This is a print exchange proposal. While I have never participated in print exchange, it sounds like fun and a great way for us to get our work into the world and to see each others work in physically. Here are the specifics of my proposal (feel free to offer suggested changes if you would like to participate):

- Spirit of the Exchange: first and foremost, this is an opportunity for you to share one of your most meaning full prints with other artists who invest their most precious resource, their time, in the viewing of your print. If we focus on giving our best selflessly, the prints that come back will be wonderful!

- Participation Registration Deadline: May 1, 2009

- Print Submission Deadline: June 1, 2009

- Print Exchange Limit: the first 7 people to respond or the people who respond by the registration deadline, May 1st.

- Print Size: 8.5x 11 maximum

- Print Media: whatever you produce, e.g., ink jet, wet chemistry or alternative process.

- Participant Cost: Up to 7 of your prints, packaging and shipping of your prints to the print exchange coordinator, and return shipping costs (this pays to get the other participant's prints shipped to you from the exchange coordinator).

- Print Exchange Coordinator: Jay Decker, aka "monkeytumble" on HybridPhoto.com

- How to Register: Send me, "monkeytumble", a Private Message that includes the following information about you: your (real) full name; your email address; and the physical address you want your prints shipped to.

- Exchange Participant Communication: will be through this forum thread and email.

Thanks,

Jay Decker
Kennewick, Washington (USA)

i have really enjoyed the print exchanges here on hybrid as the work has been of a high quality.

however, i am still waiting to receive 4 prints from the last exchanges and so i am someone hesitiate to get involved with making 25 prints without a better sense that people are going to keep their agreement.

Have you a process in mind to ensure that people follow up, or as someone suggested to me, "this is just part of exchanges"?

i have really enjoyed the print exchanges here on hybrid as the work has been of a high quality.

however, i am still waiting to receive 4 prints from the last exchanges and so i am someone hesitiate to get involved with making 25 prints without a better sense that people are going to keep their agreement.

Have you a process in mind to ensure that people follow up, or as someone suggested to me, "this is just part of exchanges"?

Ann - The idea behind participants sending their prints to me (as the print exchange coordinator) and the print submission deadline is to avoid what happened to you. If I do not receive prints from a participant by June 15th, i.e., two weeks after the prints are due to print exchange coordinator, then I will consider that person a "non-participant", and I will not send any prints to the non-participant(s). And, the prints that the other participants made for those non-participants will be returned to participants who made them. So, you will not end up empty handed from any non-participants and your extra prints will be returned to you. It is sad to have to address, but this system is intended to be fair to those contribute.

Additionally, if a registered participant communicates to me that they will not be able to submit prints by the submission deadline for whatever reason, that person will be considered a non-participant and I will communicate to the other participants that there is one less participant and they have one less print to produce.

The leap of faith is trust in me as the print exchange coordinator. I am not well know in photographic circles, so if you want to check me out, drop me a PM and an idea regarding how you would like to check me out, e.g., I could send you my phone number and you could call me or what ever you want.

Jay

Jay,

that certainly seems like a good plan.
let me see what i can find that would be a proper print and i will get back to you within a few days.

ann

g'day Jay

congrats on coming up with a strong concept

a question;
why 25?
living "Downunder" it can be somewhat expensive to post 25 mounted prints to the far corners of the world

secondly it can be expensive, time consuming and somewhat draining, in an artistic sense, to produce a large number of indentical prints

g'day Jay

congrats on coming up with a strong concept

a question;
why 25?
living "Downunder" it can be somewhat expensive to post 25 mounted prints to the far corners of the world

secondly it can be expensive, time consuming and somewhat draining, in an artistic sense, to produce a large number of indentical prints

Thank you, Ray.

The concept reflects my preconceptions, which might be wrong. Here are the preconceptions that I started with...

1. First, I suspect that most participants would contribute ink jet prints.

2. And, I suspect that most of the participants will be from the US and Canada with a few in Auz, UK, and Europe.

3. As a participant, you would ship all of your prints to me in the US and I would assemble groups of prints from all participants and ship the groups of prints to each participant. So, you would only have to pay for shipping your 25 prints to me in the US and for shipping your group of prints from the other participants back to you in one package. The other alternative was to limit the geographical area for the print exchange, e.g., the US and Canada, and I did not want to do that.

