Friendship 7
I was 10 years old when The Right Stuff came out. And while a 3 hour drama about the space race isn’t your normal 10 yr old type of film, I fell in love with it. To this day not a year goes by that I don’t watch it at least once or twice. It’s so so good.
When my wife challenged me to create an art print every two weeks one of the ideas I had was to somehow create a print for each of the original 7 astronauts. I wasn’t sure those would really be wildly popular to anyone other than myself and my mother, so I shelved the idea. But lo and behold, a few days later I realized (in large part thanks to my mother who originally took me to see the movie) that this February 20th marked the 50th anniversary of John Glenn’s historic flight- 3 complete orbits around the globe. I thought that while I may not actually create a print for each of the astronauts, there was no more worthy an event or man to celebrate than this one.
I have no idea how popular a print this will be, but I was glad I made the decision to do it.
Godspeed, John Glenn!
Clintonreno.com engine overhaul
So you may notice a few changes here on the site. Some of them are noticeable minor tweaks, but most are big and unseen (behind the scenes) fixes. My web mechanic threw open the hood of the site and decided to rebuild the entire engine. And it hums along now.
Some things to note:
–Load time should be faster.
–Pop up poster & info are now gone. Each poster has its own url that you can either copy/paste or…
–SHARE. look at those good lookin’ buttons below each poster (and above individual blog posts as well). Please tweet, facebook, pin, or whatever you do to share these crazy things as much as you want. These buttons should make it super easy to do so.
–There are 2 new ways to “follow me”- dribble and pinterest.
–ZOOM: while most posters currently on the site do not yet have zoomed in pop ups, they will as I slowly add them . New posters will have this feature as soon as they’re uploaded.
In addition to those changes in the coming weeks I hope to add missing posters from years past, as well as opening up inventory of recently discovered prints (just 1 or 2 in most cases).
My goal is to have this completed by March 2nd.
Lastly, my wife has challenged me to complete an art print every 2 weeks. While this has yet to happen, once things are rolling along more smoothly with the new studio I hope to make this a reality. Stay tuned.
One last thing. HUGE HUGE thanks to my web guy. HUGE thanks.
2012 subscription
For 2012 I’m offering 15 prints/posters plus a special subscription only art print at the end of the year.
This year looks to be heavy in art prints as I have at least 4 planned that I’m excited about already.
15 is a lot of prints for sure, but keep in mind they can be gifted, made into giant paper airplanes, tossed up on ebay, used as kindling for camp fires or any other such purpose you deem appropriate. I’ll also include my “reno guide to framing options” postcard to help with that “what do I do with this print now?” step of this poster/print collecting process.
There are 2 subscriptions available- one regional, one national.
Regional: $300- 15 prints plus a subscription only print at the end of the year. Pickup can be arranged twice during the year, but comfest & north market holiday are best bets (if I get in to both). Purchases that do not have an Ohio address will be refunded. Oh, and you gotta pay the ol’ sales tax too Ohio residents. Sorry.
National: $340- Same as regional, only boxing & shipping costs have been added.
I’m only offering 10 this year.
If you’d like to purchase this as a gift for the holidays I can hand draw a nice unique little card and provide a “gift box” of sorts so that there’s an actual wrapped item in hand for any gift exchanging.
*the value of these subscriptions is anywhere from 400-450 (shipping not included) depending on the cost of each print. Some will cost 40 right off the bat, but most will cost 25.
GO to it, if you like.
Okay. Thanks!
Hello Silas Henry Reno, or “how I owe many of you email replies”
Meet Silas Henry Reno. He was born on thursday morning, 7/28, at 7:18 am. Getting ready to bring this little one into the world, as well as renovating a new studio space in addition to finally emptying the old space (just 35 hours before the birth) has kept me from many things- mostly email replies. So to all of you that have inquired about various my morning jacket posters (I have good news & bad), or the many folks that have signed up for my mailing list either online or at events in the past few months, rest assured that I’ll try to make good on all of this in the coming month or so as I transition into a new space and into now being a father of TWO little boys. Thanks for being patient!
Photo credit goes to the always amazing Erika Ray.
What I’ve been up to: Part 3
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So this was a huge honor for me, and it was a fun project. My Morning Jacket announced recently with their new album Circuital they would be offering an official fan club for the band, called ROLL CALL. With the purchase of a membership, fans would get a silk screened poster as well as a t shirt (among other awesome things obviously). That’s where I came in. So in addition to creating the initial logo I created this poster and t shirt. I’m looking forward to seeing a few of these shirts walking around the LC when the band rolls through town in August.
What I’ve been up to: Part 2
Somehow was able to find time to buckle down and do an art print amidst busy times (art prints always take a hit during the busy concert months) for Pinchflat Columbus- an collection of 25-30 very cool posters by local Columbus artists. I should have the extras I have at Renegade BK, or online as of June 18th.
Find out more here.
What I’ve been up to: part 1
So with a few days break in the action around here, I thought it would be nice to show some of the stuff I’ve been working on this year.
First off- The Independent’s Day 2011 Tiger. Independent’s Day is an annual event in September showcasing the best of Columbus (and surrounding areas I believe) in the worlds of music, food, & indie crafts. You can find out more info here.
Subscription Sales to end April 1st
As I get closer to event season I need to make sure I’m planning the print runs appropriately so I’m closing the remaining few subscription sales on April 1st (no April foolin’).
If you’re giving some thought to getting one there are a few left and will be available until Apr1 or when they sell out, whichever comes first.
Thanks to all those who have purchased already!
2011 subscription
I know these types of things are generally offered in January, but I don’t normally get busy until March anyhow so I thought now would be a good time to offer this for anyone crazy enough to want it.
The details:
-Bakers dozen- 13 prints for $200, shipping INCLUDED.
-It’s a $325 value (more if you factor in shipping costs).
-You choose 13 prints out of however many I create this year*.
You’ll get the same number in the run, depending on where in the order you purchase. The lowest number available will be #6.
The prints will ship just twice during the year in July and December and will ship flat. For those in town we can arrange pick ups at events in July and in December. Unfortunately as shipping is included, and to keep this easier on my end, I won’t discount the cost for local folks (apologies).
Perhaps in years to come I can get a little more creative with different tiers and such but for now we’ll roll with just the 13 prints.
Who knows though, by year’s end I may be feeling crazy enough to toss in a t shirt or an extra print, but I’m not making any such promises at this moment, but you never know.
If anyone has any questions don’t hesitate to email.
I’m only offering 15, so go get one if you want. GO.
*the north market fiery foods poster is the only poster from 2011 that can not be chosen as one of your 13 prints.
also excluded are any prints that I DO NOT print on my end.
EDIT:
-Paypal will add $10 shipping- I’ll refund it immediately
-Ohio peeps, unfortunately you’ll have to pay sales tax on this (sorry).
