Baren Digest               Friday, 24 August 2001       Volume 16 : Number 1533


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From: Karil Rauss <karil@active.ch>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:00:27 +0200
Subject: [Baren 15491] Re: Baren Digest V16 #1530 


Hello Gayle

I am getting in on this at the tail end of things, I believe. However, I
did read your Poster Dilemma a few days ago, have missed out on what
went on in between, so perhaps someone has suggested something
similarÑbut I will mention it anyway:

You might use a Dremel or a similar power tool to 'cut' your text into
lucite (plexiglass) plate(s) or masonite 'plates' that are raised to the
height of your wookblock by mounting them onto plywood. Assemble your
block and the text like a puzzle (placing a 'collar' or matt around them
to hold them in place is also helpful), and ink up and print. The lucite
and masonite can be 'cut' so that the text is in negative or positive.
Smaller taxt is, of course, easier to carve in negative, so that when it
is relief printed, it prints the color of the paper. On the other hand,
the style of the cut is, of course, very different from the cut in a
woodblock. But they could certainly be designed to 'fit' together.

Good luck, whatever you choose to do. It sounds like a great project.

Karil


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From: Cucamongie@aol.com
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:02:55 EDT
Subject: [Baren 15492] yourartlinks 


In a message dated 8/23/2001 9:00:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
owner-baren@ml.asahi-net.or.jp writes:
Dan, I was added to this list also.  I have no idea how much traffic they 
actually get, I guess we'll see.  They sent me an email saying something 
about wanting to feature me on this site, I will proceed with great caution, 
if at all, as I noticed that their site offers "art prints" meaning, not 
handmade prints at all, but (the horror!) 
commercially made posters of people's art.  Anyone out there know something 
about these folks?
Sarah
> I don't remember asking, but I was recently added to an interesting search
> engine for FREE.
> Check it out.
> 
> http://www.yourartlinks.com/links/themeindex.html
> 
> 




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From: Daniel Dew <ddew@tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:11:40 -0400
Subject: [Baren 15493] Re: yourartlinks 


I know, my concern exactly.  It feels great to be recognized, but should I
be more cautious?

dan

From: Cucamongie@aol.com
Subject: [Baren 15492] yourartlinks

Dan, I was added to this list also.  I have no idea how much traffic they
actually get, I guess we'll see.  They sent me an email saying something
about wanting to feature me on this site, I will proceed with great caution,
if at all, as I noticed that their site offers "art prints" meaning, not
handmade prints at all, but (the horror!)
commercially made posters of people's art.  Anyone out there know something
about these folks? 

http://www.yourartlinks.com/links/themeindex.html


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From: Sunnffunn@aol.com
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:45:34 EDT
Subject: [Baren 15494] freedom 


I am a week late commenting about Marias letter, but wow!  I hate all the 
rules imposed upon me as an artist.  When you enter a show or apply to a 
gallery and they want "perfect slides".  How about seeing a few pieces of art 
period.  I get annoyed at high prices and am thrilled any time some one wants 
my art.  I would rather give it away and see joy light on a persons face than 
keep it hidden in a drawer.  I have given away art, yes small watercolors and 
even prints to special people.  The last time I gave a person a print, it was 
because I had been upset several times when he was about and he had listened 
and been such a friend.  I felt I owed him something speical.  He was so 
thrilled that he went out to have it framed immediately.  Last week I sat and 
spoke to a male friend, who is going thru a divorce.  This is not a wealthy 
man or even an art collector,  just my friend.  He said to me gads I have 
nothing for  my walls maybe I should come visit you for something.  He has 
never seen my work but you can bet that if I have any extra pennies at all 
after I sell him somehting it will be enough.  I do not need a hundred 
dollars of his money , I need him to enjoy what I have created.  Maybe I am 
very impractical and the one artists hate because I keep my prices low and 
hope it will sell off so I have space for more new work and enough pennies to 
buy new supplies to again create more.  I want my own studio gallery in this 
tourist area I am about to move to so I can control how my work is handled 
and I do not have to send out those darn slides I hate so much.
Dan I know how you feel about your speedball inks.  I have wonderful akua 
kolor and it is indeed a great ink.  But for my landscape monotypes I still 
prefer createx, I just get the affect of a watercolor with it so much easier 
and it mixes into other shades better.  I have heard it said that others have 
saved their createx to use with children  that it is kiddes ink.  LOL I use 
what works and am proud of the work , not the ink.
Marilynn


