🎉 Exciting new print partnership and limited-time print sale
Nov 04, 2022 5:47 pm
Hi ,
It's been a few weeks, but boy have they been busy!
After the joys of covid recovery, which had me out of action for a good six weeks before I could even start to consider sitting at my computer for an hour or two, I've been working hard to get back on track. I'm still having to pace carefully, and I'm still struggling with cognitive dysfunction (brain fog), which means I'm finding it hard to put words together, so please excuse any typos or slightly disjointed sentences!
Anyway, here's the low down on what's been happening over at Tetisheri.
In this email:
- New print partnership with theprintspace
- New photo prints in store, including limited-time prints
- Recent photography at Manchester Museum
- Sneak peek at Golden Mummies
New print partnership
Here's what I've been spending a significant proportion of my time on for the last few weeks: shop updates.
I'm excited to announce that I've partnered up with theprintspace - Europe’s leading art and photographic printers who specialise in premium quality art and photographic printing - to produce the prints in my store.
They have studios in London and Dusseldorf, and are used worldwide by artists, photographers, galleries and museums.
Not only are theprintspace leaders in the art printing world, they're certified 100% carbon neutral. They use plastic-free, recyclable packaging, and as they produce orders, the carbon emissions that cannot be avoided are offset using The Gold Standard, recommended by Greenpeace. This includes emissions created during the delivery process.
I've partnered with them using their dropshipping model. How this works is that when you order a print from my website, my website sends the order through to their studio, where they deal with printing and shipping for me.
This means that you get fine-art quality prints, produced expertly and efficiently, and, because of the partnership, it allows me to offer you free shipping worldwide. Hooray!
One thing you will notice, however, is that I've had to put the prices of prints up a little. This is because they are now what you call fine art, printed on specialist paper by specialist printers, which costs more to produce, but you will have a higher quality, longer-lasting, premium print for your walls.
In order to accommodate different budgets, I'm selling prints in 3 sizes:
- 20 × 30 cm/8 × 12 in: similar in size to A4 paper, this is a great choice for smaller spaces or mantlepieces and shelves, and for those on a lower budget. These sell for £30
- 41 × 61 cm/16 × 24 in: the perfect mid-range choice, for those with a little more budget or wall space. These sell for £60
- 51 × 76 cm/20 × 30 in: a luxury choice for those who are looking for a statement piece for their wall and who like to invest in art. These sell for £75
So, all the prints I've had for sale are still there - as well as 3 new prints - but they are now classed as fine-art prints. I've also added more information on each page about printing, dispatch, sustainability and returns.
New prints for sale
Along with the new partnership, I've added three new prints to the store, two of which are available for just one month:
Anubis at the feet of Tasheriankh
You may have read my blog post about how I went about photographing the coffin of Tasheriankh for Golden Mummies (if not, why not?!). Well, this photo is one of the images I produced during those sessions.
The angle I chose here focusses on Tasheriankh’s feet, and the two beautiful recumbant Anubis statues facing each other, separated only by a column of hieroglyphs.
Whilst I could have got in closer on this part of the coffin, I chose to move back and get the entire length of the coffin, with the focus on just her feet to give it better context.
For me, personally, this photo is one of the highlights from my Golden Mummies work because it was an opportunity to be even more artistic and expressive than usual.
Stela with a possible depiction of Tutankhamun
Before you say anything, yes, this is totally me gegging in on the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922 😜
There is little known reference to Tutankhamun outside of his tomb, and the majority of his tomb goods are – rightly – in Egypt, so it’s hard to find pieces related to him in other collections.
This stela may be one of those exceptions.
It was found in Abydos by workers employed by Arthur Mace at the turn of the 20th century, and it features two inscribed registers.
On the lower register, Amenhotep I, along with four unnamed people, adore Osiris, god of the underworld who was believed to have been buried at Abydos.
On the upper register, the deified 18th Dynasty rulers Ahmose-Nefertari and Ahmose I adore Amun-Re, along with a living pharaoh whose name has been erased.
