Alternative Ink

So the trip to Alternative Ink was very interested! I would like to thank Leslie and Gary for the rides to and from! (I hope I got his name right! I am not very good at names...) The location is a little tricky to find but since it is a private studio, I think the location is apt! I was very surprise to see the digital prints of the paintings, etchings, sculptures, and photographs on the wall! A few I recognized like Vincent Valdez's painting of his brother. It was just fascinated by the level of detail they could achieve. I was so impressed with the Great American Hen etching (I think that's what it was called). It was so detailed and since it was an etching, it has to be clean and precise. It fooled me! I didn't know it was a digital photograph of one. Oh and the equipment!! I told my parent about it when I got home. A 1200 megapixel (1.2 gigapixel?) camera! I wish I had one haha. I really enjoyed the print of the currency. Foreign money really is so intricate and beautiful and they captured every line and color perfectly. I have to say, I am not too keen on glossy paper, but I would love to have something printed by them! I also really really liked the tapestry they showed us. Well, it was a print of a tapestry. This woman had sewn this piece and they photographed it there. The print looks like it's fabric. It's printed on paper but it is so convincing. I really enjoyed being there and learning so many new things! Oh and I just learned that Chuck is part of the board of directors to SRISA, the school I went to in Italy over the summer.