Digital BW, The Print

On 3/10/05 12:50 AM, "steve208242" sent the following verbage:
 
> For the first time I have been invited to contribute to a group
> selling show. I will be supplying the gallery with 4 b/w images from
> my epson 4000, the images will be 20" on the long side and framed in
> 80cm x 60 cm frames, titled, numbered (350 in the edition) and signed.
> 
> I will be offering smaller prints of these images (12" on the long
> side). My question is... do I start the edition sequence again for the
> smaller prints? ie: another edition of 350 prints for the smaller
> size. What is the norm in these situations.
> 
> Apologies if it's a stupid question... I'm new to this gallery thing.

So am I, but a gallery contacted me this year out of the blue, I have eight
pieces that have been up since April 11 and will continue to be exhibited
thru the end of March. I asked friends their opinions on editioning and
numbers, as they've had experience.. The gallery wanted this work editioned
and I've always thought it primarily focused on prints that change thru the
print run due to the degradation of the plates etc. Not to prints that will
in essence be the same throughout, and are not printed at the same time.

I chose to edition the eight images in the series in sets of 20, available
in two sizes, 11 x 14 and 16 x 20, 20 each size size. Some have an open size
policy, set the edition number, and then sell the print size requested, no
matter the size, the edition number then increases. I gather there are no
set rules, and that it's all about marketing. But one thing that all agreed
upon, was to keep the editions small in number.

The smaller prints, 8x10, of the same series are open ended.

Good luck with your show.
Carolyn