Digital Art Studio : Techniques for Combining Inkjet Printing with Traditional Art Materials

Utilizing the combined experience of three traditional artists turned digitalmaging pioneers, Digital Art Studio champions combining traditional artechniques with digital media. From their unique position as artists,ducators, and technology consultants, the authors provide a wide range ofays to integrate digital processes, using them in unusual and challengingays to reinvent traditional printmaking techniques. The computer is profileds the ultimate mixed media machine, allowing the artist to readily combinen unbelievable array of media. The book covers the basic processes forreparing commercially available surfaces (canvas and watercolour andrintmaking papers) and custom surfaces (handmade papers, wood, leather, andntique fabrics). More advanced methods are covered, including transferringigital images to absorbent surfaces and transferring digital images tohree-dimensional surfaces. A showcase of the work of artists who haveombined digital and traditional materials to produce outstanding work willnspire all artists, new and seasoned alike, to explore the new world of

Bonny Lhotka, Dorothy Simpson Krause, and Karin Schminke are the founders of Digital Atelier, a printmaking studio. Their art is in more than 200 corporate and museum collections. Lhotka lives in Boulder, CO. Drause lives in Marshfield Hills, MA. Schminke lives in Kenmore, WA.