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
Epson 7900/9900 considerations Feb 16, 2012 Ouch! The Epson 7900 and 9900 printers are taking a beating in the User Forums. There is a lot of talk about quickly expiring print heads that do not last the life of the warranty or expire just after... 7890 / 9897900 / 9900 opinion product use 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
Epson makes a tiny step in the right direction Sep 21, 2011 Epson announced this week that they are going to be packaging all of their ink cartridges in 100% recycled paper. I think that this is a positive step in the right direction. But, it does not address ... cartridges opinion refilling reuse Read more
Now we're farming! New Piezography Developments Jul 14, 2011 July is here. The weather is hot. Development time for all new Piezography products is at hand. While the Piezography for Canon project requires new ink formulation and testing (a long process), prior... piezography development writing 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
Piezography Digital Negative meets Mark Nelson's Precision Digital Negative (PDN optional not required) Mar 28, 2011 UPDATE: Piezography Digital Negative has taken a GIANT leap forward and is now called PiezoDN. Read more about it here: https://piezography.com/piezodn/about-piezodn/ [1] <OLDER CONTENT> By marrying ... digital negatives writing Read more
QTR User Guide for Mac updated Mar 17, 2011 I’ve updated the Piezography QuadTone RIP K7/K6 User Manual for Macintosh. While we try to warn users NOT to rely on the standard QTR manual that is part of the QTR package, it is not because Roy Harr... piezography technical research workflow writing Read more
Epson 4900 7890 7900 9890 9900 R3000 possibilities Mar 15, 2011 We were surprised to read over on the QuadTone RIP users list [1] that a QTR user alerted Roy Harrington to the possibility that the Epson X890 and X900 printer control codes might actually be the s... piezography development writing Read more
Digital Negatives: Getting very long in the shadow Mar 8, 2011 Piezography Digital Negative number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine… Number thirty actually. Thirty different major curve architectures, or software methodologies have now passed since I l... digital negatives writing Read more