Baren Digest Thursday, 21 September 2000 Volume 12 : Number 1151 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Cucamongie@aol.com Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:08:02 EDT Subject: [Baren 11378] water based inks Hi all, for a great water based ink try Akua colors, nice brilliant, lightfast colors, can be either used for rollup or hanga, but I think work even better for hanga, also can be used for monoprinting & other techniques. I think the website is http://www.waterbased-inks.com. If not, I think the website is probably listed in Baren's suppliers section. best wishes Sarah ------------------------------ From: Graham Scholes Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 07:38:49 -0700 Subject: [Baren 11380] Re: Baren Digest V12 #1149 >Will someone please give the address of Lee Valley? I'd like to order their >catalogue. Sharri Go to the web page and you should be able to ferret out the USA address. http://www.leevalley.com/ You can order a catalogue there. Graham ------------------------------ From: "Cate Pfeifer" Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:56:02 -0400 Subject: [Baren 11381] Re: Baren Digest V12 #1149 charset="iso-8859-1" You are absolutely right. Here it is from the "Contact Us" section of the web page. Lee Valley Tools Ltd. Mail Order Center 12 East River Street P.O. Box 1780, Ogdensburg, N.Y. 13669-6780 USA Cate ------------------------------ From: "Maria Arango" Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 08:53:29 -0700 Subject: [Baren 11382] toot toot charset="iso-8859-1" Hey L.A. girls and boys, I got in at the Brand XXX Works on Paper, this year with a woodcut woodcut woodcut glorious woodcut... yahoooooooooo Opening is December 10th (3-5pm) at Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale CA, 1601 W Mountain St. Anyone in the L.A. area, come out and play with me? The gallery is to die for, with huge skylights and natural light pouring in and very wide open inside so there is "viewing room." The show was very good last year, worth seeing all these prints and drawings and collages and stuff; of course I'm biased because I love works on paper. The woodcut is Renaissance http://www.printmakingstudio.com/outwood/brenaissance.html I'm fighting two prints these days and they are resisting my efforts, but rest assured I will win! I think that is one of the features of woodcuts that I really like is the fight that the materials give me. In any case, I printed and engraving and then I printed it again with those delicious ghost after-prints that print after the print is printed (follow me? ;-) Because I moved the block for each print, the already printed image stained the non-printing areas and the block had to be completely cleaned after every single print. I started at 7am and stopped delightfully exhausted about 11pm yesterday. This morning I went to the studio and looked at the images and was pleased (for once!). Well worth the effort, which is another feature I like about woodcuts, the more effort in the more reward. So I'm rambling...and back to printing the other pesky print, stand back you rascal, I will beat you!!! Health to all, Maria (under the influence of adrenaline) <><><><><><><><><><><><> Maria Arango, Printmaker Las Vegas Nevada USA http://www.1000woodcuts.com maria@mariarango.com <><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ From: Salsbury Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:54:24 -0700 Subject: [Baren 11383] Press Hi Carolyn, I have my dream press. It was built by a retired machinist that had worked with my husband. It was designed around the Conrad Press with a few changes. The main change was a gear and chain drive rather than the direct drive of the Conrad. It moves so smoothly you don't even know it's working. The bed size will do a 44" X 30" sheet of paper. That is about the limit that I can handle by myself. I would say go as large as you have space for, you can always work on smaller paper but are limited by the bed size. Can't help you with cost as I got a real deal. Sue ------------------------------ From: LEAFRUTH@aol.com Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:54:39 EDT Subject: [Baren 11384] Re: Baren Digest V12 #1150 Carolyn, I can't tell you the name of a press since mine were made by someone no longer with us. But I can tell you what to look for. The top roller should be 6" or more in diameter (more is better). The drive should go throught the bottom roller (that's the handle you turn). If the drive goes through the top it tends to eventually move the bed to one side. I've had this happen in the studio with my classes. It should have a gear ratio of at least 6 to one, more is easier to turn but it takes longer to go through the press. There are two kinds of presses, one is a rack press in which the bed moves when you turn the handle. The other is a pressure press where you have to have the roller touching the material on the bed in order for the bed to move. I hope this helps. Ruth http://www.ruthleaf.com ------------------------------ From: Jack Reisland Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 09:00:12 -1000 Subject: [Baren 11385] Re: water based inks Daniel Dew wrote: > ooops, the URL doesn't work. Have you got another address? Try http://www.waterbasedinks.com/ Jack ------------------------------ From: ArtfulCarol@aol.com Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 16:23:09 EDT Subject: [Baren 11387] Re: toot toot Congratulations, Maria. Toot toot Toot. Carol ------------------------------ From: Vollmer/Yamaguchi Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 21:35:26 -0400 Subject: [Baren 11389] Power Grip Not for you, Graham! Lee Valley Tools offers a set of Japanese tools just like the Power Grip ones, but with their name on it. I only mentioned it because they are decent student tools, for those on a budget. Much better than the American sets everyone has. 800-871-8158 is their number, Sharrie. If you are looking for catalogues an even better one is the Japan Woodworker 800-537-7820. They carry Power Grip also, plus interesting Japanese tools PLUS the best selection of water stones. I hope John Root knows we're talking about him! April Vollmer 174 Eldridge St, NYC 10002, 212-677-5691 http://www.aprilvollmer.com ------------------------------ From: "Maria Arango" Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 19:34:26 -0700 Subject: [Baren 11390] Re: on tools and such charset="iso-8859-1" Japan Woodworker has an excellent selection of everything. Also try Woodcraft.com and Cuttingedgetools.com, both reachable from http://www.printmakingstudio.com/artsupplies.html Look for their sales! Woodcraft just had a special on water slipstone sets-4000, 8000, and 1200. I stand by my Flexcut palm set, they seem to hold (shall I say it? do I dare?) a better edge for a longer time than my professional Japanese tools obtained from McClain's, not the cheap ones either (ouch). The Flexcuts also have a slightly flexible shaft, which helps when I get wild and crazy on a steep curve, and seem to have a better angle on the "rear" of the knife. The Japanese chisels (v and u) dent the wood behind the cut, not so the Flexcut set. I have about 18 or so Japanese knives/chisels and two sets of Flexcut palm tools. Seemingly, I need them all at one time or another (that's the story I tell my husband). Do remember that I carve almost all my blocks without the guiding light of the toh, a la German Expressionist, making most of the marks with chisels. I have been carving on cherry, plank maple and pecan, the latter two harder than cherry. I started out with a cheap Japanese set purchased from Daniel Smith and those babies are still going, that is the set I usually take with me to art fairs. The blades of this "cheap" set are very hard, so much so that I use them to easily clear end-grain maple engraving blocks. Then I invested in the Flexcut sets and I slowly built up the arsenal with the Japanese tools. I recently also purchased a 1mm micro-carving set of 5 tools, American made. Now I can make weetie-bitty cuts, maybe I should do some 4mm x 8mm blocks? For my workshop students I bought a couple of cheap sets (on ebay) and sharpened them and sharpened them and sharpened them and they worked great on birch plywood, although I would not use them on cherry. My suggestion to anyone starting out is to shop around, get a decent set, then build up from there according to your needs. Health to all, Maria <><><><><><><><><><><><> Maria Arango, Printmaker Las Vegas Nevada USA http://www.1000woodcuts.com maria@mariarango.com <><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V12 #1151 *****************************