From: Sarah Van Keuren (svk@steuber.com)
Date: 12/01/00-11:48:55 AM Z
I agree with you, Gary. And I am happy to find in Judy's publication, even
in the title "Post-Factory Photography" support for our appreciation of the
uniqueness of each print.
Sarah Van Keuren
> David;
>
> You bring up some very pertinent questions regarding handmade prints and the
> repeatability of editions. Just to throw a wrench into this, I real feel
> that one of the most beautiful things about handmade prints, especially
> those from historical processes, is that they are all unique individuals.
> You are not some kind of coating machine and I don't think that you should
> try to produce 50 exact, or even near close prints. The edition could be
> very similar, utilizing the same lot of paper, but each individual print
> should have its own personality. This would lead well to not printing them
> all at the same time. Even if you did print all 50 on the same day, as your
> UV sources heats and other variables fluctuate, things will change. I think
> that we as practitioners of these historical, handmade processes, should
> educate our market to the uniqueness of handmade, crafted items as opposed
> to factory prints (Thanks to Judy for the term).
>
> Gary Miller
>
>
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