Comments on: Infernal Methods: some thoughts on the nature of the print By Michael Kennedy https://printmakerscouncil.com/infernal-methods-some-thoughts-on-the-nature-of-the-print-by-michael-kennedy/ Promoting the art of printing Fri, 04 Dec 2020 09:28:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Michael Kennedy https://printmakerscouncil.com/infernal-methods-some-thoughts-on-the-nature-of-the-print-by-michael-kennedy/#comment-8056 Fri, 04 Dec 2020 09:28:46 +0000 https://printmakerscouncil.com/?p=23148#comment-8056 In reply to Theresa Taylor.

Thank you Theresa (Taylor) I do agree it’s about honesty. I don’t have any arguments against giclee prints or ‘art prints’ as they now seem to be called but passing them off as original works rather than reproductions is fundamentally dishonest. Giclee as a process is just that, a process like any other which we shouldn’t be reluctant to use.

]]> By: Michael Kennedy https://printmakerscouncil.com/infernal-methods-some-thoughts-on-the-nature-of-the-print-by-michael-kennedy/#comment-8005 Thu, 19 Nov 2020 20:27:24 +0000 https://printmakerscouncil.com/?p=23148#comment-8005 In reply to Mary Gillett.

Thank you for your comments Mary – I think the debate will roll on for a bit longer!

]]> By: Michael Kennedy https://printmakerscouncil.com/infernal-methods-some-thoughts-on-the-nature-of-the-print-by-michael-kennedy/#comment-8004 Thu, 19 Nov 2020 20:23:27 +0000 https://printmakerscouncil.com/?p=23148#comment-8004 In reply to Theresa Taylor.

Thank you Theresa. I don’t know about David’s involvement but he alerted us to the existence of the BSI, which in retrospect I should have perhaps made clear.

]]> By: Michael Kennedy https://printmakerscouncil.com/infernal-methods-some-thoughts-on-the-nature-of-the-print-by-michael-kennedy/#comment-8003 Thu, 19 Nov 2020 20:20:15 +0000 https://printmakerscouncil.com/?p=23148#comment-8003 Thank you Sarah, and thanks for your comments.

]]> By: Theresa Taylor https://printmakerscouncil.com/infernal-methods-some-thoughts-on-the-nature-of-the-print-by-michael-kennedy/#comment-8002 Thu, 19 Nov 2020 13:59:55 +0000 https://printmakerscouncil.com/?p=23148#comment-8002 This was really helpful, thank you. It pulled together a lot of thoughts I’ve had over the past years and how I have wrestled with my own ‘rule bound’ views. Having started printmaking in the early 1970’s I have grown through some of these changes in attitude and have shed many of my old views. I think the debate about the process and what is an original print is multi facetted and I feel that much of the problem ( for me ) is about honesty and the public being made fully aware of what they’re are buying. I have had numerous family/friends report buying a giclée print having thought that they have bought an original print and very upset to discover what they’ve actually bought.

]]> By: Theresa Pateman https://printmakerscouncil.com/infernal-methods-some-thoughts-on-the-nature-of-the-print-by-michael-kennedy/#comment-8001 Thu, 19 Nov 2020 12:02:22 +0000 https://printmakerscouncil.com/?p=23148#comment-8001 Thank you so much Michael. Very interesting comments too.
I am going to print this on my inkjet printer, and use it as a handout for discussion in Printmaking classes. Further to that, it’s so good to have this on the PMC website, it opens up the debate, it is something to refer to when many people ask questions, I haven’t really had anywhere to send them.
What now will happen with the BSI print standard, can it be revived and added to? Thanks also to David Atherton who contacted us through the facebook page, and got the whole thing rolling again, is he involved?

]]> By: Mary Gillett https://printmakerscouncil.com/infernal-methods-some-thoughts-on-the-nature-of-the-print-by-michael-kennedy/#comment-7999 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 21:27:43 +0000 https://printmakerscouncil.com/?p=23148#comment-7999 Yes many thanks indeed. Very interesting re. the BSI info. I think in North America they categorize prints more rigorously than we do and I have always thought we should follow suit so that, at least, buyers know exactly what they’re purchasing. I frequently get up on my soap box about the distinction between an original limited edition and a reproduction. So many people still don’t understand the difference. And I still hear galleries complaining about people saying they don’t buy prints because they think of the medium as inferior, often because they’re confused about the distinction. I also struggle when I attempt to communicate the idea of a digital print being an original – even some printmakers struggle with the idea – and, like you, I find this surprising because I thought the battle was over too. I, myself, am a traditional printmaker specialising in etching, but am passionate about the importance of keeping an open mind to all forms of change and innovation in printmaking, having always been aware and averse to the potential for parochialism that you mention. It seems strange to me that we should even have to mention it really! I choose to use etching to express my ideas but I’m definitely not defined by it. I very strongly agree that there should be a British Standard and look forward to resolving the constant debate over the definition of a print which has been going on as long as I can remember (and that is quite a long time now!!).

]]> By: Michael Kennedy https://printmakerscouncil.com/infernal-methods-some-thoughts-on-the-nature-of-the-print-by-michael-kennedy/#comment-7998 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:27:37 +0000 https://printmakerscouncil.com/?p=23148#comment-7998 In reply to Ros Morley.

Thank you Ros.

]]> By: Michael Kennedy https://printmakerscouncil.com/infernal-methods-some-thoughts-on-the-nature-of-the-print-by-michael-kennedy/#comment-7997 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:27:16 +0000 https://printmakerscouncil.com/?p=23148#comment-7997 In reply to Dan Romer.

Thank you Dan – good to have your comments and hear about your own practice.

]]> By: Michael Kennedy https://printmakerscouncil.com/infernal-methods-some-thoughts-on-the-nature-of-the-print-by-michael-kennedy/#comment-7996 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 15:25:48 +0000 https://printmakerscouncil.com/?p=23148#comment-7996 In reply to Sue Ribbans.

Thank you Sue.

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