For printmakers

Every pull of the edition, numbered and counted.

An edition of 50 is a promise — each pull numbered, artist proofs on the side, and no more when it's done. Your costs are paper by the sheet, ink, and the block or screen that took a week to carve and belongs to the whole run. MadeKeeper tracks the edition as an edition: how many pulled, how many sold, what each print really costs.

The app is live. Free during the pilot. Founding rate $19/mo, locked for life.

No card to start. Use it free through the pilot, and lock the $19/mo founding rate for as long as you stay.

How MadeKeeper maps to your press

Editions as first-class inventoryx/50 plus APs, tracked as the run sells down. You always know how many remain — and so does your integrity when a collector asks.
The block is tooling, spread across the runThe carved block or burned screen cost real hours and money. Amortize it across the edition and each pull carries its fair share.
Paper by the sheet, ink by the tubeGood paper is the material cost that matters — log it by the sheet, and misprints ride a waste factor like they ride the recycling bin.
Open editions and wholesale tooGiclée open editions, wholesale to shops, art-fair browsers flipping the flat file — each channel tracks its own pricing and fees.

One edition, to the penny

Say you pull a linocut edition of 50:

  • 50 sheets of printmaking paper @ $1.85$92.50
  • Ink$6.20
  • Block, amortized across the edition$14.00
Edition cost — $2.25 a pull$112.70

At $40 a print, the full edition grosses $2,000.00 on $112.70 of materials — the economics that make editions worth the carving week, visible at last.

Straight about what's live

Materials and true cost per piece, products (in bulk or one-of-a-kind), sales that drain stock, the was-this-fair-worth-it event math, mileage, expenses, and the year-end tax packet — all in the app today. Etsy and Square sync, your own storefront, a booth card reader, and shipping labels are building, shaped with founding makers. Nothing above describes a feature that doesn't exist without saying so. See the full live-vs-building list →

Questions printmakers ask

How does edition tracking work?

An edition logs with its size and AP count; each sale draws down the run. You'll always know it's 31 of 50 sold — and the flat file count matches the ledger.

How should I cost the block or screen?

Log it as tooling amortized across the edition — a $14 share per 50-print run, or however your numbers fall. Reprints of an open edition just keep spreading it thinner.

Can I track both limited and open editions?

Yes. Limited editions close at their number; open editions run on. Each keeps its own costs, prices, and sales history.

Ready to see your real numbers?

The app is live and free during the pilot. Lock the $19/mo founding rate for as long as you stay.

More from art, paper & finds