RE: Why Winsor & Newton?

Has he tested any of the pigments? They are used over a broad range of
mediums and serious collectors would want to know. Curators should be
looking for this information as well or do you think that they just wait
until it fades? Perhaps, Bob has some info on that as he has toured several
plants? Are any of these same pigments being used in the ink jet industry?

Now pt/pd printing doesn't seems so full of problems : )

Eric Neilsen Photography
4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9
Dallas, TX 75226
214-827-8301
http://ericneilsenphotography.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Katharine Thayer [mailto:kthayer@pacifier.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 7:52 AM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Why Winsor & Newton?
>
> Eric Neilsen wrote:
> >
> > Where is Wilhelm in all of this? Has he tested any of the pigments
> applied
> > as "intended" or within a gum print?
>
> Don't I wish! But I don't think so..... it seems unlikely that they
> would be interested in this, as so very few people are involved with gum
> printing.
> kt
>
> >
> > Eric Neilsen Photography
> > 4101 Commerce Street
> > Suite 9
> > Dallas, TX 75226
> > http://e.neilsen.home.att.net
> > http://ericneilsenphotography.com
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Katharine Thayer [mailto:kthayer@pacifier.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 6:04 AM
> > > To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> > > Subject: Re: Why Winsor & Newton?
> > >
> > > Katharine Thayer wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Christina Z. Anderson wrote:
> > > > > > Now, Holbein does have one color that no other person makes
> quite
> > > > > >> the same--Opera. Can't wait to make a gum with that as my
> magenta
> > > of
> > > > > >> choice.
> > > > > Katharine wrote:
> > > > > > Just so you know, one of the pigments in that paint, basic
> violet
> > > 10, is
> > > > > > fugitive. (The other pigment is PR122, quinacridone magenta).
> > > > >
> > > > > Interesting, but Page gives it 3 stars, her highest rating, saying
> > > > > lightfastness is very good.
> > >
> > >
> > > And as I was saying in a conversation with Henk last week or so, no
> one
> > > really knows for sure whether pigments that are fugitive in themselves
> > > are equally fugitive once encased in hardened gum. I assume that the
> > > answer is yes, so I don't use fugitive pigments. But until someone
> > > actually does that fade testing, we're all just guessing; maybe
> you'll
> > > do those tests, Chris...
> > > Katharine
Received on Wed Jun 1 17:35:38 2005