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From: "ashraf elhady" <elhady222@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 19:42:15 
Subject: [Baren 15495] Re:help 
 
 Dear:Sir/Madame 
It is great honour to entroduce myself to you through this e-mail .I m an Assistant&nbsp;Porfessor in the Faculty of fine Arts EL-Minia
Uni.and I m an Egyptian Artist who obtained Roma Prize in 1998 in Egyptian Academy in Rome Italy ,and I have a master in Printmake,I m
teaching arts from 1994 in printmake Really  I m looking now for somebody to help my to working in teach arts in USA,,or he know somebody to help
to.. I,ll be grateoal to receive you answeras soon ,
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From: Daniel Dew <ddew@tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 15:47:15 -0400
Subject: [Baren 15497] An Idea 

Has anyone ever used an Arbor Press for their prints?

dan dew 

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From: "bemason" <bemason@concentric.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 13:40:40 -0700
Subject: [Baren 15498] Re: An Idea 

Dan,
It will work if the prints are  small, the pressure is uneven at the edges
on a large print, you need something that has the same pressure but all over
out to the edges of the plate. This is the same idea as a book binder's
press which also works on small work.
Barbara

> Has anyone ever used an Arbor Press for their prints?
>
> dan dew
>



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From: "eli griggs" <eli.griggs@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 21:48:01 -0400
Subject: [Baren 15499] Re: Graham Pigments 
Hi there:

April, I am glad you liked the link to M.Graham & Co.   I liked the
clean-cut way that it is lain out and the fact that it does not have all the
hype that a lot of web sites have, now-a-days.  Their pigment information
page sets a good example.

I'm going to try some of their oils, with transparent base, and see what
kind of results I get.  I haven't done this before, (use transparent base
with oils) so I would welcome any tips, from anyone, especially if you have
used walnut based oils before.

About the gum, I really cannot say for sure, as I am not yet a hanga person.

>From what I've read, here on Baren and in the encyclopedia, the requirements
for hanga mixing are really simple and the materials do not need the
superfine grinding/wetting that many other colours need.

I've been thinking about what you wrote about not using the stronger
pigments like pthalo, with regard to using small amounts.

I think that if you wanted to use such a pigment, you could grind it into a
base of transparent filler/extender, such as those offered by Kremer
Pigments, with a mortar and pestle.  You'd need to do some fiddling about
with the proportions, but if it works, the method would extend your pallet.

Is anyone already extenders like this for hanga?

Cheers,

Eli


April wrote:

> Eli, that Graham Company website http://www.mgraham.com/html/tecnical.htm
is
> terrific!
>
> I made a copy for reference, one of the best things about moku hanga is
that
> you can use pigment directly. I have been stirring in gum arabic to my
> pigment dispersions. I am still unclear whether that is enough, since I
> think watercolor makers grind the pigment with the binder so it coats each
> pigment particle. I just mix it up. Doesn't need honey (as Graham uses)
> since I apply it wet. Any ideas? Plain pigment seems to stick in the
fibers
> of washi without any binder.
>
> And yes, the tinting strength is a factor for moku hanga, I try to stay
away
> from pthalos for example, they are so strong, they get all over the place
> and really dominate. The stronger a color is, the harder it is to get the
> right amount on your block. Since it is such a tiny amount you have to be
> very accurate.
 www.aprilvollmer.com



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