People making Mezzotint On-line

INTRODUCTION TO THEIR STORIES

Who are these people--the publisher, the academic, the printer, the artist, and the curator? Would you like to know them and what they do in Living Prints' studios? Do you want to read their stories? What is going on behind the scenes in these Living Prints On-line events?

All through my project--which has taken years--it has been a fun and self-engaging process. But it is time to let visitors in on the secrets of Living Prints On-line. Aside from my admitting that, as the author, I have long not known what I am doing, I will try to introduce what is happening here.

First, what is Living Prints? It is merely a name I created (and registered as a trademark) to put on-line the data about the fine old art and craft of printmaking. Platemaking and printing are things I love and to which I devoted my life. Though I also range far into the domains of electronic arts, I always return to the root source--making Living Prints.

By selecting from the "hot words" or links anywhere on these web pages, you can get an tour of a printmaker's work place from where you are, via computer-assisted communications. Also, you can explore the mind of a printmaker. I have opened the secret rooms of the minds of artist, curator, publisher, printer and professor. It seems like a printmaker wears many hats. Therefore, in the diary, log, journal, notes, and papers below you may read their stories.

Yes, this is my story. I invite you to partake of two streams of consciousness: One, you can navigate the technical process and, from the table below, thread through the interwoven thought process behind the making of this one particular print--which is called by its technical name, a mezzotint.

If you choose the stories from the table below, you can enter the streams of conscious of the five players in the roles as they play them in making a mezzotint. You can select any one to read their words. If they are vague and confusing on certain parts, it is because they never dreamed someone would be looking over their words and reading their thoughts!

	Printer's Notes	The printer performs many tasks to keep prints alive, crafting and designing solutions to problems the artist, curator and publisher propose.
	Curator's Log	The curator is seldom seen but is always seeing to it that the living prints' records are correct and rules followed.
	Artist's Diary	The artist provides the vision and imagery of the living print, laboring after the compelling image.
	Professor's Papers	The professor explains the living print, the history of printmaking, and keeps the academic community informed.
	Publisher's Journal	The publisher produces the bases for living prints by supporting all the players and keeping communications clear and on course.

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