Tracey Emin "The Kiss" Print

Jun 2, 2011 3:06:25 GMT 1 James Baker said:

May 19, 2011 14:22:06 GMT 1 @thegreatarchitect said:

£100.00 For an edition of 1000 Am i missing something?
Anyone can hide behind a mono print Not for me

Rather than hiding behind an ill informed and provocative generalisation? - oooooo

Mono-printing rocks. Live and let print.

WRONG

[rottenredrooster]

Finally got round to taking a photo of the print for all of you asking...

Excuse the quality, it was taken on an iPad. Will take a better quality photo later.

[skitchy]

Looking forward to your better quality picture! White cube arn't shipping these till next week now...lame!

[rottenredrooster]

[rottenredrooster]

www.flickr.com/photos/rottenredrooster/5800589839/in/photostream

[gentlemental]

where's the signature/number?

[rottenredrooster]

Signature can be seen in the first image, bottom left. Number is also next to sig, but i didn't take a photo of it.

Thats not a crease on it is it RR?, camera angle i reckon?.

[rottenredrooster]

Jun 5, 2011 20:21:09 GMT 1 @wizzy said:

Thats not a crease on it is it RR?, camera angle i reckon?.

Got me paranoid there Wiz... just checked it and all is fine.

Haha sorry about that RR, camera angle then as i thought, phew!.

[rottenredrooster]

Jun 5, 2011 20:27:05 GMT 1 @wizzy said:

Haha sorry about that RR, camera angle then as i thought, phew!.

Phew, indeed.

Cracking image in the flesh.

[skitchy]

Nice, wasn't expecting the border to be like that...

Framing ideas?

[ruggs]

Jun 5, 2011 21:35:04 GMT 1 skitchy said:

Nice, wasn't expecting the border to be like that...

Framing ideas?

I asked Helen at White Cube if they had a framed example they could show me. She said they hadn't but Darbyshire had quoted them for framing it in a very simple white box frame. She sent me a picture of a "Suffer Love ll" to give me an idea.

[rottenredrooster]

Jun 5, 2011 21:54:43 GMT 1 ruggs said:

Jun 5, 2011 21:35:04 GMT 1 skitchy said:

Nice, wasn't expecting the border to be like that...

Framing ideas?

I asked Helen at White Cube if they had a framed example they could show me. She said they hadn't but Darbyshire had quoted them for framing it in a very simple white box frame. She sent me a picture of a "Suffer Love ll" to give me an idea.

Quite like then idea of a white box frame

[James Baker]

Jun 4, 2011 13:37:26 GMT 1 @thegreatarchitect said:

Jun 2, 2011 3:06:25 GMT 1 James Baker said:

Rather than hiding behind an ill informed and provocative generalisation? - oooooo

Mono-printing rocks. Live and let print.

WRONG

WHAT?

Hi tga

Thanks for your insightful response. As an avid 'mono-printer' I am interested by what you mean - hide behind a mono print? In my experiences of all the printing processes it's the least controlled or manufactured. As a process its very revealing.

Every mark is recorded - mistakes and all. That's integral to Emin's practise, isn't it? The need to reveal all. In that respect is it not the one of the most truthful processes she can work in? Where is the hiding?

[rsyok]

Hi James,

Im not familiar with monoprinting do you have a quick method description ? What is the differences between that and etching ?

My Kiss arrived Sat its superb and as you describe shows sublte markings.
From Emin International numbered under 50.

[gilsteph]

There is a web page for everything.....monoprints.com have a pretty description of the priocess/history

www.monoprints.com/info/monoprints.html

John Simpson does amazing monoprints (ink onto glass, and then transferred onto paper using brushes, his hand, etc etc)

[rsyok]

Cheers Gilsteph, I was going to wikipedia it but thought James could give an artists insight.
So monoprints are etchings 'Polymer gravure' is a plastic plate rather than acid etched metal plate.

[James Baker]

Jun 6, 2011 14:21:13 GMT 1 rsyok said:

Hi James,

Im not familiar with monoprinting do you have a quick method description ? What is the differences between that and etching ?

My Kiss arrived Sat its superb and as you describe shows sublte markings.
From Emin International numbered under 50.

Hi rsyok,

A mono-print is a one off. It is usually a picture resulting from a process of ink transfer from a surface onto paper. This can be achieved in a variety of ways , some complicated, such as the use of a printing press, others simply by reverse drawing.

Reverse drawing on ink is the process that I enjoy and I am guessing also Emin uses. The fact it states they are a mono-print is somewhat misleading. The original was a mono-print and these are an edition there of - whether they are giclee, silk screen or lithograph I am not sure.

This is a video I made of me mono-printing a few years back. It seems to a popular demonstration judging by its views. (can't embed it -help anyone?)

<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/l2ndjTV6yvk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The ink is rolled out. Paper is placed over the ink. When right, the consistency of the ink ensures that it only transfers onto the paper when pressure is applied. This means that any pressure will pick up ink (see the finger/palm print smudges on Emin's). Thats why I use a bridge to rest on. The process gives a reverse result and and will also leave a history of all marks made.




Here are examples of some of my prints here

www.yesyoucanistan.com/Exports.html

Hope all this helps.

cheers


James

[gentlemental]

So emIn ink on glass and hand roll each print?

[searchandrescue]

Thanks for this, nice demonstration of the technique.

[stringer64]

I tried mono-printing today for the first time at Edinburgh College of Art. I used the reverse drawing on ink method and am quite pleased with the results. here's one of my prints, including an unwanted thumb print!

[searchandrescue]

Jun 6, 2011 17:17:01 GMT 1 stringer64 said:

I tried mono-printing today for the first time at Edinburgh College of Art. I used the reverse drawing on ink method and am quite pleased with the results. here's one of my prints, including an unwanted thumb print!

Well done, excellent. Maybe the thumb print will become wanted in years to come who knows??

[ruggs]

Nice piece of work there Ian. Like it!

[searchandrescue]

Jun 6, 2011 17:17:01 GMT 1 stringer64 said:

I tried mono-printing today for the first time at Edinburgh College of Art. I used the reverse drawing on ink method and am quite pleased with the results. here's one of my prints, including an unwanted thumb print!

...puts me in mind of Charles Keeping.

[curiousgeorge]

[gentlemental]

seeing no hurry with the big faile, lapping this up instead...

[goose]

May 31, 2011 12:25:18 GMT 1 alexnh123 said:

these are available emininternational.myshopify.com/products/the-kiss-signed-limited-edition-print

Cheers. Nice little present for me ma. ;D

[rsyok]

Great printing info and examples James & Stringer quite inspiring to get inky.

Only 18 eminem prints left

[goose]

Jun 7, 2011 22:05:15 GMT 1 rsyok said:

Great printing info and examples James & Stringer quite inspiring to get inky.

Only 18 eminem prints left

Where does it say how many are left?