Re: fine print studios - germany

Luis Nadeau (nadeaul@nbnet.nb.ca)
Wed, 15 Mar 1995 22:12:51 +0300

>For me the german text is of no problem and due to the fact that i received
>Pollmeiers text also and i must add to Luis N. text that the Argenta and
>Guilleminot papers are out of production and that Pollmeier will try to produce
>his own bromoil paper; the problem is : when? That is the reason for my
>question about the Kentmere paper; according to the representative of Kentmere
>in the Netherlands all the Kentmere papers are hardened and not to be used
>for bromoil, so i am still interested if somebody has some experience with
>this or other paper(s).

Bromoil printing is to oil printing, what carbro is to carbon printing. I
lost patience a long time ago with carbro. I preferred carbon so I didn't
have to chase down expensive and unreliable nonsupercoated bromide papers.
One year, I was teaching with Darryl Jones, of Indianapolis, at the Maine
Photo Workshops. Darryl had more patience than me, and could "normally"
(i.e., not in the hot summers of Maine) make good carbros out of many
papers, supercoated or not. He could also make 4 foot long carbons! Has
anyone heard from him in recent years?

I think I made the point before that an expert can also make a good bromoil
out of just about any bromide paper. David Lewis, near Toronto, can do
that, as mentioned in my book on the subject, and as a matter of fact, he
did it right before my eyes at one time.

The British Bromoil video that has been mentioned here a few times would
probably be a smart investment to anyone interested in this art.

If I were to get into this kind of pigment printing myself, I'd use the oil
process.

Luis Nadeau