Laszlo_Layton@spe.sony.com
Date: 09/19/01-07:27:36 PM Z
I second Richard's sentiment and praise for Sinopia. The difference in
price between the two companies, especially for the earth pigments, is
ususally very negligible. Kremer does have a slightly better selection
and some of the more rare pigments--but a HUGE nod goes to Sinopia for
their service which has always been very friendly and helpful over the
phone. The folks at Kremer in NY couldn't be less interested or helpful
over the phone (at least in my experience). Still, I order from them
and receive my shipments very quickly. Just don't call Kremer with a
question!
Laszlo
Richard Sullivan FRPS <richsul@earthlink.net> on 09/19/2001 06:41:48 PM
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Subject: Re: Looking for gum printers who use powder pigments
Brahama,
At 06:45 PM 9/19/2001 +0200, you wrote:
>Thanks, Richard, for that illuminating text.
>
>
>You could order directly from Kremer in Germany via
>www.kremer-pigmente.de
>
>They started selling their pigments online. It's the company where
>sinopia buy most of their pigments. You'll get the exact same pigments
>for less than half the price.
That may be true for Kremer pigments that Sinopia sells but the prices I
found were 14.00 for 500 gm of lamp black at Sinopia vs 12.00 at Kremer
for
burnt sienna vs 12.50 from Sinopia and 10.70 from Kremer.
For real fun we could try:
"Fra Angelico blue, lapis lazuli, clear blue.
Made according to the Cennino Cennini recipe"
for the lovely price of 5 gm for $157.00
Who says gum is cheap?
Sinopia has been a great help to me on the phone so I try to support
them.
I have not tried to get help from Kremer and they could be very helpful
as
well. So far Sinopia has been super in sending stuff quickly and
efficiently so I am sort of loyal for that reason alone.
Cheers
--Dick Sullivan
>Greetings
>
>Brahma
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