Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Antonis Ricos" 
<antonisphoto@y...> wrote:
However, if you only coat the image, as a long term 
> exhibition solution, the paper will deteriorate around it without 
the glass/frame 
> to protect it.


Antonis/Robert,

I went to the Janitor Store this morning and got a beta version of 
the Mayer Rod. It's basically a big-ass 24" wide window 
squeegee. I tested one 35x47 test print, and it's not so hot, 
although on some level, I like the primitiveness of it.

http://marktucker.com/temp/coating.html

The last two jpegs show the leftover Oleopasto. Looks like some 
outtake out of "Boogie Nights" but you get the idea.

Antonis, I think I've gotten to the point that I don't really care about 
Wilhelm, or when I'm dead, or even when I'm old. I print with 
pigments, I print with Museo, which is acidfree and 
brightener-free. I know it will last "a long time"; whatever that 
means. If not, I'll deal with it then. 

I'm not being irresponsible, because I'll tell a buyer all this. But 
I'm approaching this almost from a folk-art kindofa viewpoint. I'm 
not Ansel Adams, with my perfection and Zone System and 
clinical-ness; I'm just a schmoe who's going more for "mojo" 
than for anything else. "If you like it, buy it. If not, no big deal".

You can drive yourself nuts with all this anxiety. Screw it. You do 
the best you can to work with good materials, but at some point, 
you gotta chill a bit. Given, this approach is not for everybody, but 
it feels right for me. I would also add that my goal is to price 
these prints rather low. I don't live in Manhattan or SantaFe, and 
don't want to; so my market is rather limited. I might change my 
mind about all this, if I ever sign on with a gallery, but I love 
where I'm at with all this. I think I've found a good balance 
between anal-retentive and feel-good. To each his own.

I plan on sending Robert two prints tonight. I found a zillion 
references to a "Mayer Rod" on Google, but could find no picture 
of one. I'm curious to see what it looks like.

MT, http://www.marktucker.com