Q: Two years ago, I produced a series of limited edition digital prints (also known as giclees). Several images have sold out, but they’re still popular even though they’re off the market and collectors still want them. Should I reissue them? This would, of course, increase the edition sizes beyond what I originally said they would be, but it would solve my marketing problems. Are the rules different for giclee prints than they are for silkscreens, woodcuts and other limited editions?

A: Let me get this straight– you want to reissue a limited edition print after you already set and declared the edition size? The answer is absolutely unequivocally entirely and emphatically NO. Not only does this apply to digital or giclee prints; it applies to all limited editions including screenprints, etchings, lithographs, serigraphs, woodcuts, monoprints, photographs, sculptures and so on. You see, if you reissue the prints, then in the short run a handful of collectors get what they want and you make some easy money, but in the long run you compromise your integrity, your credibility, and most importantly, the market for all of your subsequent limited editions. Potential buyers will no longer be sure how limited your limited editions will eventually end up being– or whether they’ll ever be limited at all. Such uncertainty can easily cause collectors to lose confidence, and even worse, destabilize your market and drive your selling prices down.

Furthermore, by re-releasing a sold-out image….. Read the rest at Artbusiness.com.

We are currently testing custom coatings on brushed aluminum sheets. If all goes well, which so far it has, we will be soon offering larger formats for printing fine art and photographs on aluminum. Currently, our sizes are limited to 20″ wide due to our supplier, but after this custom coating testing we will be able to easily offer 2ft x 3ft fine art and photo prints on aluminum.

Let us know if large format printing on aluminum is something that you have been looking for….

Epson 9890 ~ Matte & Photo Black ~ 44″ Wide – Epson Ultrachrome K3 pigmented inks with Vivid Magenta

Epson 9800 ~ Matte Black ~ 44″ Wide ~ Epson Ultrachrome K3 pigmented inks

Epson 3880 ~ Matte & Photo Black ~ 17″ Wide ~ Epson Ultrachrome K3 Inks

Docucolor 250 Digital Press with Bypass Tray

Ettan MS-3 Etching Press with 24” x 48.75” Bed

Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL ~ 12″ x 16″ Bed ~ With Transparent Media Adapter

27″ iMacs ( 2 ) ~ 2.66ghz Intel Core i5 ~ 8gb RAM

Eizo ColorEdge CG223W

Drawings by Jamie Sweetman:

Its quite a nice workflow. The Printer that is receiving the files for the catalog on the other side of the world is more than happy to have the confidence of knowing that the files and corresponding proof prints are not only professionally shot at super high resolution, but are corrected to the original piece and can be used to more easily create an accurate catalog…

Good times.

We were contacted by artist Sonny Kay who did the album cover for the upcoming RX Bandits record… Sargent House, the label, wanted custom printed turntable slipmats.

They decided to also do slipmats for the upcoming album from The Mars Volta.

These are the images that were used:

The Mars Volta Slipmats are available for purchase here.

The Rx Bandits Slipmats are available for purchase here.