Digital BW, The Print

I believe that the concern was not the vehicles that are added to the
pigments, but rather the dyes that Cone and MIS put in their pigmented inks
to correct their color.  Dyes in comparison to pigment are quite fugitive.

Robert

On 10/14/01 3:26 PM, "davidhatton@..."
<davidhatton@...> wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> Artists oil paint does not contain 100% pigment, watercolour paint
> does not contain 100% pigment either. They both contain 'carriers'
> and or preservatives. Yet the fact that they are reliable for the
> production of paintings is beyond doubt. Manufacturers of such
> materials publish longevity details in their catalogues and they do
> vary. I don't see the problem. Providing you are using the best
> available products no-one can accuse an artist of being dishonest. We
> have to remember that we are not merely selling ink on paper but that
> we are selling something with an aesthetic unique to that piece. No
> two prints will ever be the same. However minute the differance, be
> it paper grain, direction, ink density variation etc. Providing it
> meets the artists requirements for being saleable and the consumers
> requirements as a piece of art , nothing else matters.
> 
> Diamonds aren't 100% carbon but they're still diamonds..
> 
> 
> DH
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