Digital BW, The Print

when are you  (universal) going to do your homework and stop making up
your own rules and calling them "what is" ??? if you want to apply
printmaking rules, at least find out what they really are and then
decide what YOU will do, but stop making such arbitrary rules that do
not exist!!!  small wonder it is so hard for photographers   stop
talking here and do some real study which only a few of you have done,
it is SO obvious which ones   i guess i am near jumping ship   you yell
so much and only those (whom i greatly admire) bother to really find out
before they rave   jwp


 > Artists proofs are just the first pulling of a litho, silk screen
 > etc.Has nothing to do with quality. Some people collect them for
 > whatever reason they have like First Editions of a book It's a
 > pretentious piece of jive which might make someone happy for a while.
 >  Book First Editions do glom more bread sometimes though. I have
 > a/p's etc. and am not especially thrilled except that they were given
 >  to me as gifts. I did have an art gallery for about 5 years----a
 > great way to have the government pay for champagne, wine and a lot of
 >  other booze for shows. After it's over you quietly fold up your tent
 >  and split. And you can end up with a pretty good art collection.
 >
 >>>
 >> "artist proof"  hum? practice prints? General rule is to allow 10%
 >> of the edition as proofs, just away of being up front about how
 >> many prints

i have also owned a gallery, am a printmaker,etc   LEARN first   talk second

  if anyone wants to know what my ethical thoughts as a printmaker are,
ask me offgroup, i am gone 11/24-12/1 and 12/5-12/12  jwp/jno