Iceland Piezography Feb 11, 2015 In March, Cathy Cone and I visited Iceland to photograph on the Southern tip of the island. The week’s weather looked good. We were expecting mild weather in the low to mid 30’s f. Light winds. No sno... artists featured piezography life writing Read more
To upgrade or not Feb 14, 2013 I recently upgraded to Lightroom 4 and was very pleasantly surprised to experience that it is possible to print directly to QuadTone RIP from LightRoom 4 without any color management interference [1]... mac osx opinion piezography product use Read more
Piezography on Paros Jan 15, 2013 I started this blog entry almost immediately upon my return from this journey. And then the unthinkable happened. My computer crashed taking more than 100GB of images with it. All of the images that I... artists piezography life writing Read more
dMax Mar 6, 2012 WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT DMAX THAT HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN SAID? A LITTLE. AND TONS.* In the analogue days of old it was drilled into us by our teachers that a darkroom print required a strong black and a... featured piezography life writing Read more
Digital Carbon Tintypes with Bonny Lhotka Mar 3, 2012 Way back in 1992 I gave a workshop at the Massachusettes College of Art called “Beyond the Digital Print”. I paired an IRIS 3047 printer with an etching press inside of a traditional printmaking studi... artists piezography life writing Read more
Something extreme Feb 16, 2012 In 2005, I discovered a very exciting paper that is hand made in Japan only by custom order. This paper is 21st century adaptation of traditional Japanese washi. I’ve been printing on this paper conti... piezography life writing Read more
Passing of an Ink Icon: PiezoTone 2002 - 2012 Dec 19, 2011 PiezoTones are being discontinued effective March 2012. What ink remaining in inventory will be the last of its kind. The inks affected are PiezoTone WN, PiezoTone CS, PiezoTone, ST, Museum Black, Por... piezography life writing Read more
Jon Cone Uses Custom Inkset for Sutra Exhibition Photo Prints Sep 25, 2011 None [1] Reprinted by permission from Great Output [2] JON CONE USES CUSTOM INKSET FOR SUTRA EXHIBITION PHOTO PRINTS Here’s a story that vividly illustrates the distinction between the increasingly ... fine art paper printmaking printmaking at cone editions roland Read more
EPSON releases new CIS system printers Sep 20, 2011 None [1] Epson recently released two new inkjet printers that are fed by Epson designed CISS bulk ink tanks. That should be huge news, but there has been no press on that here in the USA. The Epson d... ciss industry news Read more
Prep and print Aug 2, 2011 Sometimes my customers are amazed to hear that InkjetMall is actually owned by a printmaker rather than a businessman or some inkjet conglomerate. But, InkjetMall is essentially an outgrowth of my pri... fine art paper maintenance printmaking printmaking at cone editions Read more
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