Good things come to those who wait

Mark Stracke came up to Vermont to print with me for a two day private one-on-one workshop. Mark has the distinction of coming to Cone Editions for our digital printmaking workshops more than any other customer. He started back in 2002 when I first introduced PiezographyBW Pro on the Epson 7000 printer. He came to take a workshop that George DeWolfe taught here several years ago. He has taken workshops here with Larry Danque and with Geoff Spence. This was his fifth trip to Vermont. Mark is the Visual Arts Department Chair and teaches photography at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in...Read more

Piezography Carbon Printfest!

If you are a black and white photographer and your most important criteria for your work is longevity – no other ink system has arrived at the 70 megalux point at Aardenburg Imaging & Archives labs with a greater longevity rating than Piezography Carbon (formerly Piezography Sepia) inks on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag paper. It is still at a near perfect state and has not yet begun a fade rate. I blogged on this feat earlier. Piezography already provides a significantly higher visual quality black & white printing method than that of the Epson Advanced Black & White system....Read more

Piezography Carbon: unbridled fade-resistance

In the midst of paradigm changes in how ink jet materials are now being tested for light stability (otherwise known as fade), Piezography Carbon (formerly Piezography Sepia) inks are quietly proving (so far!) to be the most fade-resistant inks ever tested at the Aardenburg archives at the 70 megalux point. Piezography Carbon inks have reached the 70 megalux point at a near perfect state. 70 megalux of exposure to light is equivalent to 70 years of normal display. The Epson K3 ABW system arrived at only 20 megalux in a near perfect state but has since been decaying at a very steady rate....Read more

Piezography versions of Agfa Brovira and Portriga

Piezography® versions of Agfa Brovira and Portriga! Absolutely yes. Many of our customers have been lamenting the loss of Agfa Portriga and Brovira paper and chemistry. They were extremely popular fine black and white darkroom papers that had a unique warmth. I tend to think of Portriga (and even some versions of Brovira) as having an “azo greenish” warmth. But, Agfa Brovira was often selenium bathed to bring out a purply gray tone. I am offering my own paper in combination with two different Piezography Glossy ink systems that produce either the warmth or the coldness of...Read more