The Variant Voss

Roy Voss The Explorer, 2012

After many weeks of proofing the three colour UV print entitled Explorer by the artist Roy Voss the printed edition of seven is now finally complete. During this period the separately printed Cyan, Magenta and Yellow figure proved to be slightly more problematic than expected! In order to achieve a consistent edition of seven a further five prints of 'lesser consistency' were needed. Editioning conventions often dictate that the imperfect or technically unsound prints be disposed of or identified as such. The variant edition can be considered as a method for 'exploring' different inking options from a single image.

On a separate occasion and after discussing the 'blurred' area of the variant edition with the artist, it was decided that the five explores were to be reinstated, signed by the artist and entitled variant edition.

Collaborative print team contributors include: Roy Voss, Verity Lewis and Paul Laidler