KICKING & SCREAMING ....

Years ago, I had frequent discussions with my father that usually ended with me threatening to drag him, kicking and screaming into the 19th century. He'd always say, "you mean the 20th century." My usual response was that I had, indeed meant the 19th!

Well, there are those around Graphic these days that believe that I'm need to follow my own advice. They're wrong, of course, but I decided to offer at least one product that I'd sworn I wouldn't. At the right you see a Badger Air Brush and Compressor which is a top of the line product. We talked with the folks at Badger for a couple of months to insure that this was what our customers needed.

So what possible reason would a printmaker have to purchase an air brush? The first thing that comes to mind would be to apply the Lascaux A.R.E. products - specifically the Aquatint Spray Resist. The very first time I used an air brush was in the studio at Lascaux, learning to do just that. You might be tempted to ask, "How difficult is it?". Funny you should ask, because one of the least artistic people I know (that would be yours truly) picked it up like a duck to water.

This airbrush is a joy to work with. All of the guesswork is gone, plug it in and away you go. Even I had a hard time screwing it up...o.k. one minor flaw figuring out how to make the trigger work, but one of my kids showed me how to do it.

While I'm waxing poetic about products, the 2009-10 Graphic Chemical & Ink Company catalog should be ready to hit the streets fairly soon - probably in August. We expect to have many new items, a slightly changed format. more pictures, more color, and all for the same low price - free.

Since we've hired outside help to help us with the catalog, we anxious to get feedback from customers about what they like and, heaven forbid, don't like. Next step will be to update the website in similar fashion. Like I said, they're dragging me kicking and screaming into the 21st century.