[alt-photo] Inkjet magic....feh

[Andy Schmitt]

It occurred to me this morning that Dan Burkholder, among others, has been
doing just the opposite for a while now...Inkjet over Platinum, Van Dyke,
etc.... Rather than me rehashing Dans words, please see the interview at:
http://www.dpandi.com/dan/dan.html .

As one who runs classes in EVERYTHING and loves a technical challenge...I
still think I agree with Judy...

Feh....

regards 

Andy Schmitt
           Photographer, Computerist, Slayer of Dragons 
      All opinions expressed are mine...Unless otherwise stated or REALLY
stupid
Head of Photography, Peters Valley Craft Center
2010 schedule available on line at: 
    http://www.petersvalley.org/brochure/photography.pdf

>From Judy:
Message: 2
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:30:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Judy Seigel <jseigel at panix.com>
Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Metalotype
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010, C.Breukel at lumc.nl wrote:

> Got this mail form Mike Ware some time ago (I am on a mailing list of 
> mike, guess some people already heard about it). Anyway: food for 
> thought I guess....
>
> Cor

Well, Cor...   what occurs to me is a sexual metaphor, which I will 
omit... no, on 2nd thought -- I may of course be wrong, but it seems to me
that filling an inkjet cartridge with the mixed emulsion and then making
one's "alternative print" by inkjet printer is like taking a shower with a
raincoat on.

In any event, at least for this gum printer, getting there is half the fun
(who remembers that slogan?  I forget which advertiser -- a cruise ship? 
something like that...). Which is to say, if the object is only to turn out
a digital print, what difference does it make what the "ink" is ? It could
be blackberry juice, squid ink, monkey blood, vandyke brown solution or shoe
dye, among other possibilities that come to mind...

It's true that making the large neg is a PITA... but it seems to me
(granted, from no experience in the proposed process) that printing out the
large negative, digitally or otherwise, and working with that, involves a
lot less chemistry and more flexibility.  And isn't the point, or part of
it, to be in control?

Also, I note that the description speaks of "sensitized papers of the
'single-layer' category" -- yet increasingly another layer of a different
medium has become part of the scheme (and that's even without the joy of
gum).  Plus, what happens to the emulsion in the metal "cartridge"? 
Aren't emulsions safest in glass??? Etc. etc. etc... (See paragraph the
first, above.)

Meanwhile": Feh !

Judy

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regards 

Andy Schmitt
           Photographer, Computerist, Slayer of Dragons 
      All opinions expressed are mine...Unless otherwise stated or REALLY
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