Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
CHOPS
The Ocean Works chop represents an ocean wave because the studio was located in Newport Beach, Calif. We had a great space between the bay and the ocean. It is the personal chop for Conrad as well as the chop for the shop. It is a Tamarind custom that the senior printers design their own chops for the editions that they print. If they run a print that they didn’t proof then a blind stamp of the chop image is inked on the back of the print with a light colored ink. These chop marks aid in the verification of the print by curators and signify its quality off the press. Some artists and publishers also have chops- why, I don’t know. The chop is an embossing created when a male and female mould are pressed together on the print paper. Most shops have a unique symbol just the printers.
April 23rd, 2011 at 4:00 pm
offshore company said:
……………………..-Making a printers chop-………Every printmaker has a unique method of labeling their work as..their own- or at least they should. So I wanted to find another..method of labeling it as mine……First I was going to use a stamp or an inked traditional chop ..like the oriental printers use. Another method that I see employed is embossing the..printers mark into the finished work- Which I preferred for a number of..reasons- It adds a unique touch to the work and is very difficult to reproduce…Not even the best color copiers out there can do an embossing!…..I came up with a few potential designs then went to find out..how you go about having a chop made for yourself.
April 24th, 2011 at 7:51 pm
conrad said:
If you wish to order your own chop, try rubberstampchamp.com. Thanks for the comment, Conrad.