Tag: limited edition prints

  • Resurrection Art – print making and limited edition information.

    Resurrection Art – print making and limited edition information.

    I have decided that I would like to manually make some limited edition wet prints for my Resurrection art piece. Although I like Giclee very much, it is a more authentic and beautiful step to directly create prints from the ground up.

    So, I have been developing an edition plan for the print:

    1st Edition: Cyantotype Contact Prints (around 10-20)

    2nd Edition: Silver Gelatin Prints Large (perhaps 10-15 at 16×20)

    3rd Edition: Chrysotype Contact Prints (maybe 5)

    The above really depends on how fast I can produce, family commitments, and interest. I may end up producing far less. Print making is a long process in terms of exposure, toning, mistakes, etc, so the above really are just upper estimates of best possible scenario. If I can source the darkroom early enough, I may move onto silver prints before I finish cyanotypes.

    I may choose to include a few Giclees, dependant on the toning colours I manage to produce, as, at the moment, I quite like the color version of the print with its reds and blues. As the above are all black and white process, I am unsure at the moment how close I will be able to replicate the red and blue Resurrection art image using these processes.

    My guess is that I will achieve something close to the following for the first couple of cyanotypes, with something like tea or coffee toning:

    A sepia toned print estimate using digital darkroom

    Depending on appearance/success, I may move on to perhaps a two or three tone cyanotype, a process explained by Jo Bind here. It’s possible that I may be able to achieve a red, blue, and perhaps subtle white print using that process, although madder root will be difficult to source.

    Other people in this space are Annette Golaz, who I will also be looking to for developing inspiration, and of course Mike Ware for all my chemistry needs. The alternative photography space really is alive and well.

    For the silver gelatin prints, my main issue will be finding a darkroom with an enlarger that can work with 5×7.

    For the Chrysotype, we are again looking at a contact print, but this time using gold. Very expensive to produce, this will be a very final step, and may rely on print sales from the other two print categories to see realisation.

    For all processes, rather than creating a digital negative, I will be using the original negative with a 0.7mm PET film separator, to keep the chemicals away from the negative. This is also why I would like to move to the darkroom a little quicker, as I am nervous about negative damage before I create the enlarged prints. But we will see.

    I am excited to be moving forward with these steps. Very much so. The unique dimension to each limited edition Resurrection print ensures that each piece will be an individual piece of art.

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  • My First Artist Proof: Creating a Catholic Fine Art Print

    My First Artist Proof: Creating a Catholic Fine Art Print

    I received my first artist proof Catholic fine art print today. It came in a sturdy and wide cardboard roll from Printolino. I was impressed by the packaging. Although not completely flat, I felt tha the print was well protected.

    Upon opening the artist proof print, I was happy with the translation of my image file to print. One small thing I noticed was that upon very close inspection, the stamen and pollen could be sharpened slightly. I realised that although I had output sharpened for print, I had missed an initial sharpening step in the development process. However, the print still had adequate sharpness. I also noticed a few marks/blemishes on the flower and floor that I removed with a careful application of the spot healing tool. So for the next print, there will be a small amount of sharpening and spot removal.

    Now, to explain a little about artist proof. An artist proof is a print produced in the refinement process in creating the final print that will be used for a limited edition. So, for this fine art print of Catholic/Christian theme, I expect there to only be a couple of artist proofs, but I will update once the limited edition is released.

    With regards to the limited edition print set, I will be releasing only a very limited number of prints. Around 15 to 20 (as of yet undecided).

    This is my first direct attempt to create Catholic imagery. I have been Catholic since birth, and after a long “disappearance” from the Church, I have become a regular Church attendee again over the past ten years. In that time, I have been trying to improve myself, whilst taking regular sacraments. I have wanted to make Catholic imagery for a while, but first started with Pro-life photography . As a soon-to-be father, my interest in the pro-life movement increased, and I felt strongly that I wanted to create something as a memory of the moment, but also as something to reflect my views on the splendour of pregnancy.

    After a time, I wanted to create again, but I had no real time spare due to being a first time father. It was at this point that I moved briefly into experimenting with AI to create pro-life imagery.

    My feeling after this period was that AI was empty. | felt fraudulent as an artist, and soon felt the desire to move back to photograpy.

    Now, with my daughter now 3 years old, there is a bit more time to create. And so, I have decided to leave the prolife world for a time, and move to Catholic Easter symbolism, and the incredible resurrection of Jesus. With fine art Catholic photography, symbolism is important in the creation of the work, as it is difficult, and perhaps, inauthentic, to directly represent biblical figures through the use of models. And so I utilised a lily, a symbol of resurrection, and also a cross made of light to portray the Easter message. The cross is shining in the darkness that surrounds it.

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    I hope to have the first, final image ready soon. In the meantime, feel free to contact me with any questions you may have regarding the limited edition release.