Nothing for Granted - 'Inception' Limited Edition Screen Print

Screen printing is a printing technique that pushes ink through a woven mesh screen onto a material using a stencil. The open areas of the mesh transfer the design, while the blocked areas prevent ink from passing through, creating sharp, vibrant, and highly durable designs.

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This print has a strict limited number of editions. Collectible prints like this often appreciate in desirability as part of a cohesive body of work from an established New Zealand printmaker.

This is a limited edition which means once sold out, this print will not be reissued. Limited editions by established contemporary artists typically increase in desirability as editions sell through.

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Sam Leitch works in creation with Artrite Screen Printing. Artrite Screen Printing is New Zealand’s premier fine art printmaking studio.

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For over 40 years, Artrite has produced high-quality, limited-edition screen prints for many of the country’s most celebrated artists, including Colin McCahon, Don Binney, Pat Hanly, Gordon Walters, Ralph Hotere, Gretchen Albrecht, and Dick Frizzell.

Sam Leitch screen prints are printed on Fabriano Artistico paper. 100% cotton. No bleach. No acid.

Eight centuries of Italian paper making expertise in every sheet. This isn’t about being precious. It’s about longevity.

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When you’re putting 15+ hours into hand-separating colours, when Artrite Screen Printing is executing at museum-quality standards, when a collector is making an investment, the paper matters.It’ll outlive us all. That’s the point.

Quality matters when you’re putting this much into a piece. They are designed to last generations. 

The difference between a poster or a photographic print and a screen print is about 15 hours of meticulous hand separation work.

Then multiple days on the screen print machine. 

Every Sam Leitch print begins as an original painting and is rebuilt through hand separated color layers. 

Printed with Artrite Screen Printing, New Zealands award winning fine art printers delivering museum quality editions.

This is screen printing a collectible piece of fine art not a reproduction.

This piece can be framed in a minimalist black or white frame with museum-grade glass to preserve vibrancy and depth. However, you can also explore with colours, materials and widths to suit the style of your home. 

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