I have some really good friends in Denmark who own a sign and print shop called Idé-Sign. I used them to print the prints, like this one (called "Love Letters for the Fire"), I had had up in the last art show I was in. Normally I would use my lab, Backprint, attached to my website to sell prints, but I was in Denmark at the time, and I liked being able to talk face to face, photographer to printer. It turned out well. Idé-Sign has this really fantastic paper- that is not actually paper at all, but a very thin plastic material- that has a satin, slightly metallic finish. I think it made my work look great.

I sent the files via email directly to the printer in Denmark. If I had requested, they could have then printed the images and then mailed them to me at home, but why wait?

Aside from having a few minor color issues at first because I forgot to send the prints worked on in ProPhoto RGB, this ended up working great for the show... but what about now?

I have this certain emotional attachment to my artwork. That is why photography works for me. If I sell a print, I can still keep the original file and make more prints. This particular piece I enjoyed creating because it was a throw back to my intense "Fiona Apple days" (I still love Fiona Apple by the way, I just am not as depressed and driven in that direction as I once was).

I'm thinking about selling prints of these images on my website (once I can figure out how to price them). This is where Backprint comes in really handy.