Don Messec: Making Art Safely, Part 2 May 24, 2011 My second day of working with Don Messec [1] of Making Art Safely ( see Part 1 by clicking here [2] ) was intended to be used to determine if Piezography inks can bring anything unique to his photop... artists piezography and food piezography life writing Read more
Don Messec: Making Art Safely, Part 1 May 23, 2011 Last week I was working with Don Messec at his amazing and healthy printmaking studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Don has dedicated the last two decades to making art safer for printmakers and artists. I... artists piezography life writing Read more
Piezography for X900!?! Mar 13, 2011 WOW! This is totally unexpected. Roy Harrington (author of QTR) reported last week “Interesting development. I got a hold of a 7900 briefly so I could try the QTR driver. — the method was just to use... 7900 / 990 new products piezography Read more
The Darkroom Revisited - version 2 Feb 17, 2011 Yesterday, I was in the darkroom with Ilford MultiGrade IV paper, Sprint Chemistry, and Piezography digital-negatives. It was fun and dark. With water running quietly, it seemed quite meditative. Perf... digital negatives piezography life writing Read more
Having trouble resetting desktop cartridges? Feb 10, 2011 They are easy to reset because they reset automatically. But, often our customers try to make them reset at their time of choosing rather than the correct time. That always fails and for good reason. ... cartridges maintenance product use refilling Read more
ConeColor HDR released Feb 1, 2011 ConeColor HDR inks are now released! The customer Beta program was a success. We have a great set of ConeColor HDR inks and a great set of 700ml refillable carts. We reformulated the Vivid Magenta, Li... conecolor conecolor hdr inks Read more
Gimme that old time feeling Jan 23, 2011 This winter I have been shooting with a combination of plastic Diana lenses, single element optic lenses, and my prized Zeiss Distagon 21mm ƒ2.8. Shooting with a diana lens makes me feel a bit nostalg... artists featured piezography development piezography life Read more
Cheap plastic lenses Dec 19, 2010 None [1] Last year at this time, I bought a Zeiss Icon 21mm f /2.8 Distagon lens for my Canon 5D. Describing it as sharp as a razorblade from corner to corner would not be an exaggeration. At f/16 the... lenses photography Read more
ReUse and Inkjet Nov 28, 2010 I got a call from a customer recently who said that he would not consider any type of alternative inkjet cartridge or CIS for his printer because he heard that it voids the warranty. He insisted on on... cartridges product use refilling reuse Read more
no substitute for real world testing Oct 20, 2010 There is no substitute for real world testing…like 20 feet of salt water and 3 months in the direct sun! Its been five years since the tragic devistation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately, ma... piezography life writing Read more
A Theory of Two Georges Apr 12, 2010 There is the theory that a few colors can reproduce everything else, and I think of the great French painter Georges Seurat. In the latter part of the 19th century, Seurat painted dots of red, green, ... artists featured piezography life writing Read more
On new papers and coating observations Mar 23, 2010 A recent comment on the popular Digital BW, The Print discussion list left me scratching my head yesterday…a little in disbelief at the responses to what seemed like a very benign observation by a m... piezography life writing Read more