Billy Suter’s daily doodles find online
sales spot. (Report by Billy Suter, courtesy of sosuterbill.com)
(Above: One
of a dozen drawings by yours truly which have now been turned into
limited-edition photographic images, for a series titled “Disconnection”. The
images are available for purchase at the 6andOut website, the online link for
which is https://6andout.onshop.co.za/)
What started out as a fun way to ease
boredom during the Coronavirus lockdown – a daily posting on Facebook of a doodle
I drew – has proved so unexpectedly popular that I have been approached to
consider exhibiting them and have been invited to offer for sale
limited-edition, digital photographic images of some of the drawings.
Twelve of the 51 diverse daily doodles I
have already posted, to date, on my Facebook page since lockdown began in March
have now been turned into limited-edition photographic images, for a series
titled Disconnection.
Through the kind invitation of Durban
artist Peter Ford, my drawings are now being offered for sale on his 6andOut
website, the online link for which is https://6andout.onshop.co.za/
The site offers a new way to own and
appreciate original art, offering ongoing and growing collections of
limited-edition digital photographic images by Ford and work by guest artists,
of which I am very happy to be the first.
The 6andOut concept has been developed by
Ford as a way for art lovers to collect and benefit from art which increases in
value over time. How it works is that each digital artwork purchased is
recorded in a print registry, much like traditional limited-edition prints are
registered in a gallery.
The innovation lies in the multi-use aspect
and in the ability for the owner to resell their artwork in the future, via
this registry, at its new and increased value. With 6andOut you get to do what
you want with the digital image. Wallpaper, vehicle wrapping, screen savers,
profile-pic, soft furnishings are all possibilities, explains Ford.
What’s important is that 6andOut does not
limit the reproduction rights to your image, except that they may not be
commercialised or resold on the open market, Ford adds.
That’s great value. You can print or
reproduce your image, for personal use, in as many ways and as many times as
you choose. You will be the registered owner. You can also gift somebody an
image and make them the registered owner.
Only 12 images will be available in each
series, each in an edition of six. That means the purchaser’s image is
exclusive. Once each series is sold out these images will only ever be
available again if a collector decides to sell.
“Your artwork will gain value as each new
series produced will be sold at an increase in value of 10%. At any given time
the value of all images in the collection will be informed by the current
selling price. By the time we reach Series 8 the value of images from Series 1
will have doubled,” says Ford.
“If you choose to sell your image you will
have 6andOut HQ to assist you. Your image will be entered back onto our database
for resale at the current value. All people in the print register will be
notified of images up for resale.”
Visit the site and take a look at what is
on offer: https://6andout.onshop.co.za/
Billy Suter, https://sosuterbill.com/
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