Urban Art Association

Mine has a small splat of the blue, same colour as the glove, on the right hand side, and your right this print is quite delicate, mine has got a smalll crease.

your basically asking if this is part of the print and the answer is noooooo. Wouldnt worry to much about it. Ive seen a banksy print stuck to the wall with bluetack. Its all about loving it, you would only be bothered about that if you were selling it...

what a shame, its probably worthless now , I could pay you cost to help you out ;D ;D ;D

Thanks for the info, but a bit late now me thinks. should have thought of that when i first saw it. :-(

I would not worry, and it wont devalue the print in anyway, its just part of screen printing. Banksy signed the print so its part of the edition, so that would be good enough for me.

Just say it's an ap!

do people really think that this print is "delicate" or "fragile" ? i've never heard of people having problems with creases until now. also, in that eBay auction, those are "darts," not "creases." those darts can happen by just nicking or having pressure applied to one pinpoint area...causing the paper to "dart." that damage definitely looks to be caused by the seller, not POW.

the water should be distilled-

yes it should be - and make sure you turn the steamer off on the iron too!

If not trained in the use of an iron placing the print between two boards with lots of weight on also has the same results and you do not risk the warping of the paper that sometimes results from too much direct heat

Or you could check into the local Holiday Inn for a night

I always find that if you warm a damp cloth, find a couple of virgins and ask them to place their feet upon the damp cloth, then apply some pressure(not to much I must add) this technique should remove any stubborn crease or gash. Then rub down with a piece of wood from the Shire.

I find cloth made by Hildens to be the best but i'm sure any decent natural calico will do.

Thank you for all the feedback everyone I'm going to ask the conservationist to remove the flourescent mark because it's too eye catching and my eyes are now drawn to it every time.

IMO the fact that the paper is so heavy is what causes a lot of these prints to get darts/creases. You simply can't handle the thing up without the weight causing some damage to the paper. You're right in that S&S should be framed up asap to avoid this happening. I stored S&S flat in a folder but even so getting it in and out of the folder was hazardous. The less handling the better! At the time I did not have enough money to get both of my Banksy's framed and ended up framing colour Trolleys instead.

I sold the S&S last year - I know, not the done thing but it was wasted sitting in a folder - and the tube got a dent in transit on its way to Chicago. Hence the damage! It got returned to me by the buyer as part of the PayPal deal. Now I've got enough in the bank to get it framed so it should be safe going forward.

Thanks again.