After a couple of Limoncello’s she turns into the Midnight Marauder - Lockdown 2 Jumbo print in hand finished frame with lemon glowing edge
Giclee print with Canon ink over painting and Japanese chalk handfinishing
Frame handfinished with glowing edge flavoured with limoncello (not really)
300gsm hannemuhle paper
74 cm x 61 cm
1/1 unique JUMBO size print
I bought a new printer so I decanted and bottled all of the old printer ink from the defunct old printer cartridges and I’m using them to colour in artwork. It would have been a complete waste to throw away all that mega expensive ink. Printer inks are one of the biggest rip offs on the planet.
BLACK PRINTER INK $2,700 PER GALLON No matter the price of your printer itself, the printer’s ink always costs far more, and the manufacturer for each printer and its corresponding ink is the one and the same.
Want to know what is more expensive ?
$3,400 PER GALLON Mercury is not as widely used in the production of medical tools (such as thermometers) as it used to be due to its toxicity. However, it remains to be the only liquid metal that remains liquid at room temperature, it can be used to conduct electricity, and in vapor form it is used in street lighting and fluorescent bulbs.
INSULIN $9,400* PER GALLON Insulin is very expensive to produce in its biosynthetic form. As we know – (or should know!) insulin is a hormone naturally produced by healthy pancreases. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, insulin prices tripled between 2002-2013 and seem to be steadily on the rise. A more affordable way to produce insulin is reportedly in development, introducing the human gene into plants to then produce it themselves. *The price of $9,400 per gallon was published by HF Magazine, though any PWD out there can do the math themselves … we’ve seen conclusions ranging from $15,000 – $100,000.
CHANEL NO. 5 $26,000 PER GALLON One of the most widely known fragrances in the world, Chanel No. 5 was first produced in 1922 through the collaboration of chemist, Ernest Beaux, and Coco Chanel. Coco Chanel selected vial #5 of the samples that Beaux presented her with, due to her fondness for the number 5. The name was kept.
HORSESHOE CRAB BLOOD $60,000 PER GALLON The blood of horseshoe crabs is used and harvested in high quantities today to test that a wide range of medical products are not contaminated. Horseshoe crab blood is blue in color, and its unique response to bacterial toxins was discovered over 50 years ago.
LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE (LSD) $123,000 PER GALLON Very widely used in the 1960s as a hallucinogenic drug, LSD is made from the crystalline compound, Lysergic acid, prepared from natural ergot alkaloids. Just one gallon of LSD would provide enough hallucinogens for approximately 55,000 people.
KING COBRA VENOM $153,000 PER GALLON With venom capable of killing a fully grown elephant, the King Cobra is the most poisonous snake known to the world. The King cobra’s venom also contains a unique protein called ohanin. Ohanin is being used today in the form of a painkiller that is 20 times more potent than morphine.
SCORPION VENOM $39,000,000 PER GALLON Scorpions use their venom as a defense against predators and to kill prey, but only 25 species of scorpion have venom that would be lethal to humans. The protein found in scorpion venom, however, can be used to treat pain in humans who suffer from multiple sclerosis (MS), inflammatory bowel disease, and rheumatoid arthritis.