This artwork may
or may not be notable.

CHECKS BEGAN AS AN $8 OPEN EDITION ON JANUARY 3, 2023.
16,031 IDENTICAL PIECES WERE CREATED.


ON FEBRUARY 12 2023, A MECHANISM FOR MIGRATING OPEN EDITIONS TO IMMUTABLE ONCHAIN ARTWORK WAS DEPLOYED ON ETHEREUM.


Here's why it exists.
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.

This artwork may
or may not be notable.

CHECKS BEGAN AS AN $8 OPEN EDITION ON JANUARY 3, 2023.
16,031 IDENTICAL PIECES WERE CREATED.


ON FEBRUARY 12 2023, A MECHANISM FOR MIGRATING OPEN EDITIONS TO IMMUTABLE ONCHAIN ARTWORK WAS DEPLOYED ON ETHEREUM.


Here's why it exists.
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.

This artwork may
or may not be notable.

CHECKS BEGAN AS AN $8 OPEN EDITION ON JANUARY 3, 2023.
16,031 IDENTICAL PIECES WERE CREATED.


ON FEBRUARY 12 2023, A MECHANISM FOR MIGRATING OPEN EDITIONS TO IMMUTABLE ONCHAIN ARTWORK WAS DEPLOYED ON ETHEREUM.


Here's why it exists.
HERE'S HOW IT WORKS.

Checks Editions are artist controlled,
mutable canvases.

Checks Originals are collector controlled
immutable canvases.

Checks Editions are mutable. Checks Originals are immutable.

Edition

Artist Controlled

Original

Collector Controlled

Collectors can choose to migrate their
editions to onchain originals at any time.

Collectors can choose to migrate their editions to onchain originals at any time.

Edition #14324

Original #14324

By migrating, editions are destroyed, and originals retain their ID in a new collection.

Edition #14324

Burned

Original #14324

Created

Checks originals are onchain, animated SVGs with no external render dependencies.

Original #14324

Static

Original #14324

Motion

Originals can be migrated and revealed
via burn.checks.art ↗︎

Originals have seven
possible color bands.

  • Eighty

  • Sixty

  • Forty

  • Twenty

  • Ten

  • Five

  • One

  • Eighty

  • Sixty

  • Forty

  • Twenty

  • Ten

  • Five

  • One

Originals have six
possible gradients.

  • None

  • Reflected

  • Angled

  • Double Angled

  • Linear

  • Double Linear

  • Linear Z

  • None

  • Reflected

  • Angled

  • Double Angled

  • Linear

  • Double Linear

  • Linear Z

Originals can be composited together
to create lower check counts.

Checks inherit the DNA of their parents.

Collectors choose which token ID to keep.

Counts.

  • Eighty

  • Forty

  • Twenty

  • Ten

  • Five

  • Four

  • One

  • Eighty

  • Forty

  • Twenty

  • Ten

  • Five

  • Four

  • One

Compositing from 80 checks to 1 check.

The largest and final piece in the collection is the black check, requiring 64 single checks to produce (4,096 editions).

Only three will ever be possible.