4. Each participant, just ships prints, i.e., there is no expectation that the prints would be matted. And, prints needs to be 8.5 inches by 11 inches or smaller so that they will be easy for me to repackage with the other prints and ship to all the participants.

If 25 participants/prints are too many, what number would you suggest as an upper limit?

Jay

I think your concept is great. It would take care of that nasty issue of sending out prints and getting little or nothing back.
But it is really designed for inkjet prints. I'd love to participate but since I do Kallitypes, I'm not interested in cranking out 25 of them.
I would do 4 or 5 without a problem.
Maybe there is room in your concept for handmade prints for smaller groups.
Regards,
Tom

Thank you, Ray.

The concept reflects my preconceptions, which might be wrong. Here are the preconceptions that I started with...

1. First, I suspect that most participants would contribute ink jet prints.

2. And, I suspect that most of the participants will be from the US and Canada with a few in Auz, UK, and Europe.

3. As a participant, you would ship all of your prints to me in the US and I would assemble groups of prints from all participants and ship the groups of prints to each participant. So, you would only have to pay for shipping your 25 prints to me in the US and for shipping your group of prints from the other participants back to you in one package. The other alternative was to limit the geographical area for the print exchange, e.g., the US and Canada, and I did not want to do that.

4. Each participant, just ships prints, i.e., there is no expectation that the prints would be matted. And, prints needs to be 8.5 inches by 11 inches or smaller so that they will be easy for me to repackage with the other prints and ship to all the participants.

If 25 participants/prints are too many, what number would you suggest as an upper limit?

Jay

Hi Jay

thnx for the considered reply

like Tom i don't crank out lots of inkjets, currently i'm doing hand coloured inkjet image transfers on canvas and i'd rather not do more than say 5

i hate to sound like a whinger, but this site is supposed to be about more than just digital/inkjet imaging

I think your concept is great. It would take care of that nasty issue of sending out prints and getting little or nothing back.
But it is really designed for inkjet prints. I'd love to participate but since I do Kallitypes, I'm not interested in cranking out 25 of them.
I would do 4 or 5 without a problem.
Maybe there is room in your concept for handmade prints for smaller groups.
Regards,
Tom


Hmm... Tom, you and Ray have valid points. With the help of Sandy King's writings, I am trying to learn carbon printing. So, I can empathize with you, i.e., I would not want to be on the hook for cranking out 25 carbon prints. Right now, all that I am able commit to is ink jet prints. I feel content of my prints has merit, but how would you feel about being in a print exchange with me, if I contribute ink jet prints?

Jay

who is having second thoughts about the number 25...

jay,

just an fyi,

the biggest exchange on this site has been about 8 people.

why not just see how many people are interested and indicate that the cut off point will be ...,
then if you get more than that number, there is always another opportunity later in the year.

I feel content of my prints has merit, but how would you feel about being in a print exchange with me, if I contribute ink jet prints?

Jay


Jay,
If I knew there was a high degree of certainty that I'd actually receive prints in an exchange, I wouldn't care if they were inkjet or anything else.
That's assuming that the size of the group were such that I'd contribute a maximum of 5 Kallitypes.
Don't know if that'll fit what you want to do.
Tom

g'day all

Jay, inkjets are fine, i don't subscribe to a hierarchy in modes of expression

if inkjet printing is the mode by which you are expressing yourself then do it, do it well and proudly show your work

I'd be interested, but also wouldn't be making inkjets and wouldn't want to commit to 25 prints. Five, as suggested would be fine, maybe even a few more. 10 would stretch things, but doesn't seem completely impossible if I have sufficient time to work on them.

Been thinking about a different maximum number of participants... how about a maximum of 7 or how many ever sign up by May 1st?

The first participant, other than myself, has proudly stepped forward! Five participant slots remain...

Jay

I'll make this post sticky... I wish I had a printer or a way to make prints as I'd love to join in.

Two additional participants have joined! Three participant slots remain...

One of the participants has already her prints and the prints are lovely... I think that I am going to enjoy participating in print exchanges.

Jay

Another participant has joined -- only two slots remain...

Another participant has joined -- only one slot remains.