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How does he do it?
Q: How do you make these prints?
A: I use traditional fine art techniques, modern computer
graphics technology and an antique pin-hole perforator to make my collectible
Art Gone Postal prints. Each design calls for a somewhat different approach.
Some prints begin as India ink drawings, others begin with colored pencil
or even oil paint. Some of my works are created totally in the computer
using a painting and photo-manipulation program. All of them require some
computer graphic manipulation to add typography and multiply the images.
After I have completed the final computer file I print a working proof on
my Epson Stylus Photo EX printer. Next I use a Xerox Docutech 50 to print
extremely light-fast laser prints on acid-neutral paper. Then I hand perforate
each print on an antique Rosback pin-hole stamp perforator. Some of my earlier
prints were perforated, before I was able to locate the machine I use now,
on a converted sewing machine using a veterinary hypodermic needle. Once
the prints are perforated I mount each one on an acid-neutral backing board
using archival clear photo corners and then I protect each print in a clear
archival sleeve.
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