Limited Fine Art Printing -- recommendations?
Collage
approaches, from Fuji Pictographic to whatever. I'd found a process (no
longer available locally) to print in large size on a canvas-like
background, stretched and mounted. It gave the work an especially distinct
look, not like a basic print which the customer assumed looked to be
something that was one of a zillion.
I'm hoping that some of you will take the time to make suggestions as to
processes, places and procedures. I'm looking at local availability of the
Chromira process for printing, although I'm not sure if the paper choices
are limited to simple matt vs gloss or if there are some other options as
well.
My goal is to produce a limited number of prints per work. I have had
various hotels/banks contact me about purchasing my stuff for their
buildings and want to maintain a sense of "unique" to the work, hence the
intention not to just mass-produce prints.
Thanks for your help!
Brian
Mayo Florece
col...@NoSPaMcollagetown.com says...
>I'm hoping that some of you will take the time to make suggestions as to
>processes, places and procedures.
Have you tried using GOOGLE to search the
web? I typed "fine art printmakers" and
got over 400 hits. As for helping you with
local printers, there's always the yellow
pages of your local phone directory ~!~
Mayo Florece
col...@NoSPaMcollagetown.com says...
>My original posting dealt with a number of questions relating to the
>experience of those in this group. That included asking (1) If anyone has
>used the Chromira process (2) What others might be doing to make their
>digital work more "unique" or "one-of-a-kind" in its presentation, and more.
Had you stated your questions that clearly in the first
place, I wouldn't have made the assumption you were
looking for recommendations for printmakers. Here is
what you ACTUALLY said, versus the above, which you
claim you said:
>I'm hoping that some of you will take the time to make suggestions as to
>processes, places and procedures. I'm looking at local availability of the
>Chromira process for printing
>What you get is ads, not experience.
What you get is INFORMATION, including ads.
Many web sites go to great lengths to explain
the various printing processes. It should
be the FIRST place USENET users look for
information. Certainly a lot more reliable than
the discussions I've seen in Usenet, where most
answers come from amateurs - Andrew Werby is a
rare exception. I hope he will respond to you.
Andrew Werby
"Collage" <col...@NoSPaMcollagetown.com> wrote in message
news:Xns920C6CF95B6D...@151.164.30.48...
> ma...@noemailever.com (Mayo Florece) wrote in news:3cde7774.0
> @oracle.zianet.com:
[There are many things you might accuse our "Mayo" of (polyunsaturation?),
but not this...]
>
> My original posting dealt with a number of questions relating to the
> experience of those in this group. That included asking (1) If anyone has
> used the Chromira process (2) What others might be doing to make their
> digital work more "unique" or "one-of-a-kind" in its presentation, and
more.
[It seemed like you were looking for local resources without bothering to
tell us where you are (not to mention who). This is a more interesting
question, though. How do you make your own digital work unique? Where can we
see it? http://www.collagetown.com/ ? ]
>
> If there wasn't a Usenet then anyone (even you) could type a few words in
> Google, as I certainly had done. What you get is ads, not experience. So,
if
> you don't know the answers to something, just go to the next topic. It
would
> take less time than me explaining to you the nature, purpose and
uniqueness
> of the newsgroups as resources.
>
> Brian
[We're here to waste time, not conserve it. So go ahead, explain all that
stuff- I'm sure it would do us all a lot of good.]
Mayo Florece wrote:
Had you stated your questions that clearly in the first
place, I wouldn't have made the assumption you were
looking for recommendations for printmakers. Here is
what you ACTUALLY said, versus the above, which you
claim you said:
>I'm hoping that some of you will take the time to make suggestions as to
>processes, places and procedures. I'm looking at local availability of the
>Chromira process for printing
>What you get is ads, not experience.
What you get is INFORMATION, including ads.
Many web sites go to great lengths to explain
the various printing processes. It should
be the FIRST place USENET users look for
information. Certainly a lot more reliable than
the discussions I've seen in Usenet, where most
answers come from amateurs - Andrew Werby is a
rare exception. I hope he will respond to you.
[Well so I have- Thanks, Mayo. But I don't really know too much about
printing- I'm better at sculpture processes. The Chromira process is a
photographic one, so it really only works on photographic paper. See
http://www.chromiraprints.com/ (some information there, as well as the ad)
If you want to enter photo contests, it would make sense, but in art
competitions it would put you in the photography category. Most artists use
a Giclee' (inkjet) process instead, since a wider range of substrates is
possible (with the Iris printers, anyway). Here are some folks that offer
oil-based digital printing on canvas with a Giclee machine:
http://www.chromiraprints.com/ I've never tried it, but found them on Google
(hint: try "search within results")]
Andrew Werby
http://unitedartworks.com
Mayo Florece
and...@computersculpture.com says...
>[There are many things you might accuse our "Mayo" of (polyunsaturation?),
>but not this...]
Thanks for the backup and spoken like a
true believer at that! I even participated in
the polyester craze - "those were the days, my
friend..."
>[Well so I have- Thanks, Mayo. But I don't really know too much about
>printing-
Well, that's one hell of lot more than most of
those posting here know. Including myself, I
might add! Cheers.