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
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
The True Cost of Big Prints redux Jun 24, 2012 In a recent article by Jon Canfield in Digital Photo Pro called “ The True Cost of Big Prints [1] “, Canfield sets the entry cost of an Epson 9900 with 700ml ink tanks and a roll each of Epson Exhibit... 7900 / 990conecolor conecolor pro inkthrift 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
Trouble switching between MK and PK in desktop printers? Jun 21, 2011 Question: I wanted to change my desktop printer from Matte Black to Photo Black. But the printer reported that there is not enough ink to execute this action. What can I do? Desktop printer models req... cartridges from dana's desk maintenance product use 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
PiezoFlush for printer storage Mar 17, 2011 Question: I have (2) Epson 4000 printers that I want to put into storage for an extended period of time. How much Piezoflush will it take to accomplish this without using more than I need for the task... from dana's desk maintenance tech-support Read more
Interchanging b&w and color inks in one printer Mar 17, 2011 Question: Does a printer have to be dedicated to Piezography inks or can it be switched back to ConeColor inks when it is necessary to print a batch of color images? Generally, we recommend having sep... from dana's desk tech-support Read more