Frequently asked questions
Q. Who/what is Waterside Arts?
A. Waterside Arts is a sister company of The Leith Gallery. The Leith Gallery is one of Scotland's foremost galleries showing Scottish Conntemporary Art. It won the prestigious Fine Art Trade Guild Award for Excellence in Art Retailing. Whilst The Leith Gallery specialises in originals, Waterside Arts specialises in prints.
Q. What do you mean by limited edition?
A. All limited edition prints sold by Waterside Arts have been certified by the artist and publisher as being a total edition size worldwide with the artists proofs, also numbered and stated, as the only addition to that number. No other prints have or will be produced using that image in any form or size.
Q. What is a giclee print?
A. Giclee is the generic name given to digital prints. Those sold by Waterside Arts are printed on the very best paper with pigmented inks. If treated as you would a watercolour they will last as long as a watercolour.
Q. How will the prints I purchase be sent?
A. All prints are be sent flatpack. Heavy duty packing board is used so that the prints are not damaged in transit. With the high quality papers used it is not advisable to roll the prints in a tube.
Q. Why are the prints not framed?
A. Glazed work is easily broken in transit and the glass can then scratch the print. We can recommend local framers if requested. Of course if Edinburgh is convenient to you we can organise framing here in our workshop.
Q. How can I order and pay for prints?
A. There is a secure payment system on this site
Q Can I purchase an original work by one of the artist's shown?
A Please contact The Leith Gallery 0131 553 5255 or look at their website www.the-leith-gallery.co.uk
All of the limited edition prints are produced in one size only, on one type of paper and with a small edition run which is the only edition. This means that when you purchase a limited edition print from us you are guaranteed that this is a unique number to your print and that there is not another of that number for the North American or Far East market.
It came as a surprise to us that some publishers can have as many as 6 number 4/295. They do this by producing sets of limited edition prints using the same image. There will be a set for North America which will have a large version on white paper (295), on black paper (195 edition) and on canvas (95 edition). This will be repeated as a small version. The set is then produced for Europe and the Far East. So what looks like an edition of 295 is actually an edition of 3510. This is before they add their artist's proofs, publisher's proofs, production proofs and any other way of increasing the number in the set without showing it on the face of the print you might purchase.
So we feel that it is only right that when you buy a limited edition print from us you should know that the number of the edition is true and that there are only 5 artist's proofs. Our edition size refers to a worldwide distribution.
We also guarantee that when a limited edition print is said to be hand embellished then it is hand embellished by the artist. You may think that we are stating the obvious but sadly there are many artists who allow their printers to hand embellish their work.
Visual Arts Directory. We are listed under Limited Edition Prints category
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