Golden Digital Ground Medium
I was flipping through the new Cloth Paper Scissors today and came across a new product - Golden Digital Ground, which can help all kinds of surfaces accept ink jet printer ink without getting all smeary. They are billing it as a revolutionary way to make clear image transfers with ink jets. I got all excited, went to their website and read up on them and placed an order. Well, now I have to wait a few days for them to arrive, so I started checking to see if anyone else in the art world read the same ad.
Cyndi from Layers Upon Layers did more than that. She actually got free samples and already used them. It looks like they are just as awesome as the ad says they are.
I’m going with the matte medium because I don’t have to modify my printer to use it. Also, it is less likely to smear if it gets wet. However, the other two sound like they’d be fun to play with if you have an old printer sitting around.
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6 opinions for Golden Digital Ground Medium
Jen Andalou
Jul 15, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Hello, does anyone know how one my mount the finished canvas after using digital ground. Is there some sort of masonite with a sticky adhesive that one could stick the piece to?
Katelyn
Jul 15, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Jen,
I’ve never done it, but this link seems to have some helpful info:
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39080
Kathyanne White
Jul 17, 2008 at 3:36 pm
I was researching Golden Digital Ground and came across this blog about it. I have been using inkAID coatings for years in order to print on all sorts of surfaces and recently Golden sent me some of their grounds to test. They are great! I have an article coming out in Cloth Paper Scissors in the Sept/Oct 2009 issue and it is a how to on using the golden product on lace papers and lutradur. Check it out.
There are so many different surfaces that can be digitally printed with this type of product.
Katelyn
Jul 17, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Kathyanne,
Congrats on the article! I’ll keep an eye out for it next fall.
Kathyanne White
Jul 17, 2008 at 7:36 pm
I goofed the article is 2008, what was I thinking, maybe just getting ahead of myself:)
Katelyn
Jul 17, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Kathyanne,
Even better! Now I can play around with the digital ground in just a few short months.
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