Today we’re releasing our newest project, “Okimiyage,” completed in conjunction with one of our favorites, Audrey Kawasaki.
We were excited about this one from the get go, but our high expectations were blown out of the water when we first saw Audrey’s drawing:
Audrey had certainly kept up her end of the bargain. Now it was our turn.
The print itself has been printed intaglio, on a handmade, custom-tailored paper, special-ordered from the incredible craftsmen at Twinrocker. It’s printed in a color that lies somewhere between sepia and lichen.
After pulling 71 satisfactory prints we sent the edition off to Audrey to be signed, numbered, and hand colored in pencil.
As an aside, sitting here with the entire edition infront of me, let me tell you that she hand-colored them with a precision that’s almost spooky. From first to last, the areas of pink added to the lips, cheeks, and shoulders are flippin’ identical.
After completing their second journey between Denver and LA, the prints were, after much back in forth about the wheres and the hows of it, decoratively embossed with a pattern drawn by Audrey and chopped with a miniature version of our new “fancy-chop.”
This intaglio-printed image has been pressed into a custom hand-made paper. Audrey has signed and numbered each print, and added hand-colored accents to the entire edition with pencil. In addition, the edges have been decoratively embossed, and the print comes archivally mounted in a built-from-scratch soft maple frame under UV-proof, glare-free, museum-quality glass.
AUDREY KAWASAKI: OKIMIYAGE
Edition: 50 + 10 Artist’s proofs, 10 Printer’s proofs, and 1 Bon à tirer
Print Size: 8 ¾” × 12 ¾”
Frame Size: 12” × 16”
Intaglio print made from an exclusive, original drawing
Printed on custom Twinrocker paper with Charbonnel inks
Hand-tinted in pencil by Audrey Kawasaki
Decoratively embossed with patterns drawn by Audrey Kawasaki
Signed & numbered by the artist
Archivally mounted in a handmade soft maple and birch frame under museum quality glass
Perforated, custom designed, signed & numbered Certificate of Authenticity
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