Handsome Prints: Wallace & Gromit Series From Vice Press
by Olly MacNamee
Wallace & Gromit is one of the most quintessential pairs of UK characters and have been loved by many for years both here, and further afield, too. Well, Vice Press have just announced the first in a series of screen prints produced under license from Aardman Animations; A Grand Day Out by Florey, with the first one out this coming Tuesday, the 10th of July.
The first edition will run to just 100 prints measures 50x70cm and is a seven colour screen print, printed on 270gsm Mohawk Superfine paper.
Printed by the amazing White Duck Editions in Bath, U.K, A Grand Day Out features seven colours screen printed by hand one colour at a time to produce these stunning prints. Check out some of the process pictures taken throughout the production of these prints that show how A Grand Day Out came to life colour by colour .
You can grab yours by visiting Vice Press and keeping tour eye on the clock come Tuesday.
There’s also the promise of future editions covering the full canon of Wallace & Gromit’s adventures, A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave and A Matter of Loaf and Death. Which one is your favourite?