Re: pigments and more

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DENNIS@klink47.freeserve.co.uk
Date: 10/07/01-01:14:00 AM Z


Judy the book is called "Colors From The Earth" an artists guide to
collecting preparing and using them by Anne Wall Thomas publisher Van
Nostrand Reinhold 1980 ISBN 0-442-25786-4 Library Of Congress No 79-27222
Dennis Klinker London
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From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel@panix.com>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 3:04 AM
Subject: Re: pigments and more

>
> Brahma, or Dave... do you have name of publisher of that pigment book???
>
> On Sat, 6 Oct 2001 FotoDave@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > If Dr. Kremer didn't have it, I guess I can send you a xerox copy too.
>
> Of course we'll all suffer book envy, tho obviously there's a limit to the
> copying Dave can do. I wonder if publisher can be reached & would agree to
> web posting, as the Albumen Salted Paper book is.
>
> At Kremer yesterday on Elizabeth Street I found other books about pigment.
> One is "Colors, The Story of Dyes and Pigments," $12.95 (it was mentioned
> on this list without the word "colors" and so didn't turn up immediately
> in Barnes & Noble computer). So far my "review"is mixed... but not
> finished yet.
>
> Kremer also has the now 3-volume set, soon to be 4 volumes, "Artists'
> Pigments... an interdisciplinary study on artist materials through the
> ages." Flipping through volume 2, I somehow felt I didn't need this book,
> not relevant for my purposes, but then I was in the middle of a fevered
> political discussion, as does happen when 3 New Yorkers get in a room
> together. Volume 1 is out of print, being reprinted. Volume 3 is so far
> only in hard cover, $50.
>
> Other books on view included the latest editions of both the Mayer and the
> Doerner (beide auf Englisch). Actually, a lot of the new editions covers
> acrylic & other synthetics. For our purposes an older edition might be
> preferable.
>
> Judy
>
> >
> > Dave S
> >
> > In a message dated 10/6/01 10:41:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
lva@pamho.net
> > writes:
> >
> > << > > A.W. Thomas -- Color from the Earth: The Preparation and Use of
> > > > Native Earth Pigments, 1980.
> > > >
>
>


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