Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean"
<deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
> Thanks Tyler,
> 
> That is really interesting your guy in Seattle is the only one left.
Does he do a lot of high 
> profile work these days? I would love to see his studio sometime.

It's called Art and Soul. He keeps a pretty low profile but prints for
some very impressive people. I don't think he has a website, to this day.

> 
> It is strange that Ataraxia left their website up, complete with
price list. Odd huh?

I could be wrong, I heard it second hand. It could be that they are
not out of materials yet, but the word is no one will make them any
more. That, of course, is second hand info as well.

> Well 
> from that post at the end here it looks like Adamson is doing
Ultrachrome prints of them 
> now. That's what he does. That and Iris. 

Yup, and I noticed that wall of Epsons as well. So "Carbon" must mean
UC, I suppose that's ok if it's primarily the K inks. But it gives an
artsy marketing mystique to something you can go buy off the shelf at
Office Depot.
You know he doesn't use Cone inks <G>.

> It's kind of funny to me. Our High Mueum brought David Adamson here
for a lecture about 
> 3 years ago...

He, Mac from Nash, and Jon are all of the same generation of shops, or
very close to each other. I think there is some contention between
them about who did the most inovation and who was first and all that.
You know, at that level there is a certain cult of personality
involved. Funny. You know damn well he knew exactly what Jon was up to.

...
> assistant if he was considering using Epson machines now that they
were so permanent 
> and viable. He said "oh no we will only use Iris and Mimaki" we
don't care for the Epsons 
> because they are impossible to keep aligned. Now when I look on his
website I see a wall 
> of 9600's. He's using what we are...

well, maybe he's got his beta 9800s now as well. Epson is cultivating
people like him carefully. His shop is no doubt "Epson cerified..."
Not a certification I will win any time soon.
Tyler
www.custom-digital.com

and John, you should put your url in a post or two and be as shamelss
as I am. I think people here would enjoy seeing what you do.