Subscribing

"Always such a thrill when the mailman rings the bell and it's one of your packages!"
(from collector David H. ...)

If you would like to own the prints of the 'My Solitudes' series, I would be happy to send them to you over the course of the two years that it will take me to make them. You will receive the prints - mounted in their 'chapters' of the book - and all issues of my quarterly newsletter that will appear during that time. (The book is being prepared in separate editions for English and Japanese, right-opening and left-opening as appropriate.)

The books are standard A4 size (210 x 297mm), and the prints are slightly smaller, at 180 x 260mm)

A series of photos showing how the books are made is here; you can also view the series as a slideshow.

Subscriptions work just the same way as with all my print albums:

• You let me know you wish to subscribe. There is no paperwork necessary - all I need is the address to which you wish me to send the prints.
• I will open an account for you, and prepare an 'on-line' invoice for the first print/book. As soon as I receive your remittance, I will send you the package.

(clicking the images will give you larger versions in a lightwindow)

• About two months later, I will send the next print, along with its chapter of the book. I do not require pre-payment for subsequent prints (an invoice will be included with each package.)
• The set will become complete with the arrival of print #12, somewhere in late 2009 (?), at which point your subscription is 'finished'
• Note: the series is now underway, and a number of prints are finished. So a subscription can be handled in one of a few ways: you start at the first print, and go from there one-by-one at two month intervals; you take the finished work all at once, and proceed from there 'in step' with everybody else, or you take the finished prints at a slightly 'accelerated' schedule, say one per month', until you catch up ... your choice.

For this project, I will be making approximately 200 copies of each print, and details of the editions are laid out on the documentation page.

What do collectors think about the prints/books they are receiving? I've posted some of their feedback on a Comments Page.

Prices

The price for each print/chapter combination is 8,000 yen (currently around US $75).

I must also charge for shipping, so the actual subscription price varies depending on where you live. Collectors in Japan must also pay Consumption Tax (collectors overseas are exempt). These are the prices with shipping added:

Domestic (Japan):        8,000 yen + 400 (tax) + 390 (shipping) = 8,790 per print
Asia:                    8,000 yen + 1,000 (shipping) = 9,000 per print
Other areas:             8,000 yen + 1,090 (shipping) = 9,090 per print

At recent exchange rates, that means that each print (with shipping) will be just about $82 for a US collector, about £40 for one in England, and just about €54 for a European collector.

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Payment

Subscribers here in Japan (where I live) usually find it most convenient to make payment through the postal system, and for them I include a postal remittance slip with each print, with which they make payment after receiving each shipment.

Overseas subscribers may make remittance in whichever currency is most convenient; if paying in yen the amount will remain the same every month, if paying in dollars or euros, your cost will fluctuate slightly as the rates change each month ... One of the following methods will hopefully be convenient for you:

• Credit card
• Paypal. This is particularly convenient, because Paypal now allows you to make payments in either dollars or yen, as you choose.
• I have a US$ account in a North American bank, into which deposits may be made by:
  • mailing your personal cheque
  • using internet banking if you have such ability.
• Remittance may be made by International Postal Money order sent by snailmail:

  David Bull

  Seseragi Studio

  Nagabuchi 8-4-5

  Ome City Tokyo

  198-0052 JAPAN

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More Information / Place Order

If you would like more information, or wish to start a subscription, please use the appropriate section of my Order Form.

Alternatively, if you are a Skype user, you can give me a call with your questions, or to place an order. Check my webcam first to see if I am perhaps busy with printing - if the camera is off and the coast seems clear, give me a 'ring' on woodblock100, my Skype ID. (Do I need to remind you that I am in Tokyo? ... so check your time zones first!)