Audrey Kawasaki print from Pressure Printing

The talented artisans at Pressure Printing are now offering this lovely intoglio print by the amazing Audrey Kawasaki. A limited edition of 50, the 8-3/4" x 12-3/4" print is embossed and hand-colored by Audrey. The work is titled Okimiyage, which means "a parting gift" or a "rememberance."
Audrey Kawasaki print (Pressure Printing)

Previously on BB:
• Audrey Kawsaki: Juxtapoz profile
• Audrey Kawasaki interview on MacTribe
• Audrey Kawasaki at Roq La Rue

[#1 posted by Davin , June 30, 2008 10:18 AM]

Anyone want to spot me $1,500? I'm good for it. Totally.

[#2 posted by insomma , June 30, 2008 10:34 AM]

"Intaglio" How on earth does the price not change based on which print out of the 50 you actually get?

1/50 equals the same as 50/50?

[#3 posted by twig , June 30, 2008 10:39 AM]

#2, why would a limited edition run of 50 have individual prints of varying prices?

50's not exactly a big number.

[#4 posted by insomma , June 30, 2008 10:46 AM]

Because The first print is always the highest quality. Each time you run the plate through the press, a certain ammount of wear usually results on the plate itself- at least this is true for wood, copper and zinc. So if you held up the first and the last print, you would probably be able to see a difference in the sharpness of the line etc. 50 isn't a big number, that's true, and the artist has hand-colored all of them, but I always understood that the lower the number, the higher the quality of transfer. Maybe that's not the case with such a small addition...

[#5 posted by Liquid 2 , June 30, 2008 11:02 AM]

God, I wish I had that kind of money. I'd buy that in a heartbeat.

[#6 posted by stratosfyr , June 30, 2008 12:59 PM]

@4 - First come, first serve?

[#7 posted by Gary61 , June 30, 2008 1:38 PM]

Ms. Kawasaki always seems to paint her models w/ wide-set and mischievious eyes, pulls me in every time ....
I could totally fall for the girl in this painting ... but she's so fragile looking, I'm afraid I would crush her.

And the funny hat only makes her more alluring.

[#8 posted by cyclopticgaze , June 30, 2008 1:42 PM]

I can't imagine that there would be noticeable differences in print quality with a run of only 50. More than that, I don't think I've ever heard of lower numbered prints from a series being worth more because of their lower number. If anyone's heard of an example, I'd love to hear it.

I want so much art, but I have so little money. Gah

[#9 posted by Bek , June 30, 2008 2:16 PM]

It seems good art is always inaccessible.

[#10 posted by insomma , June 30, 2008 2:29 PM]

@8

Yeah, I think a lot of it actually has to do with the particular treatment of the plate- if you have a dry point, which is basically scratching into a plate with a stylus, the ridge you leave (which preserves the ink within after you wipe the plate and hence makes the line on the print) will possess a microscopic ridge, so to speak, and that wears down quickly with repeated printing.

I guess tomorrow I should take a closer look at these prints to figure out how they were made. Maybe this particular process isn't compromised by 50 runs through the press. For now though, it's bed time. (Nobody fork over $1500 until I get back!)

[#11 posted by Zig , June 30, 2008 5:16 PM]

Absolutely love her stuff...

Thank you BoingBoing for turning me onto her over a year or more ago.

And one day I will own one of her prints. Seems every time she issues one I either try to get it too late (even with head's up from her mailing list), or I'm just too light in the wallet at the time.

Oh well. Some day!

[#12 posted by Zig , June 30, 2008 6:13 PM]

@10 Insomnia:

You're safe...from me at least. Too light in the wallet right now to plunk the cash down for this.

Was just getting back up to date on her blog and saw this one: blog entry with pic. Oh! I really hope she one day releases it as a print. I want!