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It often takes artists a very long time to really absorb what might be done with a particular CNC tool once they come across it. Because we’ve been working with these technologies extensively for years, and have introduced them to so many, we’re able to hasten that process. Andre Ribuoli and Jennifer Mahlman-Ribuoli
Figure 194. Roland EGX-600 CNC Engraving Machine at Ribuoli Digital’s Manhattan studio. Photograph courtesy of Ribuoli Digital.
Ribuoli Digital is a fine art studio in New York, run by Andre Ribuoli and his wife, Jennifer Mahlman-Ribuoli. Specialising in the creation of original projects and editions for artists, Andre and Jennifer’s studio functions as a speciality consultancy and service bureau that provides the expertise of a master printer who specialises in hybrid digital and traditional technologies. From 2000 to 2009, Andre was the director of Pamplemousse Press at Pace Editions, where he worked with an impressive list of clients and was able to assemble an equally impressive studio of CNC equipment and inventive processes. From laser cutters, water-jets, CNC routers, engraving machines, embroidery machines, pencil plotters and cutting plotters to the rare and enormous WireJet digital painting system, the list of CNC equipment and techniques that Andre has integrated within the context of making prints is encyclopaedic. Jennifer is an artist and classically trained printmaker with an MFA from the University of Wisconsin Madison. During her time there, she became familiar with etching techniques using the laser cutter, but this was not the primary focus of her work. However, the experience led her to think about the possibilities of combining emerging technologies with printmaking, preparing her for an extensive investigation that would challenge the notion
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