Krause painted large sheets of paper with acrylic paste paint, then tore the painting into pages, which she ran through the Epson 3800. drew strokes of marsh grass into the heavy-bodied paint. The large painting was torn into dou ble page spreads by folding the sheet in half horizontally, then separating into two pieces 22" x 15" each, then into four 11" x 15" pieces, then into eight 11" x 7.5" pieces. Each double page spread was coated with inkAID Type II clear pre-coat to help the ink adhere to the acrylic paint ing. The painted pages were scanned into Photoshop and combined with landscape photographs using layers and various adjustment options. Krause placed each deckle edge page on a carrier sheet of white paper leaving a margin on the leading edge and the side. She sized her images to print over the deckle using an Epson 3800 printer equipped with K3 pigment inks. Although the landscape photographs could have been put into a grid in Pho toshop and printed onto the full-size painted sheets on a large-format printer, the project was done as a demonstration for book artists who would, most likely, have only a desktop printer. Another option, if the artist wanted 34 n Digital graphics n february 2008 DGFeb08.indd 34 1/2/08 10:15:11 AM additional copies of the book, would be to scan the final printed pages, put them into a grid and have a service bureau print the large sheets. This would be a simple and relatively inexpensive way to create an edition. Climate Change is one of more than 20 examples covered in Krause book to be published by North Light. With a work ing title, Book + Art: for artists who want to make books, it will include chapters on substrates, images, words, structures, cov ers and other presentations. Recipe for Wheat Paste Mix 3 tablespoons wheat flour with cold water to make it wet and liquid enough to pour. Bring 1 cup of water to a boil. Pour the cold wheat flour mixture slowly into the hot water, stirring con stantly. Bring to a boil. Cook until thick. Allow the paste to cool before us ing. Store in refrigerator. CUSTOM COMMISSION Seattle artist Karin Schminke was invited by art consultant Diane De boer, of Monroe Fine Art, to submit a proposal for a project in Grand Rapids, Mich. Deboer had used Schminke s art for other projects and felt it might be a good match for the JW Marriott Grand Rapids, for which she was providing consultation services. The luxury hotel, which opened in September, 2007, needed modern and contemporary imagery to honor the five sister cities of Grand Rapids: Omihachi man, Japan; Bielsko-Biala, Poland; Pe rugia, Italy; Zapopan, Mexico; and Ga District, Ghana. Schminke s proposal to use a nature based theme to create five 78" x 32" panels on canvas was accepted by the Marriott. Next, Schminke e-mailed sev eral rounds of rough sketches for Deboer to present to her client. In the accepted proposal, each panel pays homage to one of the natural features of particu lar importance to a sister city s region for social, economic and/or spiritual reasons. When Schminke s concept was ap proved, Deboer e-mailed her color scheme samples to demonstrate the ex tremely bright colors to be used in the ballroom lobby where the art would be hung as well as adjacent areas. These were sampled by Schminke in Photoshop and used to help create harmonious and bright colors to work with the interior design of the lobby. Small black and white paintings on paper were scanned to provide the ba sic forms for the artwork and to help unify the five panels. Other textures, and all colors, were added in Photoshop. Schminke worked at the final scale dur ing development of the images in order to assure that any sketches sent for ap proval would match the final art. As the images neared completion, Schminke provided Deboer with samples at 1/6 scale printed on the final canvas mate rial for approval. The artwork for each panel was cre ated with an extra 3" of image on every side to allow for stretching around the edges of the canvas, making the printed size 84" x 38". Because bright colors were very im portant to the client, the HP Z3100 inkjet printer was used to produce this project. The saturation of color was easy to achieve and control with the Z3100 Use FAST #259February 2008 n Digital graphics n 35