Peter Williams 06 Jul 2009

Thanks for that Minerva(our messages crossed) I'll look into those.

Allan Barbeau 06 Jul 2009

Thank Minerva for those informations. To bad that my colored ballpoint pen are french and not there !!

Excuse my French but ... what mean .. archival ? It's something that stand long ???

06 Jul 2009

Allan Barbeau 06 Jul 2009

Thanks, I get it !! ;)

I had an Idea !! sending a copy with the original !! That way, the costumer keep the origine roll up on a tube and put the copy on the wall !! (only joking) ^.^

Minnie Shuler 06 Jul 2009

In all your getting...get your pieces properly preserved with a CD or other newer digital medium.....your grandchildren can get a fresh copy printed.

06 Jul 2009

WESTERN ARTWORK By Denny Karchner 06 Jul 2009

Here is another link on "archival inks."

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-archival-ink.htm

I do know that all my giclee and paper signed and numbered prints are printed with archival inks on an Epson printer. I know that I have intentionally displayed my prints in our South-facing windows of our gallery for months with no noticeable fading whatsoever. Got to love it!

Denny ;{

Allan Barbeau 06 Jul 2009

I think that if I'm very different from other ballpoint pen artist, it is because I use colored ballpoint pen like those : http://www.rueducommerce.fr/m/ps/mpid:MP-A3C25M1092908#moid:MO-A3C25M2140847

As you can only fined them in France, I should probably be the one who have to test theme ! Especially if (like I do) you righting a book about "How to draw with ballpoint pen" !!

I start to think of my work like a digital Art ! You scanned it, keep it on your Computer or in a print and it's stand for ever ! Maybe it's not made to be sell as an original but as a copies !?

What do you think ?

WESTERN ARTWORK By Denny Karchner 06 Jul 2009

I make good money selling prints, maybe more than I do with originals...a close "second" anyway. ;{

Minnie Shuler 06 Jul 2009

I have read that the ballpoint pen ink is wax based...are they? We used to heat the tip with a match to get it to start writing again. Some of them do write upside down but I think that is from vaccum sealing. Are they wax-based? That might explain why they are resistent to turpentine and lindseed oil.

Allan Barbeau 07 Jul 2009

The pen I use are Oil based ink ballpoint pen ! They say that it's waterproof (that true) and lightproof (it's less true).

But agan, when I look at my 20 years old scool book, I still have the little sketh I did and I have a 3 years old picture framed on my corridor and it didn't change (but it's dark upthere) !

Minnie Shuler 07 Jul 2009

Being wax-based doesn't necessarily mean it isn't oil-based also, Allan. That's a really cool piece of art. I'm very parcial to M C Esher's ink drawings. Reminds me of him but much more detailed.

Allan Barbeau 07 Jul 2009

Thanks Minnie ! I just discover M C Esher's ink drawings !! WooOw ! Hes drawings are spectacular !

http://www.mcescher.com/

Minnie Shuler 07 Jul 2009

Spectacular! The colors so bright.

Minnie Shuler 07 Jul 2009

Have you ever put any of your designs on china? There is a waterslide decal paper that you print on with an ink jet printer, use HI Gloss Acrylic to seal the ink, soak the decal in water and slide it onto the china.... wall decor pieces only. This piece would be beautiful on a rectangular tray.

Allan Barbeau 07 Jul 2009

nop, Don't know this process. never try ! it's look complicat to do no ?

Minnie Shuler 07 Jul 2009

Very easy to do. This is a small ballpoint pen compositionof dogwoods I put on an antique blank plate couple of years ago. Use the same archival inks such as fuji or epson as they use for giclee. May not be what you would want to have in a print. That is what it is. Perhaps you should approach a china company with your art...they might would publish your work. You should search for work of Paul Calle on eBay using the word plate or in the pottery and china heading.

Minnie Shuler 07 Jul 2009

Here is an eBay link to one of his plates published by Franklin Mint. Might be a company you would want to approach. There are many more options to publishing than on the web or on paper.

http://cgi.ebay.com/FRANKLIN-MINT-SIOUX-CHIEF-AMER-INDIAN-HERITAGE-MUSEUM_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a12Q7c66Q3a2Q7c39Q3a1Q7c72Q3a1205Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem5ad1988379QQitemZ390063489913QQptZLHQ5fDefaultDomainQ5f2QQsalenotsupported

Allan Barbeau 07 Jul 2009

AAAlllllright !! I get it !! I have to think about that !! Thaks for the idea !

;)

Minnie Shuler 07 Jul 2009

This last one has a Celtic feel. Another option for some of your work is postcard books. This type of design is very popular. I think the company in UK is Magna Books. There are many in US but Dover Publications is very approachable. You can contact them through email from their website. Google them.