Baren Digest Saturday, 23 September 2000 Volume 12 : Number 1153 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Maria Arango" Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 08:13:35 -0700 Subject: [Baren 11398] Items for newsletter charset="iso-8859-1" Hello all, A reminder that it is time to think about your next issue of Baren-Suji. Sections that always need contributions are Items for Sale and Swap, Opportunities, Members in the Spotlight (although it's a bit late for that one in this issue), and anything else you can think of, I will try to fit it in there. October 1st is publication date, so the deadline is NOW. Thanks! Maria P.S. For amateurs only, professionals need not read anything below this line - ------------------------------------------------------------------- (Incidentally, in the not so distant past, "amateur" was used in its true literal sense: "lover," or one who does something for love or passion. The word "professional" was reserved for those who may or may not love what they do, but do it only for the money). I have received quite a number of private e-mails regarding the Flexcut tools that I mentioned in my post. I thought it might be valuable to the group to post the information here. Available in sets and individually from Woodcraft and from Treeline, both companies cater heavily to the wood crafts and are listed in http://www.printmakingstudio.com/artsupplies.html in the Wood and Tools section. Treeline has a better selection, especially of the smaller tools useful to woodcut printmakers. The "working" blades are shorter than the traditional Japanese tool, so the life of the tool will be 50 years instead of 100. Besides their uncanny ability to hold a sharp edge, I have found the best feature to be the wide comfortable grips, especially in the palm tools. "And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily." Col. 3:23 <><><><><><><><><><><><> Maria Arango, Printmaker Las Vegas Nevada USA http://www.1000woodcuts.com maria@mariarango.com <><><><><><><><><><><><> ------------------------------ From: "Jean Eger" Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 02:02:59 +0900 Subject: [Baren 11399] Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 10:11:47 -0700 charset="iso-8859-1" I thought you might be interested in a computer-generated study for a woodcut print. Work in progress. http://users.lanminds.com/~jeaneger/beauty.jpg ------------------------------ From: Brian Lockyear Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 10:12:06 -0700 Subject: [Baren 11400] Re: bookstores In the battle between local booksellers against the online and bigbox retail monsters (as well to allow people to purchase books at 3 am in whomever's underwear they happen to feel like wearing) the locals have ganged together to start some very nice web sites of their own. This is particularly great for used books which are so much easier to locate now with the help of computer databases. I've found several art books that were out of print here. One weekend I bought two books... a children's book I remembered from when I was little from a bookstore in upstate NY and an out of print woodcut book from a store in Cottage Grove, Oregon. It seemed really amazing to be able to do that. Checkout... http://www.bibliofind.com http://www.abebooks.com For new books, a web co-op has recently started and is supposed to grow extensively in the next year. See http://www.booksense.com. - Brian - ------------------------------ From: barbara patera Date: Fri, 22 Sep 100 15:24:09 Pacific Daylight Time Subject: [Baren 11401] Re: computer drawing Hi Jean, Liked the study for your new print....Will be very interested in seeing the finished work. Isn't the computer wonderful???? Especially the instant gratification part..... being able to see with the flick of a finger what your idea would look like in blue ink, or gray, or with a dark background, or, or,or.... Barbara P. ------------------------------ From: Cucamongie@aol.com Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 19:33:27 EDT Subject: [Baren 11402] silly season prints Hi all, I had the best surprise in the mail today. I received my "silly season" prize, 15 Hiroshige "reproductions" which really does not describe how gorgeous these prints look, as the reproductions are of the same quality as a very expensive Japanese book of Hiroshige's prints (I forget the company that published this book), and they're about "life size" or 11 x 15", I believe. As if that wasn't enough of a treat, Dave, being the more than generous person he is, included one of his gems, a print he used for a new year's card a few years ago, a delightful little print (what's the title of it, Dave?) with the playful kind of spirit that I always appreciate, not to mention those fine lines, I don't know how he really does it!! Thanks a million, Dave, I think I'll have to start putting prints on my ceiling cause my walls are getting too full! Maria, loved your "review" of the book put out by Lark Books listing all the Baren members participating, I had no idea that Hiroshige, Gauguin, Picasso, et al were members :) best wishes all, Sarah ------------------------------ From: Vollmer/Yamaguchi Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 20:26:55 -0400 Subject: [Baren 11403] My pals Yeah, as I was saying to Albrecht, (after I told him I thought Pablo should switch from linolium to shina ply), those Japanese tools are hard to beat! That razor edge dulls because it's so sharp, but it comes right back with a quick hone on the gold stone. I must mention to Paul about keeping his tools sharp, I wonder if they have ceramic stones in Tahiti? It's great to be in a book with my famous artist pals, and I'm not forgetting Sarah, either! April Vollmer 174 Eldridge St, NYC 10002, 212-677-5691 http://www.aprilvollmer.com ------------------------------ From: baren_member@woodblock.com (Sharri) Date: 23 Sep 2000 00:25:50 -0000 Subject: [Baren 11404] tools Message posted by: Sharri Thanks to everyone who sent addresses for tools. I'm putting together a list of places & web addresses to pass out to a class I'll be teaching at the local CC next Spring and it occured to me (duh) I ought to have that for the classes I teach from the studio. Those have mostly been painting & drawing until now, but I'm hoping to finish the printmaking portion of the studio this Spring. Anyway - the bottom line is a Big ThankYou to everyone who has helped. If you think of more please send to: barebonesart@home.com. Of course, McClains will always be first place and most favorite - "support your local merchants (and artists)!" Elaine and George are jewels to work with, too, which makes the whole experience a happy occasion as you hand over your hard earned $$$$. ------------------------------ From: Mike Lyon Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 22:27:35 -0500 Subject: [Baren 11405] Cate Pfeifer Hi, Bareners! Just wanted to report that a very nice woman named Cate Pfeifer spent the afternoon with me in my studio yesterday -- she found me through Baren, as she lives nearby in Lawrence, KS. Bright, Zen Buddhist advertising pro who followed her Zen master (a guy named Stanley Lombardo who recently translated the Illiad and Odyssey to good NY Times reviews -- they're translated to hip, modern prose, "YO! Achilles!"), to Kansas from Wisconsin and is now starting up a weekly events calendar type funky newspaper there. She got interested in printing recently, and is in the middle of her first woodcut class -- very fun afternoon, and she even bought lunch ! Thanks! You meet the nicest people here! Mike mikelyon@mlyon.com http://www.mlyon.com ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V12 #1153 *****************************