Digital BW, The Print

Mark,

This type of discussion appears once or twice a year on art lists and 
there are no hard and fast rules but Harvey´s comment:

At 17:54 -0500 2/12/01, SKID Photography wrote:
>If you are looking for a marketing ploy, the the world is your 
>oyster in the naming department.  But
>academically they are 'inkjet prints'.

sums it all up.........marketing ploy

>
>1. Advised by my gallery person that you can mix sizes within an
>edition. This surprised me. I print in two sizes: 24x30 and 12x15
>(paper size). She says I could mix between those two sizes
>within an edition of, say, 50.

This is a common practice which many artists are no happy about 
because they see it as a way to make an "unlimited"  limited 
editions. Just keep changing the size. This could damage their name. 
The standard "correct" procedure is to increase the price as the 
number of unsold prints reduces. Digital printing is creating a bit 
of a moral dilemma in so far as we can all produce a  unlimited 
Limited Edition by making minor changes to the original.

>
>2. I put in five pieces in this current christmas show. Image size
>was 7.75" square; framed size was 15x15". I priced them at
>$300. She said the price would definitely drop if it was an "open
>edition". (Again, to be clear, I'm a newcomer and have no
>"name"; at this point I'm just trying to make a few sales and learn
>the business a bit. I was clueless as how to price them).


You also have to take into consideration perceived value, if you sell 
it cheap people will think its cheap. $300 was the going price for an 
inkjet print as of some 6 months again. People with no "name" are 
usually advised not to undersell their work.

>
>4. I called my description: "Photograph: Carbon Pigment on
>Coated Watercolor Paper". (This described Gen4 pigments on
>ESFA). Might not be the best description, but I liked it.

Again, Harvey is right.....honest and simple. I call mine carbon 
pigment or dye inkjet prints on acid free paper.

I would recommend the painting 2000 list, 
http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/painting-2000
where you will find a consensus of opinion  on all your questions in 
the archives at:
http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/painting-2000/

Jerry.

Jerry.