Wish Fulfillment From Another World

Today we are very pleased to release our newest project, Todd Schorr's "Wish Fulfilment from Another World."

We've been lucky enough to work with Todd quite a bit recently–Brad designed his latest book, "American Surreal," which was just released in conjunction with Mr. Schorr's (by all reports amazing) mid-career retrospective at the San Jose Museum of Art. Brad managed to make it out for the opening over the weekend and took a few snapshots to prove it:



At the same time that we were designing the book we were simultaneously putting the pieces together for this project. With a gorgeous, strange and wonderful image from Todd as a starting point, we began figuring out the particulars.


We printed the edition using an intaglio process, in a color somewhere in the hazy area between green and grey and sepia. Each print was hand-stained in both ink and gouache, for a richer set of hues and that organic, aged-to-perfection look.

The image–a weird and wonderful piece of something like traditional portraiture from another dimension–was an obvious choice to be housed in one of our hand-cast, hand-antiqued, curved-glass, metal backed resin frames. We love these things. The process is pretty gooey (and stinky, and time-consuming):



but the results couldn't be classier. This particular frame-image combo seemed especially apt, somehow, and the curved glass makes it feel precious and jewel-like.



Put on a laser-cut, powder coated back that makes the print equally at home hung on a wall or free standing on a flat surface–
–and it's finished.
All in all we couldn't be happier with how it all turned out. We finished up just in time for Brad to hand-deliver the first artist proof to Todd at his museum show and now we're opening it up to all of you.

Todd Schorr: Wish Fulfillment from Another World

• Edition: 100 + 10 Artist's Proofs, 10 Printer's Proofs, and 1 Bon á tirer
• Print Size: 3.75" x 5.25"
• Frame Size: 9.5" x 6.375"
  
• Printed intaglio on Rives Heavyweight printmaking paper with Charbonell inks
• Hand stained in ink and gouache
• Signed and numbered by the artist
• Framed in a cast-resin, hand-antiqued frame with custom laser cut steel backing plate
• Mounted under curved glass
• Comes with a custom-designed, perforated, signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity

Available now at pressureprinting.com!