A Moab Master

I first met the photographer and bookmaker Lauren Henkin about two weeks ago and I was instantly blown away.  I was taken aback at the craftsmanship and detail that went in to each handmade book (using Entrada Rag as the pages) and was reminded of the many different ways that artists use to present their work.  The book that Lauren showed me had the Entrada pages professionally bound to a hardcover, cloth-lined case.

Lauren's books made such a huge impression on everyone here at Moab that we asked her to become a Moab Master. Over the years we have had the fortune to work with so many photographers and artists who use Moab papers to enhance their work, but we had no method to share these photographers with the world.   So we developed the Moab Masters - a collection of artists both well-established and up-and-coming, each with their own unique voice. You'll find artists who are just about to take off, like Lauren, alongside long-established photographers such as Douglas Kirkland, Robert Farber and Barbara Bordnick. The Moab Master galleries can be found on our Facebook page.

Green Day

I've been fortunate to have been able to tag along with Andy Biggs this week as he gave some lectures on "Digital Printing: What Your Mother Never Told You."  One question that kept popping up is "what's the most eco-friendly paper you have?"  To me, the "greenest" papers in the Moab family are the Moenkopi papers.  They're made from mulberry (kozo) fibers that are harvested from the bark of a living mulberry tree.  The tree isn't cut down and the bark renews itself quickly.  The Moenkopi Bizan takes it one step further.  It's handmade, which means it's made with a minimal amount of electricity and is dried by the sun.

A lot of the folks around here are partial to cotton as being just as eco-friendly.  We'll get to that next time.

Do we look different?

Think of it as our end of summer haircut.  Here’s a quick snapshot of what’s new:

Front and center is our blog.  We’ll be sharing printing and paper tips, highlighting photo & Moab events around the country, showing some of the cool things our customers are doing and probably a bunch of other things we haven’t thought of yet.

Next is our Knowledge Base – we get asked a LOT of questions, from the very basic to the truly perplexing.  The knowledge base is where we’ll share what we know and what we learn along the way.  This should be your first stop for paper  and printing questions. 

Improved ICC profile library – we’ve added many more profiles and (hopefully) made it easier to find what you’re looking for.  We also posted all sorts of instructions for using them in the hopes of de-mystifying the process.

Most of all, we want to hear from you.  If you’re doing something cool and want us to link to it, drop us a line.  If there’s something you’d like to see on the site, let us know.