Baren Digest               Thursday, 24 May 2001       Volume 15 : Number 1430


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From: Aqua4tis@aol.com
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 23:00:27 EDT
Subject: [Baren 14543] Re: Ideas needed for upcoming Exchange 

hi everyone
   it seems to me that awhile back there was some talk of monsters or horror 
as a subject       gayle or jeanne do you remember?
    what about myth or origins?    fantasy?   fairytales?   nursery rhymes?   
just my 2 pennies worth
:-)
georga
   


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From: "April Vollmer" <april@aprilvollmer.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 23:15:40 -0400
Subject: [Baren 14544] Quadruple charset="iso-8859-1" 

As usual, Maria hits the nail on the head:

>But working with good archival papers is much more than that. I want the
best
>possible materials for the task at hand. There is no comparison, not even a
>close call, on the way good paper behaves when printmaking.

And this goes double, triple or quadruple for hanga on good washi! It is the
best paper, and the technique that is most sensitive to the quality of the
paper. There IS real art that's not archival (like fluxus)--but I don't
think those artists are on this list.

>Real prints belong on
>real paper. That would, in my opinion, include digital prints, an art form
>in their own right.

Thank you again, Maria. Paper is fabulous (but under-rated) stuff. The
substrate makes a huge difference in digital printing, too. They look great
on washi, but a little tricky to do with the deckle. I am printing 36" x 36"
digital on Mylar rolls, which seems to match the mechanical quality of the
printing. I mean it's nice stuff, translucent. Not amazing like washi, but a
good match for the medium. That's the key, being sensitive to what is good
for your image, and works with your technique.

April Vollmer
www.aprilvollmer.com



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From: Legreenart@cs.com
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 01:20:33 EDT
Subject: [Baren 14545] Re: Baren Digest v15 #1429 



Hey, everyone,
       I am being treated to a  month in Florence, Italy, taking printmaking 
at Santa Reparata and staying in an apartment, by my mom, who will share the 
trip and the apartment. I will be leaving June 2, and returning June 26.
Will also be going to New York City on art business July 7 to 19.
       Would like to visit you, your exhibits, and also print studios if 
possible. 


Yours, 
Le Green
Stonemetal Press
Email: legreenart@cs.com


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From: "Jean Eger" <jeaneger@LanMinds.Com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 22:54:45 -0700
Subject: [Baren 14546] Snake list charset="iso-8859-1" 

Ok, OK, I signed up for the snake print twice, inadvertently.  Someone
emailed, "hurry up, go sign up for the snake exchange, there's only two days
left," or something like that.  So I dashed over and signed up.  That was
the second time I signed up.  Of course, there was no way to get that out of
the list, once it was on the internet.  People print it out and they were
sending me snakes to beat the band.  I have them all, well, almost all.  I
sent a few back, but saved the rest until school is out and I can breathe.
On the other hand, you'd think poeple would look at the lsit and see the
mistake, and only send me one snake.  The list was much longer than I
anticipated.  So I might owe a few snakes, but not very many.  So if you
didn't receive a snake hiding under the nasturium plant, please e-mail me
and tell me so.  I'm already working on the horse for next year.

Jean
http://www.jeaneger.com


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