Digital BW, The Print

Yeah, and when a client mounts it in an area without controlled lighting, or
the lighting is not turned on, it still looks damn fine!
The cost of this stuff is staggering, but the gallery clearly has set a
defining standard for their offerings.  Good for them and their artists, if
they can compete with the added cost.

Best regards,
John Moody

-----Original Message-----
From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of jim
kitchen
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:48 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Conservation glass

Dear Gary,

The gallery, requesting the Museum Glass, is unfortunately,
very steadfast about this quality level of glass, when it
comes to selling fine art carbon ink prints. My images are
prepared by this gallery for their clients and other collector¹s
of fine art. It is also a condition I must live with for the
moment, because this single component in the framing
process is conceived by the gallery, and their clients, to
be part of the gallery¹s archival process.

The reason behind their decision has many facets, which
are outside the scope of this original thread. The gallery¹s
perception of image protection is directly related to the
fact that my images are in the realm of a non traditional
photographic image. This perception of limited archival
qualities, regarding non traditional photographic images,
affects the education process passed on to patrons, which
drive my costs up for the finished product.

There is a growing movement, among gallery owners,
concerning archival properties of inkjet images, and it
seems that I am in the midst of one presently. Whether
this concern is propagated by the gallery, or by the
patron, is not certain. I also find that this concern is
very regional, very argumentative, and again, outside
the scope of this thread.

It is an incremental cost that I must carry, but as I
mentioned earlier, the images sell. Galleries carry the
operating costs for many fine artists, and one avenue
of significant revenue, to recover this overhead, is
framing.

That said, this cost is now part of my image making
process, and I apologise for the length of this reply...

jim k



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