Re: polyurethane finishing (was Re: Wet vs. Dry)

I always hate to get into these darkroom vs digital arguments because
no one's mind is ever changed by them, and it usually amounts to a lot
of heat with no light. But here I go anyway.

It seems to me that the digital folks always lash themselves to the
point that since a digital print can be as beautiful as a print made in
the darkroom, collectors should be as willing to buy an inkjet print as
they should be to buy a print made in the darkroom. But this fails to
acknowledge the fact that when most people buy a print, the object they
are buying is as important to them as the image it contains.To most
buyers of prints (including myself, as I do buy art , including but not
limited to photographs) it makes no sense to pay the same price for a
machine print (which translates in buyers' minds to a reproduction) as
you would pay for a handmade print (which translates in buyers' minds
to an original). You can argue with the logic all you like, but this is
how people think. In some local galleries, the giclee print is
offered by painters as a cheap way for people who like the painting but
could never own the actual painting, to have the image. Like buying a
poster, or a postcard, of the painting. These giclee prints are
generally offered for $50 or less, which seems as it should be. There
are sometimes images that I wouldn't mind buying this way, as a cheap
print, but I would never pay more than $30 for an inkjet print of
anything.
Katharine Thayer

On Nov 29, 2005, at 7:57 AM, Brian Reynolds wrote:

> Loris Medici wrote:
>> (Presuming it was made on matte paper) If you coat your inkjet print
>> with clear glossy polyurethane wood finish - giving it a glossy
>> surface
>> - I'm sure it will be as beatiful as its silver counterpart. I've read
>> reports stating this practice can give dmax figures as high as log
>> 2.1.
>> And when you use quadtone pigmented inks, you can't see dots even
>> with a
>> 4x loupe.
>
> That's sounds interesting. Is there someplace online with
> instructions? Do you brush it on, or use a spray can? A quick look
> with Google didn't turn up anything that looked right.
>
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