Digital BW, The Print

I agree re no glazing.  It makes a huge difference.  I still like the white
border though (and a mat board).  My understanding is that glop is the resin
without the pigment but only a call to MIS would find the truth.


> From: Paul Roark <paul.roark@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 08:57:46 -0800
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] New to forum, excited to find that this exists!
> 
> 
> 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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