[meteorite-list] Tom Phillips Art

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Hi Mike,  Thanks for the nice words!   It is cool to have people appreciate 
the images for the beauty as well as the  scientific interest.

I have been Joneszing  for a certain Jenoptik  microscope camera for quite 
some time.  It is 12.5mp but at $10K, I'll just  hope a used one pops up on 
eBay.   

I have loved the print  quality up to 8X10 with my current setup.  I have not 
seen any  bigger.  If some one has purchased a Cafepress large print please 
let us  all know what you thought about the print quality.

Paul (Meteorite Times)  put in a lot of work setting up the Cafepress store 
and it is not about the  money.  The mark up we put in to it is minimal (just 
enough to cover the  expenses associated with it, and in actuality it hasn't 
even been as much as the  shipping/insurance costs associated with borrowing the 
thin sections).   

Anyway,  I highly recommend the coffee mugs.  The print on  them is fantastic 
and it is a quality mug that I enjoy.  They have  withstood many dishwasher 
trips with no fading.  

I prepared these  images for Adam Hupe and Dr. Irving and have encouraged 
Adam to use them in any  way he likes to promote NWA 5000.   

It is a big gamble to send  a valuable and delicate thin section to some guy 
who wants to take pictures of  it!  I hope my images lived up to the 
expectations.

Tom  Phillips

In a message dated 4/15/2008 10:40:33 A.M. Central Daylight  Time, 
fuzzfoot at comcast.net writes:
Don't know how I missed it for so long,  but it looks like you already are 
doing  it:

http://www.cafepress.com/meteorites4sale/3238247

Better get my  wallet out...

Mike

-------------- Original message  ----------------------
From: fuzzfoot at comcast.net (Mike Bandli)
>  Personally, I would love to own some high-quality photo-lithographs or 
gelatin  
> prints of his work (hint hint) and would be willing to pay a premium  for 
them. I 
> believe there would be a market for good meteoritic art. It  is the one 
thing 
> (other than specimens themselves) that is not readily  available. There you 
go 
> Tom... hand signed/numbered/limited  edition/framed lithos. I'll buy 'em.
> 
> Best,
> 
>  Mike Bandli
> 
>  -------------- Original message  ----------------------
> From: JKGwilliam  <h3chondrite at cox.net>
> > I never cease to be amazed at not only  Tom Phillips photographic 
> > talents but his artistic ones as  well.  I need some prints of some of 
> > his work to hang in my  house. Most meteorite related wall art is 
> > restricted to my office  but in this case I would hang them anywhere 
> > in the house.   Simply amazing.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > John  Gwilliam
> > 
> > At 04:35 AM 4/15/2008, Michael Johnson  wrote:

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