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LIMITED EDITIONS

There's a limit to the number of copies we produce. Once we've sold out of an edition, no more prints of any format will ever be made. Though we reserve the right to reproduce images for publicity or information purposes: (which means magazine/newspaper articles, books, etc.) We now only sell work printed by hand-made methods as limited editions - it's a very exclusive product with a high price tag.

each print in the edition is titled and given a serial number, usually shown like this:

TITLE / PRINT NUMBER / TOTAL NUMBER OF PRINTS MADE

usually near the artist's signature & title.

(example: 36/295 written here means this is print number 36 out of a total number of 295 prints of "SUNFLOWER (I)" produced)

OPEN EDITIONS

There's no limit - we print as many as people want to buy. Whilst they may not have rarity value of the limited editions, our open editions are still printed to the same high standards. We now use the giclee process for our open editions. This print process is normally reserved for limited runs, but we can offer it for open editions at an extremely attractive price because we carry out all work ourselves in our own print studio.

Open editions may or may not be signed (ours are) but they should NEVER be numbered. We believe the practice of numbering an open edition, whilst rare amongst professionals, is inherently misleading.

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY 

Often shortened to the C.O.A. in the art trade. This is a document which helps guard against piracy and show the work is genuine. For limited editions, the C.O.A. should always be code- numbered (this is a randomly generated number, a bit like a car's number-plate. It's different to the edition number).  We keep detailed records of which code number matches every print, and who bought what.

Prints sold through our stockists include a form for you to personally fill in and return to us, to register your print in your name.