ESTAMPA Month
November in Europe is Estampa month, when printmakers, galleries, media and collectors from all over the world converge on Madrid for the annual print fair. This is the second year that World Printmakers/Spanish Printmakers has a stand in the event and we're looking forward to it. For print lovers there's something magic about about concentrating all that rich and diverse print lore under a single roof where we can overdose on it for five straight days.

Our stand this year features three distinguished women printmakers, two digital and one traditional, two from this side of the Atlantic and one from the U.S.A. Curious to know who they are and what kind of work they're presenting? Have a look!

Point & Marge
After looking at printmaking workshops in Paris, Edinburgh, Chicago, Alicante over the past couple of years, we return to Paris this month to pay a visit to Jorge de Sousa´s Point & Marge Studio, which has recently joined forces with IDL Graphique, the oldest working lithography printers in Paris. Jorge has been a lithography artist, technician and editor for nearly three decades. We found his comments on new technologies in printmaking very interesting.

Invited to Form Part of DAPTTF
I received an email earlier this month from Harald Johnson which said, "We're forming a group to tackle some of the issues being discussed on digital-fineart and elsewhere in the printmaking world. It's called the 'Digital Art Practices & Terminology Task Force' (DAPTTF), and we'd like you to join us." Other members include Dot Krause, Mel Strawn, Ileana Frometa, Ray Work and Mark Gottsegen. I'm honored to have been selected to form part of this new digital standards group and, though I'm not an expert on the subject, will try to contribute something positive.

Telling Secrets (and Learning from Them)
The Digital Printing and Imaging Resource site (www.dpandi.com), another arm of Johnson's growing digital conglomerate, is currently running an update of an article I wrote for World Printmakers a few months ago entitled "Secrets of Fine-Art Print Sales." After rereading it, I decided to take my own advice and improve World Printmakers' "route to the 'Order' button" to make it shorter and clearer for prospective print buyers. The result is the new "To Purchase Prints" page, a straight link from the "Prints and Printmakers" menu on the homepage. I hope this innovation will streamline the print purchasing process to the benefit of both artists and collectors.

Welcome Back Guido!
We received a phone call from Elena from the Luna Art Gallery in San Sebastian de la Gomera in the Canary Islands the other day. In response to the question, "What have you been up to lately?" Elena replied, "Guido had a heart transplant." You will be happy to learn that Elena's husband, German printmaker Guido Kolitscher, is back home from hospital in Madrid and well on the road to recovery. Welcome back, Guido! We're anxious to see your next series of prints.

See you next month. In the meantime, count your blessings and, ¡Viva el grabado!

Mike & Maureen Booth
Editors & Publishers
World Printmakers
The Worldwide Showcase and Resource Site
for Contemporary Fine-Art Printmakers
URL: http://www.worldprintmakers.com
Email: contact@worldprintmakers.com

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