Spring Cleaning, Birth and Renewal, Stuff Like That
I decided to let my existing stock of krylographs and block prints on paper sell out, and not make any more of those images for a while. I'm gonna make some new pictures first, I think.
I was up to about 20, what would you call 'em, designs? for each of the stencil pics and the prints. That's kind of a lot to keep in stock, especially when you figure each round of each design ends up being about 7-11 pictures. Multiply that by 40, and you've got a decent chunk of storage space. What with the suits of armor and rare jewels on display around the HQ, it got a little tight when I was in full swing on all of 'em for Xmas.
Why make pictures I can even come close to calling "designs?" To keep the cost down, which means more people can buy 'em. $20 isn't an interior-design-budget choice, it's an impulse buy. I myself can't afford to buy an $800 painting. Even if I could, well, that's a couple of guitars, y'know? I make pictures that are affordable, and I like that. To still make a decent hourly wage, well, the time it takes me to make 'em had to come down, and so: prints and stencil paintings.
There are some 500 El Reys out in the world, and when the people who own 'em have guests over to their homes or work cubicles, that's a couple more people who get to see 'em, and hopefully, get a nice little art jolt, or at least a "Heh." I couldn't generate nearly as many of 'em if I was making nothing but original paintings for $$. If I did nothing but make fancy paintings, I'd probably do OK and all; but if that's all I'd ever done, would I get to say that I have that many pictures out in the world? Not for another decade or two. I love having 500 pictures I made out there. As sappy as it seems, it makes me feel like I'm doing some good, sprinkling "heh"s across the world.
Some of the designs were a couple of years old. Time for some new ones. I'll make more.
I was up to about 20, what would you call 'em, designs? for each of the stencil pics and the prints. That's kind of a lot to keep in stock, especially when you figure each round of each design ends up being about 7-11 pictures. Multiply that by 40, and you've got a decent chunk of storage space. What with the suits of armor and rare jewels on display around the HQ, it got a little tight when I was in full swing on all of 'em for Xmas.
Why make pictures I can even come close to calling "designs?" To keep the cost down, which means more people can buy 'em. $20 isn't an interior-design-budget choice, it's an impulse buy. I myself can't afford to buy an $800 painting. Even if I could, well, that's a couple of guitars, y'know? I make pictures that are affordable, and I like that. To still make a decent hourly wage, well, the time it takes me to make 'em had to come down, and so: prints and stencil paintings.
There are some 500 El Reys out in the world, and when the people who own 'em have guests over to their homes or work cubicles, that's a couple more people who get to see 'em, and hopefully, get a nice little art jolt, or at least a "Heh." I couldn't generate nearly as many of 'em if I was making nothing but original paintings for $$. If I did nothing but make fancy paintings, I'd probably do OK and all; but if that's all I'd ever done, would I get to say that I have that many pictures out in the world? Not for another decade or two. I love having 500 pictures I made out there. As sappy as it seems, it makes me feel like I'm doing some good, sprinkling "heh"s across the world.
Some of the designs were a couple of years old. Time for some new ones. I'll make more.
3 Comments:
Heh.
Heh heh! I've got a new disciple on the line for ya - saw my "coffee is a gift" in my office, and will be perusing your wares on the site forthwith.
Respectfully submitted by your humble, middle-aged groupie.
Heh, indeed.
I received two of your Krylographs as a gift from my dad almost two years ago. Concise and compelling both. I love 'em. Been meaning to track you and your work down for a while now but somehow it's taken me this long to get around to looking you up. Anyway, I was hoping you could tell me the titles of the two pieces.
One is a green parrot. I can't make out the first word of what i think is the title on the back. The second word is 'bird'.
The other is a pair of crossed legs and black heels. I've been calling it 'Approved' after the 'Approved' stamp on the back.
Hope you'll set me straight.
Thanx for the great pieces.
Oh, and I'm pissed that I don't own Jalapeño Sense–Tingling–!
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