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how to get more info on orphan works bills

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Following the so-called orphan works legislation,H.R. 5889 and S. 2913, and/or taking action?
To follow the Senate bill go to http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-2913.
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/  is a great resource for information on the proposed legislation. They oppose the legislation and offer sample letters and talking points, including a suggestion as to how international artists should make their opinions known.

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Working Artist

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Setting up the database is not my favorite thing to do in the studio obviously, but it is what I have been spending most of my time on for over a week, maybe that’s why I look so glum in the shot above! It was a thrill to actually put the database to good [...]

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standard frame sizes and square paintings and prints

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

I wrote this post back when my printer was new and I was involved with a couple groups of artists looking into offering prints of their paintings. I have been waiting to post it until I had a photo of some of my framed prints. I finally took one at last Friday’s Holiday Sale and [...]

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don’t forget the cost of doing business when you calculate the prices of your paintings and fine art prints

Saturday, June 2, 2007

Professional artists must price their work the same everywhere they sell. There is a cost of selling whether a dealer or gallery handles the sale for you, you jury into a show and pay for a 10′ x 10′ space, or you sell in an online venue. The only difference is WHO spends the time [...]

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offering fine art prints of your paintings

Friday, June 1, 2007

There has been some discussion among the members of the Visual Artist Street Team at Etsy regarding the decision to offer prints. I was writing the group a really long letter about my decision to offer and create my own prints when I realized that I have learned quite a few things about the [...]

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cutting foam core

Thursday, May 24, 2007

The traditional advice for cutting foam core is to make two passes, one through the top layer of paper and foam and the second through the bottom later of paper. How tedious. After many trials (and errors), I have found that I can make very clean and straight cuts with just one pass of [...]

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comparison of four papers for fine art prints

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

I promised to show some of the different papers I have experimented with as I begin producing some of my own fine art prints. I took this photo under a cloudy sky with the papers resting on a blank canvas. I found it interesting to see that the Somerset Velvet White is the [...]

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now I’m a fine art printer!

Monday, May 14, 2007

After pricing fine art prints and then having a print job come back to me with the colors way off, I decided to improve my printing capabilities. I can now offer prints of all my paintings! It’s been amazing to see the quality of these prints and so much fun to watch a [...]

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