)

I don't know if the printer guy I spoke to was just trying to make me buy his scanning service, being endearingly perfectionistic, or telling me the truth when he said he wasn't sure if the file resolutions I had would be good enough for print sizes higher than A3, but I guess there's only one way to find out ...