Original - Forum - Art Fair Insiders2024-03-29T07:44:54Zhttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/feed/tag/Original10 Tips For Buying Original Art For Your Homehttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/10-tipsfor-buying-original-art-for-your-home2014-03-12T21:08:23.000Z2014-03-12T21:08:23.000ZJacki Bilsborrowhttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/members/JackiBilsborrow<div><p>While doing some computer work today I came across this list. It is a guide to help the art patrons who are shopping at the art shows that most of you are doing. It is a concise list of ten things customers should keep in mind when they are shopping around for the perfect piece of art for a specific room in their home or office. I just thought I would pass this on to you all in case you have been looking for some information to have on hand with you at shows. I found this on the Webster Community Arts Foundation website and the art show they refer to in several of their tips is the Art & Air. You might want to change it up to remove that.</p>
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<p>I thought this was a good list and it might be helpful.</p>
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<p><a href="http://wcaf.org/10tipsforbuyingart/" target="_blank">http://wcaf.org/10tipsforbuyingart/</a></p></div>COA and Buyer Personal Informationhttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/coa-and-buyer-personal-information2013-09-03T19:45:51.000Z2013-09-03T19:45:51.000ZHilary Wiezbenskihttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/members/HilaryWiezbenski<div><p>Hi everyone! I have two quick questions about selling original artwork.</p>
<p>My first show is this weekend and since I am selling all original work should I offer certificates of authenticity with each piece?</p>
<p>Also I was talking to the local framer who is cutting my mats today and he said I should get the name, address, and phone number of anyone who buys an original. I had already been thinking I should probably do that. Do you guys do that?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p></div>ReConceived? Originalized (awful word)? What to call it anyway?https://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/reconceived-originalized-awful-word-what-to-call-it-anyway2012-05-29T00:35:56.000Z2012-05-29T00:35:56.000ZMark Johnsonhttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/members/MarkJohnson<div><p>Please excuse the length. I do go on.</p>
<p>Someone saw some of my work online and asked how to get their hands on a print. I'd uploaded some files to an online print-on-demand place (FineArtAmerica.com) and directed them there. I asked for feedback - the customer thought a couple of the prints were "faded". To my dismay I realized the files I'd loaded onto the site were of poor quality, the originals were long gone, and all I could do was remove the poor quality files from the print website. I wanted to do something for the customer, so I printed out a couple on 8 1/2 x 11 light card stock, coloured them in with micron ink, pencil & pencil crayon, and send them to her gratis. </p>
<p>The thing is, people have often wanted to see this particular work in colour (they are pencil drawings). So I did a few more of these hand-coloured prints. It is fun to see the difference, the changes & new possibilities from revisiting a done-deal so to speak.</p>
<p>My question is what do I call this product? I'd like a nice, expressive and informative term for it. I was at an art show last month where someone had drawn on an inkjet print & listed inkjet as one of the mediums of the piece (the show was supposed to be a pure drawing exhibition). Photographic and digital/giclee prints are often reworked by hand. I haven't seen quite the same thing as what I do though, and wondered what to label it. I will be taking part in a show in the fall that only allows original pieces, no prints. Does my work (each one has had 3-6 hours of work put into it, and generally the original inkjet has been completely covered over) qualify as an original piece, or will it always be a reproduction?</p>
<p>Here is an example of an original pencil drawing, the lightly imaged print that I re-work, and the finished product. BTW this particular body of work I call my Tree Dancers.</p>
<p>original pencil "Lotus Dancer"</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1062456076?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="600" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1062456076?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="600" style="padding: 20px;" class="align-full"/></a>light print on card stock for re-creation of drawing </p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1062456932?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1062456932?profile=original" width="669" class="align-left"/></a></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1062456792?profile=original" target="_self"><br/></a><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1062455894?profile=original" target="_self"></a></p>
<p>finished re-created colour version of original Lotus Dancer drawn over print</p>
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<p></p></div>Buy/Sell, Production Studios, Impostershttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/forum/topics/buy-sell-production-studios-imposters2011-09-19T05:15:10.000Z2011-09-19T05:15:10.000ZCarroll Swayzehttps://www.artfairinsiders.com/members/CarrollSwayze<div>We all know the economy is a bit weak right now. Artists are struggling to make sales and shows are trying to enforce their own rules. Everyone needs some help. I'm writing a booklet to help everyone recognize buy/sell, help show directors oust production studios and help artists and shows stop imposters from taking our spaces and competing for our sales. I need your help. If you see something fishy out there, take a picture, get a card, write down a name. You can do it anonymously if your worried, I'll take the heat. I'll do the research. Call me (941) 266-6434, e-mail me: SwayzeArt@msn.com, or say hi at a show. It's time for us to stand up together and protect our livelihoods! Together we can make a difference.</div>