I have of late visited galleries and other events and discovered work being sold as 'Original Prints' and merely being a reproduction of a painting or other such image, mostly as a giclée. I have no problems with people buying this work, as perhaps the only way to afford a specific image, but it becomes increasingly frustrating to see them advertised as 'Original Prints'
'At it’s simplest, we define an original print as an artwork that has been manually printed by the artist (or with some processes, printed under the artist’s direct supervision). It is not a reproduction. The artist will have created an image on block, stone, plate or screen from which the final print is produced. They will choose the paper that the image is printed on and will determine the edition size of the print (the number of copies printed). Once printed, the artist will then number and sign each of the prints.'
This a direct copy from St Jude's web site, not an original but a copy, just like so many artworks claiming to be 'Original prints"
All my works are Original Lino prints or Original Collographs, no copies or any other reproduction methods. They are all hand printed and each piece is an original artwork created by my self. All to often an artwork advertised as "original print' is merely a copy of a painting or historical image. You will find none of that here.
