Digital BW, The Print

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 12:28 PM, piezobw <jon@...> wrote:

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> The awkward thing was returning to a forum that once had a majority of
> experimental printmakers - only to find that those who experiment are the
> minority, and some using the out of the box experience are terribly terribly
> protective of it.
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> So Clayton, despite putting a ton of great research derived info online,
and those who use ABW in their printing, aren't "experimental" printmakers?
Does your club have a special handshake?

I haven't used ABW in years, not because I have anything against it, but
because the studio where I work desired to use monochrome inksets. As a
result, I've used MIS and Cone black ink sets at the studio. For my personal
work, I use a 4880 for color, and for BW I've been concentrating on making
carbon tissue transfer prints, not because I think they're better than
everything else, but because I like making them, and I like their unique
qualities for my work.  Hence, I'm not getting defensive about my use of
ABW, I'm getting defensive about the dismissive attitude that you and Tyler
have expressed here concerning the work and techniques of long-term
participants in this forum.  I find it hard to believe that both of you
can't tell the difference between a perfectly acceptable statement of your
preferences versus the making of derogatory and incendiary comments.  Your
quotation above is an example of the latter.

While I was considering switching over to your color inks when the need
arises.  I won't be doing so.


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