[stingray]

Until recently all the prints that I owned that weren't up on my walls were kept in my closet in their tubes. One of these is an unsigned Grannies. About a month ago I fancied having a bit of a gander at the print. I took out the Grannies print (very carefully) and slowly rolled it out. I wanted to have a proper look at it so I went into the kitchen and took out 4 clean mugs from my cupboard to hold down the corners.

I admired the print and (although it is not my favourite, bit too pink) thought to myself that I must get it framed as soon as payday comes around.

I removed the mugs, only to discover that one of the mugs I had used had been ever so slightly wet. A gasp of horror, several frantic minutes of blowing, swearing and fanning later revealed a perfect half circle of ever so slightly raised paper on the edge of the print.

When I get it framed you won't really be able to see it unless you properly look for it but nonetheless it is pretty gutting to realise that my stupidity wiped off a sizable chunk of the print's value.

I was just wondering if any other forum members have done anything equally moronic or if I am the only one?

[numusic]

stingray said:

Until recently all the prints that I owned that weren't up on my walls were kept in my closet in their tubes. One of these is an unsigned Grannies. About a month ago I fancied having a bit of a gander at the print. I took out the Grannies print (very carefully) and slowly rolled it out. I wanted to have a proper look at it so I went into the kitchen and took out 4 clean mugs from my cupboard to hold down the corners.

I admired the print and (although it is not my favourite, bit too pink) thought to myself that I must get it framed as soon as payday comes around.

I removed the mugs, only to discover that one of the mugs I had used had been ever so slightly wet. A gasp of horror, several frantic minutes of blowing, swearing and fanning later revealed a perfect half circle of ever so slightly raised paper on the edge of the print.

When I get it framed you won't really be able to see it unless you properly look for it but nonetheless it is pretty gutting to realise that my stupidity wiped off a sizable chunk of the print's value.

I was just wondering if any other forum members have done anything equally moronic or if I am the only one?

sorry, you're the only one

[alvington89]

Best thing is to have a word with POW and explain what's happened. They usually keep copies to replace ones damaged in transit.
The only difference here being that you've inadvertently caused the damage yourself. They may be able to issue you with a new one with the same number provided that you send your damaged one back. My advice is give them a call and see what they say.

[alvington89]

O find it's best to use drawing pins to hold your print flat rather than mugs.








































Joke!

[stingray]

alvington89 said:

Best thing is to have a word with POW and explain what's happened. They usually keep copies to replace ones damaged in transit.
The only difference here being that you've inadvertently caused the damage yourself. They may be able to issue you with a new one with the same number provided that you send your damaged one back. My advice is give them a call and see what they say.

That didn't even occur to me. I'll give them a call tomorrow and see what they say. You never know. Thank you.

And thank you Nu - your comment was about as helpful as my girlfriend's. She said "Oooh, why did you use a wet mug?"

[numusic]

stingray said:

alvington89 said:

Best thing is to have a word with POW and explain what's happened. They usually keep copies to replace ones damaged in transit.
The only difference here being that you've inadvertently caused the damage yourself. They may be able to issue you with a new one with the same number provided that you send your damaged one back. My advice is give them a call and see what they say.

That didn't even occur to me. I'll give them a call tomorrow and see what they say. You never know. Thank you.

And thank you Nu - your comment was about as helpful as my girlfriend's. She said "Oooh, why did you use a wet mug?"

sorry, if it makes you feel better I know of someone who spilled his tea on a GWB, someone who' bought a cropped and faded GWB and yes, I really did once buy a photo of a GWB instead of the real thing in a scam

I've also seen several ripped, pinned and blutacked prints.. you are definitely not the first, and certainly not the last

[corblimeylimey]

Yeah, why did you use a wet mug? what's wrong with sellotape, blu tac, or a hot iron? ;D

[stuey09]

...or No Nails Glue if it's particularly curled.

