Digital BW, The Print

Steve,

>I think Carl Schofield's and others tests of "glop" will get 
>you even closer....

I'm looking into it.  I don't yet know what the glop is composed of, and I
doubt it will seal the print the way the spray does.  But, in terms of ease
of application, I'm definitely looking at it.

>Am I right in understanding you took the image right to the 
>edge of the wooden frame?

Yes.  

I do realize that wood puts out nasty substances that will attack the print.
Hopefully if the wood and print are both sealed, that will take care of the
problem.  

Aesthetically, I have never really liked a white border or mat around the
print.  I think it pulls the eye away from the image.  I fully expect the
"fine art" types to be horrified by the lack of glass and traditional
matting.  But, to me the image just looks better this way.  The most
appropriate type of frame -- natural wood, black, or whatever -- and the
whole approach is still a work in progress and very subjective, of course.
But as I sit here looking at a traditional matte under glass photo on the
wall to my right and a Semimatte print with no glass on my left, the
unglazed Semimatte simply blows away the glazed print due mostly to the lack
of reflections. 

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com
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> From: Paul Roark <paul.roark@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:00:49 -0800
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] New to forum, excited to find that this exists!
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> 
>> ...but there is one thing: So far as I know, and I
>> would like to be corrected, there is no way to replicate the
>> look of an air-dried fiber print.  ...
> 
> Probably still technically true, but the Epson Premium Semimatte (sprayed
> with PremierArt Print Shield) that I dry-mounted and stuck in a wood frame
> this afternoon is awfully close.  I framed it borderless, with no matte
> board and no glazing.  That 2.3+ dmax image, with no glass in front of it
> and no distracting white around it, is very nice to look at -- almost like
> looking into it.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
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