As technology advances there is a challenge for printmakers to educate art viewers on what exactly we mean by a print and a limited edition... now that anyone can easily create a print out on archival paper using a computer and fancy ink jet printer there are a lot of reproduced artworks out there sold as 'prints'. But that is not the kind of print i make. To me a print requires some elbow grease... ink rolled out on a glass slab, transferred to a block, and pressed by hand onto paper.
Recently at an art event a fellow exhibitor asked me about my process and how many pieces i make in my editions... because i print by hand and it takes time and incurs error i usually end up with 12 or fewer final images in my limited edition runs. (In fact my latest works are all intentionally unique and one of a kind, but that is another post yet to come). Fellow exhibitor said his limited editions are 100 pieces. I have heard of 1000 in an edition. So what would you rather have for your investment? Something touched by hand that only a handful of people may share or something mass produced? Not everyone cares about this, but i do. So if i cant give you the image you want in a different size it isn't because i don't want to it is because that is not my process. I am analog not digital. And when you see me explaining passionately the glory of a hand touched piece you'll understand better the method of my madness.