[corblimeylimey]

I'm surprised the water has had such a bad effect, I'm sure that when my framer was talking about the conservation tape and it's possible future removal, that water would be used to dab away any residue.

It's possible that any effect you're noticing now may be gone in a day or so when it's fully dried.

Please let us know how it develops.

[Run Pig Run]

when putting my -fresh out the tube, curled to buggery- grenade girl in it's frame I was holding it at each end trying to lay it flat in the frame, as i lowered it down the four corners all folded inwards towards the middle. The sheer terror caused me to panic and as I rapidly lowered the print down towards frame my thumb creased the paper at one end causing an annoying crease the shape of a bomerang and around 5cm high.

you can bearly see it now its framed but its always there gnawing away at me everytime I pass, almost laughing at me or gently whispering: "fool, fool, fool".

[absyrd]

Time heals most of these wounds. If you've ever looked in Sotheby and Christie's catalogs, you see nearly every print listed undergoes some type of mistreatment along the way. I understand that it is a bit easier to take care of this stuff now knowing what others have done in the past, but you still have to expect quite a few to get damaged.

[corblimeylimey]

Whenever I do something stupid like that there is a massive intake of breath, shortly followed by lots of swearing.

I handle lots of art as part of my job (I scan it for reproduction). Years ago when I was using a drum scanner I had my worst accident with any art, a watercolour, which became unstuck from the rapidly spinning perspex drum, it shattered and torn into hundreds of tiny pieces within a few seconds.

I had to go to the bosses office with my hands cupped holding a pile of confetti and declare that I had an accident. Trouble was by then I'd got over the initial shock and saw the funny side so as the words were coming out a smirk appeared on my face, unfortunately my boss was just going into his shock stage.


P.S. do I get a prize for causing the most damage to an original piece of art?

[stingray]

corblimeylimey said:

Whenever I do something stupid like that there is a massive intake of breath, shortly followed by lots of swearing.

I handle lots of art as part of my job (I scan it for reproduction). Years ago when I was using a drum scanner I had my worst accident with any art, a watercolour, which became unstuck from the rapidly spinning perspex drum, it shattered and torn into hundreds of tiny pieces within a few seconds.

I had to go to the bosses office with my hands cupped holding a pile of confetti and declare that I had an accident. Trouble was by then I'd got over the initial shock and saw the funny side so as the words were coming out a smirk appeared on my face, unfortunately my boss was just going into his shock stage.


P.S. do I get a prize for causing the most damage to an original piece of art?

Brilliant. I laughed out loud when I read that. I can just imagine your face as the print turned to confetti. I imagine even worse when the print isn't yours.

I feel much better...

[Ågent ßacardi]

corblimeylimey said:

Whenever I do something stupid like that there is a massive intake of breath, shortly followed by lots of swearing.

I handle lots of art as part of my job (I scan it for reproduction). Years ago when I was using a drum scanner I had my worst accident with any art, a watercolour, which became unstuck from the rapidly spinning perspex drum, it shattered and torn into hundreds of tiny pieces within a few seconds.

I had to go to the bosses office with my hands cupped holding a pile of confetti and declare that I had an accident. Trouble was by then I'd got over the initial shock and saw the funny side so as the words were coming out a smirk appeared on my face, unfortunately my boss was just going into his shock stage.


P.S. do I get a prize for causing the most damage to an original piece of art?

Gosh!!! I bet the owner of that watercolor painting didn't find it quite as amusing as you (and we) did!! So what happened after the confetti-making process?

[taktheride]

corblimeylimey said:

P.S. do I get a prize for causing the most damage to an original piece of art?

That Wynn guy put his elbow through his Picasso canvas a few months ago, after inking a deal to sell it for like $135 million. Needless to say the buyer didn't want it any more.

[corblimeylimey]

agentbacardi said:

corblimeylimey said:

Whenever I do something stupid like that there is a massive intake of breath, shortly followed by lots of swearing.

