Surtex Image Licensing Show Over for Another Year

This was our third time that we had our own stand at Surtex. It is a show for licensing images for printing onto surfaces and textiles.


Since it was in Manhattan in New York and is very specifically for image licensing there was no need for picture frames and stand furniture like print browsers. Jan did the show on her own to save on costs and most of the prints on display were unmounted to save on weight and bulk such that everything would fit in a large suitcase and still meet airline weight limits. We didn't ship anything over before the show.

We had a mixture of International Graphics Walmsley GmbH posters (4 big ones at 1 metre x 0.5 metres, all of New York), 5 hand prints (printed by me, of course) and over 30 Silver Prints (printed by Ilford Lab Direct from scans of my negatives). The Silver Prints were mostly 30 x 24 cm but 2 of them were 70 x 70 cm for a bit of impact (one of Chicago in winter and a snowy scene from Colorado).

The picture here gives you an idea of what was on display.


Lots of interest for greetings cards, calendars and stationery products, as well as for wall art which is pretty much already tied up with our deal with IGW. Now the real work starts, chasing up lots of leads.

New York in Spring

Jan flew out from Manchester airport today heading for New York. We are exhibiting at the Surtex 3 day image licensing trade show from Sunday at the Jacob Javits Centre in Manhattan. Jan is running the stand alone, she is much better considering new opportunities than me! It's our 3rd time at the show after a gap of 3 years so keeping fingers crossed it works for us.

Last night was good fun, old friends Rik and Glen from Norfolk dropped by unexpectedly in their camper van and dragged us down the pub. Fortunately, we had finished all of our preparation for Surtex except packing the cases. We went to the Old Hall Inn in Whitehough, a jolly nice pub; good beer and good food. Just what we needed to relax and a good catch up of what's gone on over the last year or so since we last saw each other.

A touch wet today here in the Peaks - very heavy rain. I think the dry spell may have ended!