What Is An Original Limited Edition Print?

The term original print relates to prints where the image is created by the artist directly on to a plate, stone, block, or screen from which a print is produced. An original print isn’t a digital reproduction of an existing artwork.

Artists choose traditional printmaking techniques for the unique qualities that each of the printmaking processes lends itself to.  

The edition size for Original Prints is usually small because the artist’s plate degrades through use and therefore limits the number of prints that can be produced.

Traditionally limited edition prints are signed by the artist and numbered with the edition number on the bottom left and a signature on the right of each print.

The artist can also create artist proofs of the print, which is usually about 10% of the edition size, so an edition of 10 could have an extra print signed and marked A/P.

A/P’s are Artist Proofs and are produced before the limited edition print run as "test prints", because of this A/P's may vary slightly from the limited edition print series.