Considering the undeniable Amarna-esque art style, the erased name and it’s Amun-Re being adored, not the Aten, it’s a strong certainty we’re looking at Tutankhamun himself.
The stela is now in the collection at Manchester Museum (Accession Number 2938). Dr Campbell Price, curator of Egypt and Sudan at the museum has written a more detailed piece about this stela on his blog, outlining his argument that this could well be Tutankhamun. It's a great piece, and well worth the read.
This print is available for just one month, and will be gone again after 4 December.
Amulet of Thoth (from the Tiny Egypt Shadow series)
I'm very excited to introduce you to the Shadow series: a series of images with my Tiny Egypt project which, so far, only members of the Tiny Egypt Society have seen.
Imagine yourself entering a temple or a tomb chapel back in ancient times. That single shard of sunlight flowing in from the entrance, gently bathing the carved stonework. You can’t see much; just a few details, shapes and textures, with the rest falling away into deep shadow.
It’s beautiful, it’s haunting, it’s entrancing.
And it’s the inspiration for my Shadow series, in which I take objects such as amulets and light them with a single light to create low-key, dramatic black-and-white works of art.
Thoth was the patron deity of writing and record-keeping, so an amulet like this would most likely have been owned by a scribe.
His headdress is a full moon sitting atop a crescent moon – a reminder of his lunar aspect – and he has his name in hieroglyphs on his chest.
The amulet dates to the New Kingdom and measures just 5.5 cm tall.
Prints from the Shadow series are works of art, and, for the discerning Egyptologist or Egyptophile, are quite something else to have on your wall. Unlike any other Egypt-themed wall art, hanging this on your wall will be a real talking point in your home or office.
This print is available for just one month, and will be gone again after 4 December.
To celebrate the launch of these new prints, I've set up a coupon code for a 10% discount across the store, but it's valid just until the end of Sunday. Put tutat100 in during checkout to get your discount.
About sales and cost-of-living things
Please understand that I am aware that money is tight for many of us at the moment, but I'm not asking anyone to spend money they don't have (please don't!). However, if you're doing some Christmas shopping, or you are in the position to treat yourself, you'll be really helping me out. The lowest-cost items I have for sale are mugs, which are £11 each.
The last couple of months have been tough for me healthwise, but with these sales, and the limited-time prints, I'm hoping to raise some money to fund the next couple of months of photography - both Tiny Egypt and otherwise (yes, I have a real thing for stelae and tomb models too, so watch out for updates about those!).
If you're not in the position to help financially, that's absolutely fine. Sharing pages from my website, my social media posts, adding something from my store to your Christmas list, or sending a friend you think might enjoy my photography my way, is also awesome, and I thank every single one of you for any and all support 💖
In other news:
Recent photography
I've been out to Manchester a couple of times, during which I focussed on working with some key objects that will be going back into the gallery very soon.
I've photographed a Late Period painted stela; a rather interesting carved stela with a depiction of an anthropomorphic Set; and the two amazing model boats from the Middle Kingdom tomb of the two brothers.
Here's a quick work-in-progress of one of the boats. There's still a lot of work to do on it, and I also have a number of closeup shots of details, such as the wonderful oarsmen.
Because of the long time I've needed to recover from the covid, I've not been able to get out to Manchester as much as I'd liked. So, I've had to prioritise for now. Good new is, if I don't get as many amulets photographed as I'd hoped, they're small enough that we can get them back out of the display cases in the future. Phew!
Sneak peek at Golden Mummies
When I was at Manchester the other week, Campbell took me to the brand new exhibition space at the museum, where the team are currently putting together Golden Mummies of Egypt, ready for the museum's reopening in February.
I got to see my photos at oversized proportions. I have to say they looked amazing; Nomad Exhibitions have done a wonderful job with the design!
I'm sure I'll be sending more updates as time gets closer, but if you'll be going to the exhibition once it's open, please do let me know.
Well, that's it for now. Thank you for continuing to be there with me, even though I've been a little absent for the last few weeks. I'm still keeping going; just at a reduced pace right now. But, I'm never forgetting you, and am appreciating you always 💖
Until next time,
Julia