Baren Digest              Monday, 25 February 2002      Volume 18 : Number 1738


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From: Graham <gscholes@woodblock.info>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 20:32:49 -0800
Subject: [Baren 17187] Re:   Baren Digest V18 #1736 


>Barbara, the hairs on the brushes that are singed and then scraped against
>the sharkskin, or whatever you use intead of sharkskin, are not SHARPENED,
>they are SPLIT.  It is SPLITTING HAIRS that makes them hold more ink. 
>Jean E W
>e-mail: jeaneger@jeaneger.com
>http://www.jeaneger.com


Actually Jean the hairs are tapered to a fine point and it is this that enables
the pigment to be laid on the plate and not show brushstrokes.  If you looked
at a brush that has been honed with a shark skin in a magnifying glass
you can see the results clearly. 
Look at:  http://www.woodblock.info/bootcamp/inkbrush.html

When you use the dragon skin... (cheese grater)  the same thing happens but
not tapered so finely and there may be some split ends... 

Regards

Graham

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From: "Jean Eger Womack" <jeaneger@jeaneger.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 20:36:59 -0800
Subject: [Baren 17188] Re:   Baren Digest V18 #1737 charset="iso-8859-1" 

I admire New Yorkers' creativity in their display of prints in frames,
non-frames, plastic bags, with grommets, etc.  The idea of having a monument
of 2,000 prints, 200 prints or whatever, originated with Al Durer when he
made the portable monument for Emperor Maximillan III.  That memorable print
occasionally goes on display in the Smithsonian in Washington.  It's not 200
separate prints, but one print on 200 pieces of paper.  It was meant to be
packed up and carted around.  If you ever saw it, you won't forget it,
although you might not remember if it was Emperor Maximillian II or Emperor
Maximillian III.  I think it would be interesting to display the prints on
two kiosks that were rectangular prisms.  How, then, would the people see
the prints at the top?

Jean E W
e-mail: jeaneger@jeaneger.com
http://www.jeaneger.com




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From: Jack Reisland <reislandj001@hawaii.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 18:53:04 -1000
Subject: [Baren 17189] Re: Ought Not 

Please, please, I beg every one, please, post
sports/political/religious/etc. discussions in Baren After Five, that's
what it's there for.

Jack R.


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From: FurryPressII@aol.com
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 00:37:20 EST
Subject: [Baren 17190] Re: Ought Not 

sorry but that listing had nothing to do with print making      please keep 
at least to the subject of printing  or something losely related to it

john center.

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