Category: FAQ

You can feel 100% confident about your purchase from Cedar Hill Long House Native Art Prints. That is why we offer a 14-day-no-hassle, return policy.

If for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase, simply let us know that you wish to return the item(s) you bought. You will be given a 100% refund for the purchase amount, excluding any shipping fees.

Refunds will be processed within 2 business days of receiving the returned item.

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Serigraphs are made by hand through a process called silk screen printing. They are original art, not reproduction prints. During the printing process a hand cut stencil of an image is placed on a taut screen with paper underneath. Ink is then spread on top and forced through the screen onto the paper with a squeegee. The resulting print has great colour density and saturation.

By contrast, giclée printing is a print reproduction method using pigment-based ink. This type of ink lasts longer than conventional dye-based ink. During the printing process an ink jet printer is used to reproduce the original either on canvas, or on paper. This is accomplished by placing ink dots very closely to create the overall image at a resolution of no less than 300 dots per inch. This ensures that the final print has great detail.

At Cedar Hill Long House Native Art Prints we sell serigraphs and giclees. Please visit our online gallery.

A printer’s proof (PP) is a print set aside from an edition for the printer’s use. PP’s are notated with the letters PP and a number. The total number of PP’s produced is up to the artist, but it is usually just one or two.

Due to their very low numbers, if a PP is made available for sale, it will typically sell at a higher price than the regular edition.

Please see our Susan Point and Roy Henry Vickers printer’s proofs.

A remarque is a personal message or image hand-drawn by the artist within the margins of the print. Sometimes it is drawn directly on the design itself. This makes each remarque an original, one-of-a-kind piece of art.

Remarques will sell at a higher price than the regular edition.

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An artist’s proof (AP) is a print set aside from an edition for the artist’s use. AP’s are notated with the letters AP and a number. The total number of AP’s produced is up to the artist, but it is usually a percentage of the size of the edition run.

Due to their low numbers, if an AP is made available for sale, it will typically sell at a higher price than the regular edition.

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The price of limited edition prints is a function of the limited supply of the product, and its quality. Typically, smaller editions will be more expensive. The number of colours used (in screen printing) and the popularity of the artist will also determine the value.

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By their nature of being limited in number, demand for certain limited edition prints can be greater than the total number of prints produced for the edition. Once the publisher has sold out of the edition, the prints are considered to be on the secondary market. At this point a print often sells above issue price, depending on demand.

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A limited edition serigraph, or silk screen print, is a print from an edition which is limited to a one-time printing of a certain number of pieces. The artist typically signs and numbers each print.

Silk screening, which was introduced in its modern form around 1907, is also known as serigraph printing. During the process, a stencil of an image is placed on a taut screen with paper underneath. Ink is then spread on top and forced through the screen onto the paper with a squeegee.

Unlike photo-offset, silkscreens (serigraphs) allow the artist to vary the colours and patterns while printing. A different screen is used for each colour in the print, and this results in a print with great colour density and many qualities of the original piece in terms of colour saturation. This also means that only one colour can be printed at a time, making the screen printing process slower than other methods of printing. However, in the fine art world, screenprints hold their high value due to their lightfast, rich, opaque colours, and their hand-produced appeal.

Artists such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein became famous for their vibrant, handcrafted serigraphs.

At Cedar Hill Long House Native Art Prints, all of our prints are limited edition silkscreen prints or serigraphs. Please visit our online gallery.