Platinum printmaking for a living
Traditional and modern techniques to make printing in platinum/palladium consistent, relaxing and profitable.
Written by platinum master printer Luca Paradisi (eBay seller of over 3,000 prints ~ as seller ‘studiovisual’)
A platinum master printer shares his knowledge about professionally contact printing in platinum and other alternative processes either traditionally or from digital negatives (*).
All the experience and tricks from successfully making AND selling thousands of fine art pt-pd prints in galleries, online and at auction are exposed in a clear and concise (39 pages), straight-to-the-point publication.
Hundreds of copies purchased, especially from the Apug community. For just $9.99, you will learn:
- How to keep your costs as low as possible working with an expensive printing process such as platinum/palladium.
- How to make a consistent profit selling your own work and printing for yourself and for others.
- How to easily build your own equipment with pictures and diagrams (UV unit, frame, dryer, press etc.).
- Know what to buy and what not to buy (hardware and software).
- How to bulk purchase your chemicals to save money. Learn how to mix them, with detailed formulas.
- Learn darkroom techniques and tricks such as the best way to coat your paper and more.
- How to make your darkroom work consistent and print all your images with the same exposure and contrast…. guesswork, trials and test prints will be a thing of the past!
- How to calibrate your curves and make your own digital negatives… for any paper or printer!
- How to take advantage of digital technology to make your images work.
- Learn how to spot your prints quickly.
- How to mount and frame yourself to gallery/museum standards avoiding expensive framemakers.
- Learn how to present to gallery standard and even package your prints for safe transit.
- How to write your own COA.
- How to sell your prints.
…fully illustrated with Luca’s images to inspire you!
Another academic book? No thanks!
This book is not the usual (i.e. boring) alternative-processes manual with the history of the process and all the different options, developers, chemicals, techniques etc. that leave you WITHOUT A CLUE on what is best and what it will work for you. This unique book goes STRAIGHT TO THE POINT on how to make great prints keeping your finances under control and consequently being able to make a profit. The book is a starting point for those interested in fine art printmaking as a business, but of course it will also interest those hobbyists who print for themselves.
A must have for anyone interested in making gallery quality contact prints!
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Instant DIGITAL DOWNLOAD after the payment!
Four files – suitable for PC and Mac – in one 5Mb zip file you will find:
- E-book in pdf format.
- Photoshop curve (to be loaded as a Preset from the Curves Panel in Photoshop).
- Excel spreadsheet with mounting formulas. If you mount your prints yourself this one alone is worth the price!
- Step wedge to calibrate your curve.
(*)The publication will be especially useful to those practitioners starting from scratch, or coming to the process from other darkroom techniques such as silver, but even experienced printmakers will find it useful. Also, the book explains in details the platinotype process, but the techniques discussed can be applied to other alternative contact printing processes. Finally, the book is mostly geared towards those printing (or considering printing) from digital negatives.
About the author
Luca Paradisi strong interest in traditional and large format photography techniques and high quality prints started first with silver gelatin enlargements, then contact printing in platinum-palladium. He has been working in platinum for many years, both for himself and for others. Since 1999 he has been offering his work also on the Internet, where he has many collectors, mostly overseas. In 2007 he wrote this publication, enjoying a warm welcome. In 2009, for a number of reasons, he ceased printing in platinum and he has been offering his work as fine art giclee prints (of course strongly resembling platinum prints!). This book is meant to show how an artist, working with expensive materials, can make beautiful prints keeping costs under control.
Fineartplatinum.com (this website) has been Luca’s main gallery for a long time. Now it is dedicated to the e-book only. Those coming here from an old link or bookmark can view his photographic work visiting these websites:
ARTBLACKANDWHITE
Black and white photographic artwork including landscapes from Ireland, abstracts photos, still life & architectural photography. Fine art prints are not for sale anymore.
NUDEBLACKANDWHITE
Web site showing black and white photographic nudes and tasteful erotic photography. Fine art prints are not for sale anymore.
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