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March 2, 2009

the next gapingvoid print: “corinthians”, $250 pre-order

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[“Corinthians”. Click on image to enlarge etc.]

[UPDATE: The “Corinthian” pre-orders are now sold out. Howe­ver, we do have some still avai­la­ble at the retail price i.e. $450. Click on Pay­Pal but­ton below to make a $100 depo­sit. Thanks for the sup­port, Everybody!]

[Click on Pay­pal but­ton to make $100 depo­sit etc.]
I first heard 1 Corinthians 13 read out in church when I was about nine or ten. Like a lot of things in the Bible, as a kid I found it puzz­ling at first. And over the years, it kept on giving new mea­ning to me. It never got old.
Paul’s most-quoted pas­sage from his let­ter to the Corinthians is one of those things in the Bible, like Psalm 23, that just gets bet­ter and bet­ter, the lon­ger you live.
In Angli­can circ­les, it’s pretty much requi­red rea­ding at wed­dings. I remem­ber when they read it at my sister’s wed­ding, ten years ago, and how much hap­pi­ness and depth it added to the occa­sion.
Anyone who has ever had it read out at their own wed­ding will know– it’s power­ful stuff. Which is what ins­pi­red me to make a dra­wing out of it.
When we asked peo­ple for feed­back on the next gaping­void print, “We Need To Talk” came out the win­ner. It’s now in pro­duc­tion and the pre-orders are now sold out.
That being said, there was a lot of backchan­nel inte­rest with “Corinthians”, as well. It was by no means a dis­tant second. Not to men­tion, it was a damn fine design and the mes­sage is time­less.
So what they heck, we deci­ded to make Corinthians avai­la­ble as a limi­ted edi­tion, as well.
Here are the details:

1. It’s going to be a sma­ller edi­tion. Ins­tead of an edi­tion of 85 like with “Blue­train” and “WNTT” We’re doing an edi­tion of 50. [UPDATE: BEca­sue demand for this print far excee­ded our expec­ta­tions, we made it an edi­tion of 75 in the end.]
2. Once its prin­ted, it’ll retail for $450 [plus ship­ping & hand­ling]. Like last time, you can pre-order the first 30 in the edi­tion at a dis­count, i.e. $250 [plus ship­ping and hand­ling]. To secure your order, please use the Pay­Pal but­ton above and make a $100 depo­sit. The Pay­Pal form will ask you for all your details [inc­lu­ding your pre­fe­rred ship­ping address], which of course we’ll have for our records. Why are we asking for a depo­sit? To weed out the spam­mers, fla­kes and trolls out there [This is the Inter­net, after all], lea­ving only com­mit­ted buyers in the mix. No other rea­son. This shall be our stan­dard prac­tice from now on.
3. The print will be ready to ship in 4 – 6 weeks. We’ll send you another Pay­Pal for the outs­tan­ding invoice once the prints are pac­ked and ready to be ship­ped.
4. The print will be the same size as the others [i.e. large, approx 21“x32”], hand-signed by me, and it goes without saying, the same high-quality inks and papers will be used.
5. If you have any ques­tions, please feel free to drop me an email at gapingvoidprints@gmail.com, and either Laura or Me will ans­wer them.

I’m exci­ted about this one. This Bibli­cal pas­sage has always meant a great deal to me, and as I’ve been deligh­ted to find out via blog com­ments and emails, it turns out it means a great deal to a lot of other gaping­void rea­ders, as well. So it’s loo­king like it’s going to be a great little pro­ject.
Once Again, thank you for your love and sup­port. Rock on.
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Tags: 1 Corinthians 13, gapingvoid Prints, Limited Edition Prints, Psalm 23

5 Responses to “the next gapingvoid print: “corinthians”, $250 pre-order”

1. Anonymous says:

   March 7, 2009 at 10:04 PM

   Hugh — I think it’s great that you’re able to leve­rage this blog and your sig­ni­fi­cant audience to sell your prints. They’re really cool and you’ve put a lot of work into the blog for a long time without making a dime. You’ve been giving your art away for free for years.I totally get that. It just feels like the ratio of ori­gi­nal thought posts to sales pitches has been a bit out of balance recently. The large majo­rity of your mas­sive audience comes to your site for a very spe­cif rea­son — and I’m not so sure it’s to buy art. Maybe this shift is inten­tio­nal. Who knows, I could be totally off base.
2. Nelson Guedes says:

   March 9, 2009 at 12:48 AM

   Oh wow! No com­ments so far?
   I love that scrip­ture too. It has always been my favo­rite. I was actually sur­pri­sed to see it here, since most peo­ple I’ve tal­ked to in the past did not know of it!
   Inci­den­tally, I “think” the scrip­ture means a lot more then love, as in marriage or rela­tionship. Let’s not for­get God equa­tes him­self with Love (if you read the whole chap­ter, you will learn about the “mys­tery”). I could write a lot about it, but will be brief and simply say that God can­not be unders­tood by the mind, but He can be unders­tood through Love. But the tricky part is that this “Love” is a lot more then just a fee­ling.
   Just my 2 cents…
3. Colin Gilchrist says:

   March 10, 2009 at 9:36 AM

   Being back in Texas is rub­bing off methinks!
   Good call — liking your action sir.
   C x
4. Michelle Greer says:

   March 10, 2009 at 10:18 AM

   Thank you, Hugh. When I look back at my life, the most suc­cess I’ve had was in the moments when I thought of Scrip­ture the most. It gui­des so much of my life, but no one seems to men­tion it in 2.0.
   I know you are somewhat for­going the mar­ke­ting biz for the print biz, but I always liked this pas­sage for mar­ke­ters:
   Matthew 5:14 – 16
   Essen­tially, if you have something of value, you should show it to peo­ple. You shouldn’t hide it. It is sel­fish.
   Any­way, I hope this print gives someone hope and ins­pi­ra­tion to someone who didn’t have it.
5. Scott Townsend says:

   March 11, 2009 at 7:32 AM

   …a breath of fresh air. God’s love for us is so cool.