Hanging out with a few new platinum prints at the gallery a couple days ago...
Top images are from 5.5x14 negs, the waterfall is a cropped 8x10,
"Landscapes exist in the material world yet soar in the realms of the spirit..." Tsung Ping, 5th Century China
Nice Vaughn, didn’t see any show announcement, what gallery? What are the dates?
Roger
Oh...just a local show in a cooperative gallery I belong to here in Humboldt County. My sister was in town and snapped the photo on Friday morning and the show came down the next day after I got my 2nd vac shot. The show was a great excuse to do new printing and get things matted and in frames. These are home now and I get to enjoy them, as I had framed them only a day of two before I had to hang them. One or two of the 5.5x14 prints (framed 12x22) might go back into the gallery -- we are given around 4'x8' of wall space each normally...but each member expands into the front space once a year. So I always have work up -- just not as much. There were three new 5x7 platinums framed 11x14 in the show that will go back into the gallery...they are pretty sweet, too...includes the one below that I have shown here before, but finally matted and framed it.
Also, here is the front of the gallery -- I rode my bike in and met my sister. I also took the creek image while taking a ~25 mile ride on the bike (mixed single-track/dirt road/pavement).
PS -- The Arcata Artisans Cooperative Gallery, On the Arcata Plaza
"Landscapes exist in the material world yet soar in the realms of the spirit..." Tsung Ping, 5th Century China
Very cool--I'm curious if you have a particular aesthetic when it comes to providing a white rebate around the print area, since some of the images seem offset within the frame. It's a neat effect, though it might be to just give you more space to write down the pricing options...
Generally about a half inch more weight on the bottom...sometimes a little more with vertical images. Aim for about 3" to 4" of mat border. Still working on mat sizes for 11x14s -- 12x22 for the half-frame seems to be good...so for full frame I might try 18x22 and save the 16x20 frames for the 8x10s.
No pricing (size) options - contacts only...
"Landscapes exist in the material world yet soar in the realms of the spirit..." Tsung Ping, 5th Century China
Excellent, that's great info--especially like the effect on your skinny portrait orientation works.
It is all so objective. I have been using 12x16 for 5x7s and 4x10s. It is so handy to keep the number of different frame sizes down. But I matted three 5x7s in 11x14 frames for this last show and I think I'll continue...and save the 12x16 frames for the 4x10 images.
"Landscapes exist in the material world yet soar in the realms of the spirit..." Tsung Ping, 5th Century China
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