Platinum/palladium really doesn't lend itself to mass production. Carl reports that the printing of the sale prints is going slowly but surely, with a production of eight or nine prints a day settling in as a workable pace. At this point, the epic first printing session is drawing to a close and Carl will take a short break from printing to begin shipping. The first orders will depart Atelier Weese via Priority Mail early next week.
It looks now that it may take eight weeks from the close of the sale (April 30th) for all the orders to ship, meaning that shipping time would need to be added to that. However, since Carl will be shipping prints as he goes along, in several batches, most prints will arrive well before then, except for orders placed at the very end of the five-day sale period.
Mike
ADDENDUM: Some stats. There were 190 orders, 120 from the U.S. and 70 international.244 Pt/Pd prints were purchased, and 93 digital prints.
The distribution was:
Pike, 113 Pt/Pd, 41 digital
Motel, 65 Pt/Pd, 29 digital
Rock, 66 Pt/Pd, 23 digital
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How many of the orders were true "study collection" orders, obtaining both the Pt/Pd and the digital versions of the same image?
scott
Posted by: scott kirkpatrick | Sunday, 16 May 2010 at 03:31 AM
Scott, I don't have an exact search for that. However, of the 93 digital prints ordered, I don't think as many as 6 were ordered alone, without being part of a Pt/digital pair.
Posted by: Carl Weese | Monday, 17 May 2010 at 11:15 AM
My pt/pd print of "Pike" arrived today, and "no. 01" (if I can read Carl's writing) no less! I own other platinum prints, and have seen many more, and this is truly a thing of beauty. Thanks Carl and Mike for making this happen.
Posted by: David A. Goldfarb | Wednesday, 19 May 2010 at 12:32 PM
Hi David,
Re: my handwriting. Now you know why I sign on the back.
What the writing means is, "2001/2010", the creation dates of the negative and the print respectively.
Posted by: Carl Weese | Wednesday, 19 May 2010 at 04:53 PM
Thanks for the explanation, Carl. I also sign on the back. I think I need to take a drawing class to learn how to write my own name.
Posted by: David A. Goldfarb | Wednesday, 19 May 2010 at 07:44 PM
Received my two prints yesterday (5/20). Expecting a longer wait, so this was a GREAT surprise. Absolutely beautiful. Thanks Carl and Mike!
Posted by: Jhaugaard | Friday, 21 May 2010 at 11:32 AM
My print arrived today and Wow! This just might be the motivation I needed to put my digital camera aside for a while and break out my 8x10 again...
Posted by: Jeffrey Goggin | Monday, 07 June 2010 at 11:13 PM