About this project
Creating a handmade portfolio book of 20 fine art images has been a bucket list item for awhile. When this portfolio is finished it will include a new signature series of images that will be created and transferred to the paper made in the studio. The images will be transferred or direct printed onto handmade paper using a variety of transfer and printing techniques. The original paintings were all mixed media, most of them pigment and oil.
All of the paper that the images will be transferred to or printed on will be made in my studio using a variety of pulp types . The primary sheets will be cotton or linen that is debossed in the paper-making process. The slip sheets will also be hand pulled using a modified Japanese sheet forming method.
While one can get a variety of beautiful handmade papers from various artist I wanted to have full creative control of the pulp as well as any type of embossing or water marks that is done on the paper.
As I am not a skilled bookbinder at this time I will take the paper and images I have created and have them bound using a skilled artisan. I will use a pinch leather cover.
The size of the project is much more that I can do processing pulp in a blender. The funds generated will be used to purchase a machine called a hollander beater. The hollander beater can process the quantity of pulp needed, the beater also beats the pulp as opposed to cutting it which yields a much higher quality paper. The majority of the funds for the beater are in place as are the other tools and equipment required for the creation of the pieces.
FAQ
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We will fulfill all of the pledge gifts within 30 days of notification that our project pledge goal was met.
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No, the gifts we will be giving for your generous pledges are prints not originals. Some are open edition prints, some are limited edition prints and the highest dollar pledge will be getting an Artist Proof.
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An open edition print is a print that has no limit on the number of prints available and generally are not signed or numbered. Our open edition prints for this project will be signed.
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A limited edition print is a print that has a certain number of prints in a specific size on a specific substrate. For example our Limited Edition Signature Series print on handmade paper is limited to an edition of 100. No more than 100 prints of each of this series on handmade paper will be printed.
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I am using the term "Artist Proof" loosely. Here is what Wikipedia says about artist proofs.
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"An artist's proof is, at least in theory, an impression of a print taken in the printmaking process to see the current printing state of a plate while the plate (or stone, or woodblock...) is being worked on by the artist. A proof may show a clearly incomplete image, often called a working proof or trial impression, but in modern practice is usually used to describe an impression of the finished work that is identical to the numbered copies.[1] There can also be printer's proofs which are taken for the printer to see how the image is printing, or are final impressions the printer is allowed to keep; but normally the term "artist's proof" would cover both cases.
Artist's proofs are not included in the count of a limited edition, and sometimes the number of artist's proofs, which belong to the artist, can be surprisingly high at twenty or more. By convention, the artist is not supposed to sell these all at one time.
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So what I am talking about with our artist proofs is that they are 5 signature series prints that will be hand embellished by me. The only way they differ from the limited edition prints is the embellishment.
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To give you the background these original paintings are mixed media. in most cases the originals are pigment and oil a very few cases the originals were pigment and acrylic. The pledge gifts again are all prints.
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The website is www.timoneillstudio.com. Thanks for looking at this project!
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Yep. In the spirit of Kickstarter I am referring to pledges when I talk about donations in my video. I mistakenly called it a donation which is not accurate. A donation is where one would give money to support something they are passionate about and getting nothing in return. The beauty of Kickstarter is that it is based on a pledge system. We get to support some wonderfully creative projects and people that we are passionate about but we get a reward of some type in return for our pledge. How cool is that?
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5 sheets of 8x10 handmade paper and an 5x7 open edition photo of Chief Joseph OR Grampa Louies truck. Image will be matte finish on photo paper. Shipped to CONUS only. This is a great opportunity to grab this print if you like either of them, in the studio and at shows this same print without the sheets of handmade paper is priced at 30$-40$.
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10 sheets hand made stationary paper and envelopes to go with them. 8x10 open edition photo of Chief Joseph OR Grampa Louie's truck. Image will be matte finish on photo paper. Shipped to CONUS only. This is a great opportunity to grab this print if you like either of them, in the studio and at shows this same print without the sheets of handmade paper is priced at 75$-100$.
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Open Edition Print on handmade paper, Paper 8x10 print is 5x7. Plus 10 sheets hand made stationary paper and envelopes to go with them. This print at shows are priced at 150$.
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Open Edition 11x14 print on handmade paper, matted to 16x20. The matt is off-white acid free.
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Limited Edition Signature Series print on handmade paper. Print size is roughly 8x10 mounted to 16x20. These prints after rolling out the signature series will be priced at $750-1200$. Edition in the signature series will be limited to 100 prints. The difference between these and the prints above are that these will be limited edition and the above are open edition.
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Special thank-you page in portfolio. An 11x14 Signature series Artist Proof of one of my images printed on handmade paper. Note: All of my Artist Proofs are limited to 5. Artist Proofs of the signature series after launch will be priced at $1500-$1700
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Tim began his career as a photographer working in a darkroom lab and processing film for a local company in his high school years. An express desire to travel and become a professional photographer led him to the US Navy in 1979. Trained as a photojournalist at the US Navy Schools of Photography in Pensacola, FL. Tim finished his Navy career as a combat photographer attached the Combat Camera Group at the Atlantic Fleet Audiovisual Command in Norfolk, VA.
Tim began study in fine art at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs in 1988. As a second year art student he switched to marketing and business. He graduated from Regis University with a BS in Business and Accounting. Since 1979, there have been many different directions of study Tim has pursued: fine art, photography, marketing, personal development and entrepreneurship. In 2006 Tim again began painting and experimenting with various mixed media. Today commissioned mixed media portraits are becoming more and more prevalent with discriminating clients.
Tim is the founder and CEO of Tim ONeill Studio and Prosperity Publishing Global, a company that specializes in producing educational materials for visual artists. Tim also founded Life By A Vision, an internet marketing company specializing in teaching and training fellow entrepreneurs abundance creation, personal development and business skills.
In 2012 Tim is taking a new direction to expand his commission and collector base by showing at Western Shows throughout the US.
