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Question:
Name: J.R.
I'm thinking of taking a course in Platinum/Palladium print making (by JAN PAUL PIETRZAK). I've searched the web for good examples of this technique, but not found them. You see great examples of other soecial processes, but p/p stuff is rare. What might be up?

Do *you* have a web gallery I can look at? I guess I can buy your book if need be!

I'm close to buying a large format ink jet. I was just wondering which one(s) you use? (I like the Epsons, w/ pigmented inks, but I wish they's come out w/ a >= 54\"). My intertest stems from when I was a programmer at Versatec/Xerox. I used to make some pretty wild plots at night on their electrostatic plotters, which are VERY cheap these days. Did you ever work w/ e. statics? It sounds like your background is a mixture of engineer & artist. Is that so? Well, thanks. Any info you might want to release would be interesting.

Answer:
You can see lots of pt/pd examples on my site at www.danburkholder.com.

I use both an Epson 2200 and an Epson 7000, the later loaded with Indelible Inks. I don't do any grayscale inkjet output but the nicest work I've seen has come from Piezography inks/software on a 7000. Keep in mind that I use the 2200 for making enlarged negatives and the 7000 for applying a light wash of pigments to be combined for my pigment-over-platinum work. You can see that work on my site too.

Good luck with your work. Jan is a terrific printer and instructor so you should leave his workhshop with lots of new skills and enthusiasm!

Best,

Dan