Earlier when I was discussing how to fix an inkAID transfer print, a question came up about 'fogging' a layer of matte varnish on top of my prints. Then another question about the spray booth I use to fog the matte varnish. So recently, courtesy of Ashley Furniture, I obtained a 'new' portable spray booth... Continue Reading →
inkAID transfer film color and contrast fixes
Max Planck's Magic Glasses (#9995) copyright Douglas Stockdale 2026 - When I started to experiment with the inkAID pigment ink transfer process, my interest was in transferring high contrast black and white images onto rag paper that I had previously printed with intaglio inks. Wow. I had not realized all of the potential ins and... Continue Reading →
NYC Trade Center – 9-11 Ground 0
NYC Trade Center - Ground 0 (2003) copyright Douglas Stockdale - Today, reflecting on the 9-11 events that occurred 25 years ago. I think everyone remembers where they were that day. The breaking News of a plane flying into the NYC Trade Center was just announced when I was leaving to drive to the airport... Continue Reading →
inkAID transfer print repairs
Max Planck's Magic Glasses #3 (Art & Science) copyright 2026 Douglas Stockdale - While learning how to use the inkAID pigment ink transfer process, I had a number of opportunities to gain another skill set; how to patch and fix a messed up transfer print. I liken it to my darkroom printing days when at the end... Continue Reading →
Challenges with larger inkAID pigment ink transfers
Making a transition from using small (8x11-1/2") inkAID transfer film to the slightly larger (13x19") film size exposed how finicky and some of the underlying issues are with using the inkAID transfer process. The fact that my early small pigment ink transfers were completed in the Spring and the larger pigment ink transfers were made... Continue Reading →
Juror for the first International Mute Photo Festival!
Jurors for first Mute Photo Exhibition - I am honored to be one of four jurors selected for the first International Mute Photo Festival, which will include an exhibition and a catalog. The other jurors include Ioli Taznetaki (@iolitzan), Apostolis Giannokopoulous (@giannakopoulosap ) and Shuchi Kapoor (@girlinthegalli). What makes this opportunity very interesting is that... Continue Reading →
Deleting Singular Images Press off IG
Singular Images Press on IG (2022 - 2026) Another course correction. When I was about to self-publish my artist book 'The Flow of Light Brushes the Shadow' in 2022 before my two surgeries, I had this 'brilliant' idea that having self-published five other books, I ought to be publishing my latest artist book under my... Continue Reading →
Pigment ink transfers & intaglio ink monotypes
Artichoke Thistle, Spring Transition (monotype version 3), copyright 2026 Douglas Stockdale - Earlier this year I started working on a process of incorporating pigment ink transfers (inkAID) with my unique intaglio ink monotypes (prints). Regretfully, my first attempts at combing these two were not all that great, while I was learning a few things that might... Continue Reading →
Pigment ink transfer monotype (first attempts)
Artichoke Thistle, Spring Transition (monotype version 1), copyright 2026 Douglas Stockdale - My intent with learning how to use the inkAID pigment ink transfer process was eventually to get to a point where I could combine this with my intaglio ink monotype process, as I had discussed here. Turns out that this was going to... Continue Reading →
Pigment ink transfers
Artichoke Thistle, Spring Transition, copyright 2026 Douglas Stockdale - While doing a few social media posts on Facebook in various groups about my multimedia monotypes, I had a couple of individuals in an alt-photo/printmaking group suggest that if my underlying black and white was a printed via traditional inkjet printing, then what I was creating... Continue Reading →