Individual Print Session
I have an Epson P8000 printer at my studio on the second floor of 6 Vernon Street, Somerville. It's available for rent by the hour, which includes me as operator and Photoshop expert. We can proof together, and you can get exactly the prints you want. It prints from letter size up to 44" x 50' on media including watercolor paper, canvas, vinyl, and transparent film, as well as gloss or satin photo paper. The 8P000 uses archival pigment ink, rated 200+ years.
The rental is $75 an hour, with a two-hour minimum. The charge for prints is $10 s/f for ink, based on the size of the image (not media). Typically an artist can make 8-12 prints in a couple hours. I will be there to help with preparing the images and operating the printer. Images should be brought in on a CD or thumbdrive - ideally final print size at 200 dpi. You can save them as hi-res jpgs. I can help enlarge images and get them ready. (Don't bring in Raw images because they may not open.)
You may bring in your own media, either Epson photo paper or watercolor papers such as Aurora White by Red River or Epson Somerset Velvet, which have been coated for digital printing.
I also have a variety of media on hand, which you may use for $10/sf. During your rental time, you may make any number of prints at any size.
Useful sites for paper:
lexjet.com
redriverpaper.com
Maximum paper thickness: 1.5mm (1/16")
GARY DUEHR
Gary Duehr teaches digital photo at local universities. He has been chosen as a Best Emerging Artist in New England by the International Association of Art Critics, and he has received an Artist Grant in photography from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. His work has been featured in museums and galleries including the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; MOMA PS 1, New York, NY; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba, as well as exhibitions in Tokyo, Venice, London, Dublin and Barcelona. Past awards include grants from the LEF Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.
His public artworks include a video installation for the Canadian subway system; a photo installation funded by the Visible Republic program of New England Foundation for the Arts, and a commission from the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority) for a permanent photo installation at North Station.
Duehr has written about the arts for journals including ArtScope, Art New England, Art on Paper, Communication Arts, Frieze, and Public Culture. Currently he manages Bromfield Gallery in Boston's South End.
Vernon Street Studios
My studio's on the 2nd floor. The studio building, Rogers Foam, is at the corner of Vernon and Central Streets—Central comes off Highland Ave. halfway between Davis Square and McGrath Highway. The street address is 6 Vernon Street, Somerville, MA 02145.
Vernon Street website:www.vernonstreet.com