I handle lots of art as part of my job (I scan it for reproduction). Years ago when I was using a drum scanner I had my worst accident with any art, a watercolour, which became unstuck from the rapidly spinning perspex drum, it shattered and torn into hundreds of tiny pieces within a few seconds.

I had to go to the bosses office with my hands cupped holding a pile of confetti and declare that I had an accident. Trouble was by then I'd got over the initial shock and saw the funny side so as the words were coming out a smirk appeared on my face, unfortunately my boss was just going into his shock stage.


P.S. do I get a prize for causing the most damage to an original piece of art?

Gosh!!! I bet the owner of that watercolor painting didn't find it quite as amusing as you (and we) did!! So what happened after the confetti-making process?

I got shouted at, luckily I didn't have do deal with the owner of the work. The owners of the business dealt with it, I didn't hear how it went, but it would have cost them (or their insurers) a fair bit.

[pezlow]

Is it just me or is your heart in your mouth every time you take a print out of it's tube? Especially POW purchases where there is not much tissue wrapping the print. I do prefer the way that some purchases come wrapped in brown paper, with plenty of excess at each end, so that they can be easily removed from the tube without damage.

[monkeypuzzle]

corblimeylimey said:

agentbacardi said:

Gosh!!! I bet the owner of that watercolor painting didn't find it quite as amusing as you (and we) did!! So what happened after the confetti-making process?

I got shouted at, luckily I didn't have do deal with the owner of the work. The owners of the business dealt with it, I didn't hear how it went, but it would have cost them (or their insurers) a fair bit.

OOPS!

[frank11]

pezlow said:

Is it just me or is your heart in your mouth every time you take a print out of it's tube? Especially POW purchases where there is not much tissue wrapping the print. I do prefer the way that some purchases come wrapped in brown paper, with plenty of excess at each end, so that they can be easily removed from the tube without damage.

Scares the crap out of me, everytime something comes from POW i spend about 10 mins trying to coax the print out of the tube. Worrying about finger prints creases etc, then handel the print like touching the Turin shroud, whilst my girlfriend watches shaking her head at me behaving like a mad man

[romanywg]

I'd love to see the speed POW put the prints into the tubes. That would probably be scary!

[jellya]

pezlow said:

Is it just me or is your heart in your mouth every time you take a print out of it's tube? Especially POW purchases where there is not much tissue wrapping the print. I do prefer the way that some purchases come wrapped in brown paper, with plenty of excess at each end, so that they can be easily removed from the tube without damage.

that's what Black Rat do. It works a treat.

[corblimeylimey]

Cotton gloves are a good idea, cheap from here.

www.pointpharmacy.com/shop/customer/search.php?substring=cotton%20gloves

To get safely out of the tube I grab hold of an inner corner of the print and wind it in and pull it out (hope that makes sense).

[Curley]

corblimeylimey said:

Cotton gloves are a good idea, cheap from here.

www.pointpharmacy.com/shop/customer/search.php?substring=cotton%20gloves

To get safely out of the tube I grab hold of an inner corner of the print and wind it in and pull it out (hope that makes sense).

Perfect sense

[irf2112]

I usually cut the tube in half with a lumberjack saw... You'll find you can get to the print quite easily, the plus side being you now have 2 prints not 1...

[taktheride]

being american.....I just bomb the tube looking for the print, then when I don't find the print, I just keep on bombing for the hell of it.

</end rant>

[Ågent ßacardi]

taktheride said:

being american.....I just bomb the tube looking for the print, then when I don't find the print, I just keep on bombing for the hell of it.

</end rant>

Hahahahaha!! Next, you call PoW about your messed up print, demanding that they replace it with "You're either with me or against me!"

[hexagonsun]

taktheride said:

being american.....I just bomb the tube looking for the print, then when I don't find the print, I just keep on bombing for the hell of it.

</end rant>

Either that or being american... will inject the tube with saturated fat, stamp mickey mouse on it and them force it onto the rest of the world...



Im just messing lol, i think emeriker is a lovely city.
;D