Posted by Dave Bull at 11:47 PM, April 19, 2011 [Permalink]

I got an email from one of the collectors the other day, and among other things, he asked whether or not there were other collectors in his area. Well, I'm not about to publish everybody's address here, but I guess it might be interesting to know where the prints are going every month.

The count currently stands at 163. Here's a breakdown (places with no number have just a single collector):

'My Collectors' (as of April 19, 2011)

• Japan : 45
• Kanto area : 37
• Other : 8
• Europe : 25
• England : 13
• France : 3
• Netherlands : 2
• Germany : 2
• Ireland : 2
• Scotland
• Spain
• Belgium
• USA : 78
• California : 13
• Maryland : 7
• Virginia : 6
• New York : 5
• Pennsylvania : 5
• Washington State : 5
• Massachusetts : 4
• Nevada : 3
• Connecticut : 3
• Oregon: 3
• Hawaii : 2
• Illinois : 2
• Michigan : 2
• Texas : 2
• Georgia : 2
• Missouri
• Wisconsin
• New Jersey
• Indiana
• Maine
• Louisiana
• Tennessee
• Washington DC
• Arizona
• Ohio
• Minnesota
• New Mexico
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Canada : 10
• Hong Kong : 2
• Australia
• Singapore
• Brazil

I make about 200 prints each time, so around 40 are going into stock for 'future' collectors ... wherever they may be ...

Kind of incredible, actually! I would never have dreamed when I first came here to Japan that this would one day happen - sending prints out to such a scattered global community, direct from my workbench straight to the collectors.

Following comment posted by: Serge on April 20, 2011 3:53 PM

Hi Dave,
It is great to be part of your collectors' community! And it is a global world.... I have not met any other collector yet, but would be happy to do so when they visit my area, near Annecy, France and chat about woodblock prints.
Fellow collectors, just contact me through Dave and it will be a pleasure to show you around.
Kind regards.......Serge

Following comment posted by: bettbull on April 25, 2011 7:26 AM

Serge mentions a global world. What about global prints. My window shows the mountains still covered in snow. In front is a huge pine tree and in front again is a tree I am unfamiliar with, but it is covered in catkins, all hanging down like hundreds of little caterpillars. A Vancouver print -- I see in Winnipeg it is spring breakup. There will be lots of icicles all sparking in the sun causing prisms bright with colours. My best global print maybe from Hamura. A busy street on which stands a bakery, front and centre a shelf full of beautiful baked goods.One especially, a loaf just waiting for butter and strawberry jam. I have not been to France, so Serge how should I imagine your global print?

Following comment posted by: Margaret on April 26, 2011 4:31 AM

There are enough of us in New York to start a fan club!