Digital BW, The Print

At 09:29 AM 3/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
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>> I wish someone knowledgeable about litho inks could instruct us on their
>> alchemy.  My friends doing intaglio and other fine art printing go merrily
>> about their way with any color in the rainbow without all the fuss we are
>> saddled with. I'm tempted to get a can of brown ink and some MIS base and
>> just go for it.
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>> AZ
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>I recenlty attended a workshop demo-ing the akua-color water based inks for
>monotypes
>and intaglio processes...
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>http://www.waterbasedinks.com/
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>Much of printmaking has been using oil based & caustic stuff...
>the akua-color uses pure pigments in a water based medium
>and has a number of advantages for monotype work.
>They are archival.
>They have two blacks in the series a carbon black (warm)
>and a lamp black (cooler).
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>I have been interested in doing color monotype washes and then overprinting
>witth piezo for detail - but thats in the future.

Bob,
That is my next project too.  I saw some ink jet portraits in the Cleveland
Art Museum (in their collection!) that used hand-tinted rag paper. Very good
looking. I printed some ink jet over light washes on Arches paper and they
show promise.  A friend just did some incredibly beautiful ink jet prints on
water color paper using color inks to print b/w. He ran the fresh prints
under running water selectively washing out and blending.  

I think being overly focused on achieving replicas of traditional
photographic techniques may hinder development of a new ink jet aesthetic. 

AZ


>Don't ever say I told anyone to put these inks in an injet.  ;-))
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>But - - I bet these guys could make an inkjet version
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>Thanks
>Bob Obenland
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