Antique Ceph Print.

Thanks Steve. I'm afraid I now have standard store-built pine frames for all three prints; I could not really afford that sort of money for a hand crafted frame. Well, I can always change the frame in the future...

Agreed, the Giant Squid print is also my favourite. Although it is technically the least accomplished of the three, I love the amalgam of copies of classic 19th century cryptozoological prints coupled with the bizarre whirlpool/vortex. Weird indeed.
 
I'm afraid I now have standard store-built pine frames for all three prints; I could not really afford that sort of money for a hand crafted frame. Well, I can always change the frame in the future...
If you get a chance you should talk to someone who deals in old books/prints and maybe get them mounted on acid free paper. Those old prints crumble away if they're not preserved properly. :cry: I hear you about framing costs. Sooo expensive.
 
Phil,

Tentacular's suggestion of using acid-free matting is excellent. I get acid free matting at an arts supply store, and framing places will cut mats for you if it's the wrong size (and it is). That might be worth the cost, as it will preserve your treasures. Framing can be a huge expense!

Melissa
 
Thanks very much for the advice everyone. I did not consider the dangers of preservation of these old prints. There is print-shop near me so I will take them in and see if I can sort out some acid-free matting.

Here's three more old prints for you to enjoy. These are in a wonderful old volume called 'Mysteries of the Universe vol.1' (intro. by Lord Avebury and with essays by 'leading specialists') I own that was published in about 1930. It is a somewhat weird book as it is completely without structure. There are over a couple of hundred short journalistic-style essays on the subjects of "The Heavens, The Earth, Plant Life, Animal Life and The Mighty Deep' but they are written in a totally random order. You have, for example, an article on 'The Giant Reptile of Wyoming' followed by 'Mars as a Home for Men' followed by 'St Elmo's Fire' and 'The Honey Bee'. It's impossible to find anything in the book.


My favourite illustrations are one of a deep-water Japanese spider-crab that is depicted by the illustrator as walking along a sandy beach :bugout: , and a depiction of the surface of Mars showing canals and buildings!

Anyway, here are three typical illustrations showing a somewhat gelatinous giant squid being attacked by a sperm whale (with a small human skeleton for no apparant reason on the sea bed), squid squirting ink at a conger eel and some amorphous octopi.

Well I liked them anyway!
 
Hmmmmmm. Magical stuff Phil. I'd not ever seen that version of a sperm whale attacking a giant squid; the human skeleton at the bottom is absolutely priceless.

I think I've just discovered a new slide to replace an old one for one of our talks (powerpoint). Pity I didn't have this 2 days ago when talking to a group of youngsters.

For the first time in an eternity I don't have any public lectures lined up (the next one is in March 2004!!!). No doubt all of this will change in the near future - you really don't know what to expect from one day to the next in this game. Besides, Kat is still somewhere galavanting around the US, incommunicado; missed the banter we usually exchange on stage when giving joint talks (hadn't been up there by myself in over 6 months).

Best get back to work I had
Ciao
O
 
Phil, you might also want to check out the glass they use on watercolours, it blocks UV, which would help preserve your prints too. I have it put on any beadworks I get framed (to protect the threads).


Steve, I'm sure we could arrange a public speaking session for you :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

J
 

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