[pure-silver] Re: "Hand Printed"

That would be *one* definition of "hand-made", and a fairly conservative 
definition at that.
Being an ardent liberal, I'd hate to disparage the liberal definition of handmade, but if you consult a dictionary...
So as I worked in my darkroom last night to make some very quick prints for a school project of my daughter's, I noticed that my hands had no time to rest, and the controlled employment of them from trimming of paper to the cutting of masks to the use tongs was essential to product. The prints were indeed handprinted. So by that definition, the ink jet prints are what? You use your hands to put the paper into the feed tray. You go back to the keyboard and key "Command, or Control, P", mouse click options, key in some values, and then press (with a finger) "Return, or Enter." The printer goes whoosh whoosh for about 10 minutes, while you go get a coffee or take a phone call, then you take the print out of the tray, with your hands. Comparing the two process, we can eliminate the projection/ sensitization with the machine applied ink, and we end up with both needing hands to become prints. So Ok, the ink jet prints are hand printed after all.
When I teach students how to sew books, by hand, someone is bound to ask whether this is how all books are made, and I have to answer "Sort of" or more appropriate for this age "Virtually." 


No awe necessary ;-)  It's a typical Saturday ride for me... 74 miles.
Until I got another sinus infection three weeks ago, and the weather took a turn for the colder, I was riding 16 miles to work and back twice a week. Never felt better. A 56 mile ride is impressive, and 74 miles is really impressive. 

E.


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