June 3, 2009
“ignore everybody” cube grenades: the new small print series
[“Dinosaur”]
[“Hughtrain”]
[“Quality”]
[“Talked”]
A week ago I wrote that we’d be producing some new prints based on some of the cartoons appearing in my book, IGNORE EVERYBODY.
After receiving a lot of feedback from y’all, we decided on the four designs above. Here are some notes:
1. They’ll be smaller. Approx 9.5“x14”, roughly the same dimensions as my Mac laptop.
2. They’ll be more affordable. Circa $125.00 US, $400.00 for the complete set of four.
3. They’ll be of the same high-quality. They’ll be silk-screened by hand. Old School. They’ll be signed and numbered by me. Because they are more affordable, they’ll be larger editions, say, 800 or so. We could have saved money if we used digital printing, but we decided against it — hand pulled serigraphs, still.
4. Finding Space: We realized that about 35% of each edition done so far is being purchased by the same group of people. Many of them are saying, we want to collect, but we are running out of wall space. So these images are of a size that can be framed and hung on a small wall, several at a time. Or maybe people will do what I do i.e. keep the images in a small portfolio, for taking out when they have meetings, or entertaining. In any case, it seems to me that making lower cost, true high-quality, limited editions, lots more people will be able to enjoy them. No worries for those with big walls, I am going to continue to do the larger images as well.
Over the next week, I’ll be working out all the details with this new size. Watch this space.
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Awesome. I’m really glad you’re sticking with the old school production instead of going digital.
Still wish you’d do a trade.
Peace.
Awesome, Hugh!
I use ‘Quality isn’t…’ as one of my business cards and it’s the one that always gets comments.
This will be perfect for the new home office.
Keep up the great thoughts!
PG
Awesome, Hugh!
I use ‘Quality isn’t…’ as one of my business cards and it’s the one that always gets comments.
This will be perfect for the new home office.
Keep up the great thoughts!
PG
Now that the size is Mac laptop you can start selling stickers that fit onto our laptops…
Laptop Grenades.
I will be buying one or two of those as soon as you make them available.
Great choice, all favorites of mine! Do you ship to Germany, too? If yes, I order the complete set.
@Matt: Great idea — laptop grenades!
Two of my faves! hoorah! (Dinosaur and Quality) Glad to see you hitting another price point, even I might be able to afford one.
But now you’re going to make me choose one…
Your work stops us in our tracks, we’re so inundated with slick and smooth and “perfect.” It’s nice to see the work of the hand visible again – its own perfection.