Digital BW, The Print

Sarah, Paul and all,

  Having big fun at this house with a "carbon on carbon on cotton" process.  Using Ebony-6 inks to print on Arches or other WC papers from heavily-modified photos. (began with PS find-edges or glowing edges filters) Then *complete* the image with Sumi inks, brushes & methods.  This foolishness is an outgrowth of an old love I have for the colors of *black* Sumi inks.  I began using Sumi blacks as the pigments for carbon-transfer printmaking years ago.  Grinding my own, natch.

  I'm not quite in the Wyeth league yet (ahem!) but this has stretched my photography further than any new zoom lens could.  It drives the *how many megapixels?* folks bats!  

Will C.

 "sagaface" wrote:
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> Paul, 
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> What an incredible idea. Truly innovative and exciting. I would LOVE to see you develop this successfully as I have been wanting to combine painting with photography ever since I  lived in Maine and got to spend a lot of time with the Wyeths' watercolors at the Farnsworth. My own paint medium has always been oils but this combination could be amazing.
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> I, too, will be following your work with this very closely. Thank you so much for sharing all these amazing ways to print. I wouldn't be making beautiful B&W prints without your contributions.
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> Sarah
 
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