I just received a "catalog", i.e., a 2 page flyer with lots of small text, from
Klaus Pollmeier
Fine Print Studios
Muhlenfeld 43
45470 Mulheim a.d. Ruhr
Germany
Tel: 0208-43 10 51
FAX: 43 39 37
The flyer is in German but I know that Pollmeier can also communicate in
English and French.
I see stuff there I haven't found anywhere else, e.g.,:
Kentmere Doc. Art to 50 x 60 cm
Guilleminot Zitratpapier (presumably same as Chicago Albumen Work's POP)
Argenta Mural
Ultrabrom Script and liquid photo emulsion
As "new" products he lists three sizes of bromoil brushes.
He also has a number of monochrome pigment papers, presumably old
Hanfstaengl stuff before they closed. I'd be careful about getting too much
of it as it tends to age and show fog.
He also lists a series of two day workshops on a variety of processes,
including oil and bromoil. I mention these because it is very hard to find
courses on these topics and I find them underrated and underutilized. He
also reviews (and sells) the British video on Bromoil that was mentioned on
this list a while back: Norman Gryspeerdt, a master with more than 50 years
of experience who shows all the tricks he's learned. It is 70 minutes in
length and the final word of the review is Faszinierend!", which does not
need translation. I think, I'll have to add that one to my library.
There are also perhaps 50 different chemicals, as one would find say, at
the Photographer's Formulary, and various pieces of equipment, e.g., UV
lights, densitometers, etc. The equipment, I presume, would only work with
European-type AC (220 Volts)
I don't know if Fine Print Studios is listed in our FAQ, but he seems to be
the most active supplier on the European Continent.
Luis Nadeau