Just an update on our last Print Offer—Arduina Caponigro (Mrs. John Paul) and Caponigro Arts Executive Director Diane Walsh have informed me that all of the prints from our last print offer have now been shipped. If yours hasn't arrived by about ten days from now, you should contact Caponigro Arts, or me.
Has anyone gotten theirs? I'm curious to know what you think. I've gotten a number of glowing comments by private email...
Big thanks to everybody who participated. Our next sale starts one week from now!
Mike
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Featured Comments from:
MarkB: "Received mine last week (up here in the Great White North), and was surprised by how deep the colors are, as well as how big the whole sheet is (my framing ideas are changing now that I have it in my hands). Compared to my expectations based on the little screen jpegs, the proximity of the two images is much more balanced in person. A wonderful print!"
Paul Bien: "Does anyone have any ideas about how best to frame the Caponigro print(s)? Specifically, would you have a mat cut to frame both prints together, or would you have a mat cut with 2 separate holes, thus having a bit of mat board separating the prints? What might be a good final frame size?"
Mike replies: I can tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to have my framer mount the whole sheet behind a spacer, so the frame is the same size as the sheet and all you see is the sheet. Probably with a dark and somewhat wider than usual metal frame, but I haven't picked that yet. I might have to rethink this plan if it requires the print to be mounted, because I wouldn't want to do that.
How many prints were shipped? I have not seen this information stated anywhere. As a limited edition, isn't this something which the purchasers should be told?
Posted by: Michael Farley | Thursday, 24 October 2013 at 02:54 AM
Mine arrived in Melbourne Oz today. Very nice, thank you.
Posted by: Michael Bearman | Thursday, 24 October 2013 at 03:00 AM
Mine arrived almost 2 weeks ago. I cut my own mat with just one window, left a little space below so that the signatures would show. I centered the window in the mat, but I don't really like it that way, so when I brought it to my framer the suggested they could trim the top of the mat so that the window is a bit higher in the mat. I chose a charcoal colored wood frame, about 1" square face, and this amazing glazing I'd never seen before ... because, really, you CAN'T see the glazing. There is absolutely not reflection looking at it from any direction. It's costly stuff but this is a special print so worth it.
Do we know how many of these were eventually printed? The 'edition' size?
Posted by: Gordon Reynolds | Thursday, 24 October 2013 at 02:14 PM
Mike, why wouldn't you want your print mounted?
[Hi Duncan, It's not considered good practice by archivists and preservationists for original art. --Mike]
Posted by: Duncan | Thursday, 24 October 2013 at 05:04 PM
With a fiber sheet of this size would one not eventually see some warping (rolling) of the image if not mounted to the backing mat? If I remember correctly this is Velvet Fine Art and may not lay as flat as a baryta paper.
Paul
Posted by: Paul Bien | Friday, 25 October 2013 at 10:21 AM
I did the same as Gordon above. Looks great and I'm proud to own and display images from this dynamic duo!
Posted by: jerry g | Saturday, 26 October 2013 at 08:27 AM
In a word: stunning. Pleased on so many levels with this. Framing is a challenge, to be sure - to give each photograph its just due. But what a challenge to have!
Posted by: Ernest Zarate | Monday, 28 October 2013 at 12:54 AM