{"product_id":"metal-archive-001","title":"Metal Print | Signed by the Artist","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKROWN doesn't explain its acquisitions. This one came with a partial file.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe plate was a competition entry. Royal commission — a sovereign convened every master forger in the kingdom to bring one object. One chance. The winner would be appointed Royal Forger. The plates that didn't win were sealed in the Archive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis one didn't win.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe forger is listed by designation only: Forge Mark 7. No name on record. What the Archive does record: he worked alone for two years before the competition was announced. Every other entrant brought a team — colorists, engravers, assistants. Forge Mark 7 brought a plate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe technology he used to produce the boundary condition — the line where two states of the same metal meet without seam, without transition, without any process the Archive's assessors could classify — was logged with four words in the margin: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"origin of process unknown.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis tools were not submitted with the plate. The Archive notes this as irregular. No follow-up record exists. Forge Mark 7 does not appear in any subsequent Archive entry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe plate sat in the Archive for a long time. It was made for a king who never claimed it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou're the first person outside that room to own it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhatever Forge Mark 7 was trying to prove — to the king, to the other forgers, to himself — he proved it in this object. Two years of work. Unknown process. Tools he took with him when he left.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe king chose someone else. The Archive kept the plate. We found it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow it's on your wall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eInclude the artist's signature. No announcement when they're gone\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat you receive:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"_ul_1iy4o_146\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAluminum metal print, UV and scratch resistant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2mm thick, shadow mounted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWall mount hardware included\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShips protected, arrives ready to hang\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist signature printed on the front of the metal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCare:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Surface wipe only. Clean gently with mild soapy damp cloth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFree worldwide shipping. Made for a king. Kept for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"_p_1iy4o_107\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMetal Archive 001. The Archive expands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productBulletCare\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"divCareLabelScriptCss\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"divScriptCss\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productSizeChart\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productConversionChart\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"KROWN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52738785313044,"sku":"3032202","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1011\/0235\/4708\/files\/9D6F9FBC-9A9A-4D5D-BD96-CCB5593DC2D8.png?v=1783151171","url":"https:\/\/www.wearkrown.com\/products\/metal-archive-001","provider":"KROWN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}