[pure-silver] Re: "Hand Printed"
- From: Elias Roustom <elroustom@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:52:20 -0500
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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